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US monitoring intelligence that North Korean leader is in grave danger after surgery — (CNN)The US is monitoring intelligence that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, is in grave danger after a surgery, according to a US official with direct knowledge. — Kim recently missed the celebration …
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Hyonhee Shin / Reuters:
North Korea's Kim getting treatment after cardiovascular procedure: report — SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is receiving treatment after undergoing a cardiovascular procedure early this month, a South Korean media report said, amid speculation over Kim's health following his absence from a key anniversary event.
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘Another nail in an almost closed coffin’: Trump faces his next coronavirus test — President Donald Trump's political fate now hinges on a simple premise: Everybody who needs a coronavirus test must be able to get a test. — More than five weeks into a devastating shutdown of the U.S. economy …
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Washington Post:
White House readies push to slash regulations as major part of its coronavirus economic recovery plan — Senior administration officials are planning effort to relax rules on firms by as soon as late April — Senior White House and Trump administration officials are planning to launch …
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Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Never mind the media critics: Team Trump got it right on ventilators — At a coronavirus-task-force briefing at the beginning of April, White House adviser Jared Kushner explained the approach that would — as events proved — get the country through its ventilator crisis.
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Surgeon general gets pushed to sidelines, sparking questions
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CBS Pittsburgh:
'I'd Take Her In A Heartbeat': Joe Biden Says He Would Pick Michelle Obama To Be His Vice President — PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Joe Biden says he would take Michelle Obama to be his running mate for the 2020 presidential election. — The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee told KDKA's Jon Delano …
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Bill Scher / Real Clear Politics:
Is Joe Biden Troubled ... or Teflon? — How is Joe Biden's general election campaign going? On the one hand, he's leading in all national polls (except FOX News, where he's tied with Trump), and nearly all swing-state polls, taken in the last month. His incumbent opponent is presiding …
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The Banter
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Democrats dream of Biden's perfect running mate: An Obama
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Harry Siegel / The Daily Beast:
If You're Watching These Coronavirus Briefings for Free, You're a Sucker — Ratings are through the roof because everyone wants to know what happens after this. But none of these politicians, who know how to perform on command, know the answer to that. — BEAST INSIDE
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Politico:
Trump says he'll ‘suspend immigration’ into the U.S. — President Donald Trump on Monday night said that he was suspending immigration into the U.S. because of the coronavirus pandemic. — “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs …
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New York Times:
28,000 Missing Deaths: Tracking the True Toll of the Coronavirus Crisis — At least 28,000 more people have died during the coronavirus pandemic over the last month than the official Covid-19 death counts report, a review of mortality data in 11 countries shows — providing a clearer …
Alison Dirr / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
At least 7 new coronavirus cases appear to be related to Wisconsin's election, Milwaukee health commissioner says … (Photo: MIKE DE SISTI / MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL) — Officials have identified seven people who appear to have contracted COVID-19 through activities related to the April 7 election …
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Jordan Mickle / TMJ4:
Seven COVID-19 cases appear to be linked to Wisconsin election, Milwaukee health commissioner says — Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. — Morry Gash/AP — MILWAUKEE COUNTY — Early data suggests some new COVID-19 cases are linked to those who voted in the Wisconsin election on April 7.
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Banks warn that new small-business funding could evaporate in 2 days — Lawmakers are nearing a deal to restart an emergency small-business loan program that exhausted its funding last week — but it may buy only a few days before the program screeches to a halt once again.
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BuzzFeed News:
Smithfield Foods Is Blaming “Living Circumstances In Certain Cultures” For One Of America's Largest COVID-19 Clusters — The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today.
Washington Post:
Most rate Trump's coronavirus response negatively and expect crowds will be unsafe until summer, Post-U. Md. poll finds — Most Americans expect no immediate easing of the health risks associated with the coronavirus pandemic, despite calls by President Trump and others to begin reopening the economy quickly.
Jenny Jarvie / Los Angeles Times:
These U.S. citizens won't get coronavirus stimulus checks — because their spouses are immigrants — She works as a film producer and her small business has ground to a halt, forcing her and her husband to eat red beans and rice most nights, scramble to find small business loans and apply for medical assistance for their two children.
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Hundreds of thousands in L.A. County may have been infected with coronavirus, study finds — Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles County residents may have been infected with the coronavirus by early April, far outpacing the number of officially confirmed cases, according to a report released Monday.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Coronavirus Task Force Increasingly Ignores Trump — The president encouraged protests against his own administration's public health policies. And his team greeted it with a collective shoulder shrug. — As the country enters its second month of a social lockdown and shuttered economy …
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Raw Story, Daily Kos, Washington Post and CNN
NBC News:
Conservative activist family behind ‘grassroots’ anti-quarantine Facebook events — A family-run network of pro-gun groups is behind five of the largest Facebook groups dedicated to protesting shelter-in-place restrictions. — Protests against state stay-at-home orders have attracted …
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Caleb Ecarma / Vanity Fair:
Fox News Is Desperately Trying to Turn Coronavirus Protests Into the Next Tea Party
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Yahoo Finance:
Iowa Sends National Guard Troops to Defend Meat Plants From Virus — (Bloomberg) — Hundreds of National Guard personnel are being activated in Iowa as coronavirus sweeps through meat-processing plants in a state that accounts for about a third of U.S. pork supply.
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Yahoo News/YouGov coronavirus poll: Most Americans reject anti-lockdown protests — An overwhelming majority of Americans, Republicans included, are rejecting right-wing protests — encouraged by President Trump — to immediately “reopen” the country in the midst of the world's largest and deadliest
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Matt Drudge draws Trump's ire, setting off a potentially substantial split between the conservative media power player and the president — President Trump's on-again, off-again relationship with one of the most powerful figures in conservative media appears to be off again.
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Idaho state lawmaker faces criticism after comparing stay-at-home order to Nazi Germany — A Republican state representative from Idaho is facing criticism after she blasted Gov. Brad Little's (R) stay-at-home order in a recent interview and compared the mandates categorizing certain workers as nonessential to those of Nazi Germany.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Vote by Mail in Wisconsin Helped a Liberal Candidate, Upending Old Theories — “I'm surprised by the results,” Mr. Burden said when told of the gap between in-person and mail results. “It is convincing and surprising that Karofsky appears to have done better among mail voters than in-person voters.
Bloomberg:
U.S. Debt to Surge Past Wartime Record, Deficit to Quadruple — The U.S. budget deficit may quadruple this year to almost $4 trillion. Projections from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) say that by 2023 U.S. debt held by the public will surpass records set in the post-World War II years.
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Two-thirds of voters back vote-by-mail in November 2020 — In a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 58 percent want election rules changed permanently. — WASHINGTON — A majority of voters — 58 percent — favor nationwide reform of election rules that would allow all eligible voters …
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The National Interest
Jackie Salo / New York Post:
Kentucky sees highest spike in coronavirus cases after lockdown protests — Kentucky experienced its highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases after protests broke out in the state to lift lockdowns, according to reports. — Gov. Andy Beshear announced there were 273 new cases Sunday …
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Instapundit
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan credits his wife, Yumi, with helping secure coronavirus tests from South Korea — Maryland owes a debt of gratitude to the people of South Korea, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Monday after securing 500,000 coronavirus tests from the country over the weekend.
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Shane Trejo / Big League Politics:
Fake News Journo Who Photographed First Responders Blocking Traffic Has History of Staging Medical Photo-Ops — A photograph of so-called “first responders” standing in the middle of traffic in Denver, apparently leaving their hospitals and neglecting coronavirus patients in doing so …
Washington Post:
Female world leaders hailed as voices of reason amid the coronavirus chaos — Silveria Jacobs is not messing around. — When coronavirus cases started increasing in the Caribbean nation of Sint Maarten, the 51-year-old prime minister delivered blunt instructions. — “Simply. Stop.
Perla Trevizo / The Texas Tribune:
Officials knew coronavirus could spread at the Houston Rodeo and proceeded with the event anyway — The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the city's largest annual event, attracting 2.5 million people and generating nearly $400 million. But officials pushed forward with this year's 20 …
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Raw Story
John Simerman / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
U.S. Supreme Court abolishes split jury verdicts; dozens of convictions voided — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that juries across the nation must be unanimous to convict or acquit a criminal defendant, outlawing the split verdicts that had persisted in Louisiana since openly racist …
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