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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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John Solomon / Just The News:
How Adam Schiff secretly thwarted efforts to bring transparency in Russia probe
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Surgeon general gets pushed to sidelines, sparking questions
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Ed O'Keefe / CBS News:
Democratic governors ask White House for help calling off protesters
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CNN:
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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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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Associated Press:
7 Wisconsin virus cases linked to in-person voting, health official says — Milwaukee's health commissioner said six of the cases involve voters and one is a city poll worker, the Journal Sentinel reported. — MILWAUKEE — Officials have identified seven people who appear to have contracted …
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.
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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Associated Press:
Trump vows to ‘suspend immigration,’ adviser cites health — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said that he will sign an executive order “to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States” because of the coronavirus. — “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy …
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Politico:
Trump says he'll ‘suspend immigration’ into the U.S.
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Says He Will Halt Immigration; Markets Dip as Oil Prices Crater
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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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Joe Biden Starts General Election Nearly $187 Million Behind Trump
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Scott Bland / Politico:
Biden raised campaign-best $46.7 million in March
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Democrats dream of Biden's perfect running mate: An Obama
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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 …
NBC News:
Where you get your news reveals a divide in attitudes about the coronavirus — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — You are what you watch.
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Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Finds 67% of Voters Support Mail-In Ballots for November Elections
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Two-thirds of voters back vote-by-mail in November 2020
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Associated Press:
AP: Publicly traded firms get $300M in small-business loans — Companies with thousands of employees, past penalties from government investigations and risks of financial failure even before the coronavirus walloped the economy were among those receiving millions of dollars from a relief fund …
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Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
Banks warn that new small-business funding could evaporate in 2 days
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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.
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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court Guarantees Right To Unanimous Verdict In Serious Criminal Trials — Toggle more options — What does the right to a unanimous jury verdict have to do with abortion, or school prayer, or federal environmental regulations? Stay tuned. — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday struck …
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John Simerman / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
U.S. Supreme Court abolishes split jury verdicts; dozens of convictions voided
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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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Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
What's So Hard to Understand About What Trump Has Said? — At his daily pandemic briefing the other day, President Donald Trump announced, “We are continuing our relentless effort to destroy the [corona]virus.” A lot of people manage not to see much continuity in the president's efforts …
Emily Jashinsky / The Federalist:
Chris Cuomo, Recovered From COVID, Stages Weird ‘Official’ Emergence From Basement After Admitting He Left His House On Easter — CNN anchor Chris Cuomo dramatically staged a post-coronavirus emergence from his basement on Monday's “Cuomo Prime Time,” falsely implying the footage captured the …
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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.
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.
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 …
Brendan Cole / Newsweek:
GOP Texas Lieutenant Governor Says We Need to Take Risk to Get Back to Work: ‘There Are More Important Things Than Living’ — The lieutenant governor of Texas, who was criticized last month for saying it was worth risking lives to return to work if that meant saving the economy, has doubled down on his comments.
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Dave Burdick / Colorado Public Radio:
Colorado's Stay-At-Home Order Will End, Gov. Polis Says, Outlining A New Phase Of Coronavirus ‘Marathon’ — Ahead of the April 26 scheduled expiration of the statewide stay-at-home order, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy outlined what life in Colorado might look like as soon as next week.
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
Fairfax temporarily cancels face-to-face video instruction, retains law firm to review botched debut of online learning — Fairfax County Public Schools is canceling face-to-face virtual instruction for now and launching an outside review of its distance learning, as a second attempt …
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National Review, Outside the Beltway and The Atlantic
Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
Georgia to reopen some businesses as early as Friday — ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's governor announced plans Monday to restart the state's economy before the end of the week, saying many businesses that closed to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus could reopen as early as Friday.
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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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