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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Doctor Says He Was Removed From Federal Post After Questioning Controversial Treatment — The first known U.S. death from the illness came in early February in California. An order by Trump will impose a 60-day halt in issuing green cards. Some stability returned to the energy market.
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Ousted vaccine expert battles with Trump team over his abrupt dismissal — The abrupt ouster of a top vaccine expert at HHS has split officials who see it as either a boon for the nation's Covid-19 response or the latest indication of a dysfunctional health department.
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Head of vaccine agency says he was ousted for resisting hydroxychloroquine
Head of vaccine agency says he was ousted for resisting hydroxychloroquine
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Reuters:
Special Report: HHS chief Azar had aide, former dog breeder, steer pandemic task force — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On January 21, the day the first U.S. case of coronavirus was reported, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services appeared on Fox News to report the latest on the disease as it ravaged China.
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Wall Street Journal:
Health Chief's Early Missteps Set Back Coronavirus Response — HHS Secretary Alex Azar waited for weeks to brief the president and oversold his agency's progress — WASHINGTON—On Jan. 29, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told President Trump the coronavirus epidemic was under control.
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump prepares to hit the road
Trump prepares to hit the road
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden leads Trump in battleground Pennsylvania — With most Pennsylvania voters concerned about catching coronavirus and nearly six-in-ten believing the Trump administration was too slow to act, Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in that battleground state.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump in Michigan, where Gov. Whitmer is more popular than president — Judge Jeanine: Michigan Gov. Whitmer was taking advantage of the COVID-19 crisis until she got caught — Majorities of Michigan voters are concerned about coronavirus, think President Trump …
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Trump's Coronavirus Response May Be Turning Off Older Voters
Trump's Coronavirus Response May Be Turning Off Older Voters
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Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
‘Too soon.’ Trump opposes Kemp's decision to reopen Georgia businesses — ‘Would I do that? No,’ Trump says — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he “totally” disagreed with Gov. Brian Kemp's decision to roll back coronavirus restrictions and allow shuttered businesses such as nail salons and barber shops to reopen this week.
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Oklahoma governor announces plans to start reopening state economy
Oklahoma governor announces plans to start reopening state economy
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Oklahoman.com and The Hill
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump reverses course, says ‘too soon’ for Georgia Gov. Kemp to reopen state
Trump reverses course, says ‘too soon’ for Georgia Gov. Kemp to reopen state
David Knowles / Yahoo News:
Birx says Georgia residents ‘can be very creative’ about getting tattoos and haircuts while social distancing
Birx says Georgia residents ‘can be very creative’ about getting tattoos and haircuts while social distancing
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Daily Kos, Democratic Party of Georgia, New York Post, CNN and The Hill
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Trump pushes back against CDC director's warning about coronavirus second wave
Trump pushes back against CDC director's warning about coronavirus second wave
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Politico
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
A disturbing new study suggests Sean Hannity's show helped spread the coronavirus — Sophisticated new research links Hannity's coronavirus misinformation to “a greater number of Covid-19 cases and deaths.” — Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, media critics have warned that the decision …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News Stars Touted a Malaria Drug, Until They Didn't — Laura Ingraham called hydroxychloroquine “a game changer.” But after a month of coverage, she stopped discussing the drug on the air. — For a month's stretch, the Fox News star Laura Ingraham relentlessly promoted …
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
A mysterious blood-clotting complication is killing coronavirus patients — Once thought a relatively straightforward respiratory virus, covid-19 is proving to be much more frightening — Craig Coopersmith was up early that morning as usual and typed his daily inquiry into his phone.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Schumer's Senate Democrats show sharper edge in coronavirus era — Chuck Schumer and his Senate Democrats have found a go-to play in this pandemic: an old-school blockade. — Amid a coronavirus outbreak that's crippling the economy, Schumer's caucus is digging in for longer fights …
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The White House:
Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants Who Present Risk to the U.S. Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the COVID-19 Outbreak — The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has significantly disrupted the livelihoods of Americans. In Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020 …
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Axios, Sputnik News and ImmigrationProf Blog
Natasha Daly / National Geographic:
Seven more big cats test positive for coronavirus at Bronx Zoo — Following a National Geographic inquiry, the zoo confirms that four more tigers and three lions have the virus. This comes the same day as two pet cats in New York become the first in the U.S. to test positive.
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
Axios qualifies for PPP loan — Axios is among the small businesses that qualified for a PPP loan to protect existing jobs and help weather the coronavirus crisis. — Why it matters: We are in the somewhat unique position of being both a media company, which covers government and business …
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Maya T. Prabhu / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia Democratic lawmaker announces resignation week after endorsing Trump — A little more than a week after he announced that he was endorsing President Donald Trump, Democratic state Rep. Vernon Jones announced Wednesday morning that he would not complete his term.
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Pentagon plans to dispatch Blue Angels and Thunderbirds in coronavirus response — The Pentagon is planning a multi-city tour of the U.S. military's top flight demonstration teams to “champion national unity” amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to defense officials and a memo obtained by The Washington Post.
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Axios, Mediaite and New York Post
Jake Hiles:
I need someone in the media to pick this story up. I have done as much digging as I can do, but I am getting dead ends and literal roadblocks that someone with press credentials would not get. If this is true, this story would be national news. — Virginia Governor Ralph Northam issued …
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Washington Post:
States rushing to reopen are likely making a deadly error, coronavirus models and experts warn — By the end of the week, residents in Georgia will be able to get their hair permed and nails done. By Monday, they will be cleared for action flicks at the cineplex and burgers at their favorite greasy spoon.
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CNN
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
CNN Boss Tells Staff They Will Not Return to Offices Until at Least September — STAY AT HOME — CNN won't send staffers back into its offices until at least September. In an internal email obtained by The Daily Beast, network chief Jeff Zucker told staff that the vast majority of company staff will …
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: Few Americans support easing virus protections — WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite pockets of attention-grabbing protests, a new survey finds Americans remain overwhelmingly in favor of stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
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Florida Politics
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Las Vegas mayor: Reopen casinos, let the ones with the most infections then close — Standing in front of an empty storefront along Main Street, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman was beaming with optimism, believing that businesses would make it through the coronavirus pandemic.
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Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
I live in Britain. Thank goodness there's no Fox News here. — The United Kingdom and the United States are both hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Both countries are run by populist blowhards whose larger-than-life hair and egos are inversely proportional to their regard for expertise.
Anemona Hartocollis / New York Times:
Trump Says Harvard Must Pay Back Relief Money He Signed Into Law — Joining a chorus of critics, the president appeared not to realize that Harvard had received $8.6 million in stimulus funding as part of a federal aid package to universities. — President Trump joined mounting criticism …
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Wall Street Journal:
Rikers Island Jail Guards Are Dying in One of the Worst Coronavirus Outbreaks — The New York City correctional complex is among the most-infected workplaces in the U.S. — When Quinsey Simpson relieved a colleague at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex in early March …
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The Root
Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Deaths in U.S. Nursing, Long-Term Care Facilities Top 10,000 — Industry says it is struggling to get the testing it needs to detect and contain outbreaks — The number of U.S. coronavirus-linked deaths in long-term care facilities including nursing homes has eclipsed 10,000 …
MSNBC:
‘Frustrated’ Trump eager to get out of White House, aides exploring ways to allow him to leave D.C. — A “frustrated” President Donald Trump is growing restless after a month of nationwide shutdowns, and top aides and campaign officials are exploring ways to allow him to leave D.C..
John Cho / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed: John Cho: Coronavirus reminds Asian Americans like me that our belonging is conditional — I called my parents a few nights ago to tell them to be cautious when stepping out of the house, because they might be targets of verbal or even physical abuse. It felt so strange. Our roles had flipped.
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Kaiser Health News
James Temple / MIT Technology Review:
California aims to quintuple its coronavirus testing — And it's striving to build a 10,000-person “army” of contact tracers. — California plans to significantly ramp up its coronavirus testing and tracing efforts, as the state strives to reach a point where it could relax stay-at-home rules implemented to contain the outbreak.
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California Governor
Sam Stanton / Sacramento Bee:
CHP bans protests at California Capitol after rally against Newsom's stay-at-home order — Following Monday's protest at the state Capitol where demonstrators defied Gov. Gavin Newsom's orders banning large gatherings, the California Highway Patrol says it will no longer issue permits …
Washington Post:
The anti-quarantine protests seem spontaneous. But behind the scenes, a powerful network is helping. — The ads on Facebook sounded populist and passionate: “The people are rising up against these insane shutdowns,” they said. “We're fighting back to demand that our elected officials reopen America.”
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Opening up the economy won't save the economy — A customer waits for a takeout order at Kelly's Irish Times in Washington, DC, on March 24. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images — Trump and Republican governors can't make people eat at restaurants.
CBS News:
Coronavirus updates: World sees growing toll amid warnings of second wave — As the number of deaths blamed on the coronavirus now tops 45,000 in the United States and 180,000 worldwide, California officials say COVID-19 started claiming lives on American soil more than three weeks earlier than previously thought.
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National Review, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
Heather Long / Washington Post:
There's a growing possibility of a W-shaped economic recovery — and it's scary — A resurgence of the virus or a spike in defaults and bankruptcies could lead to another painful economic downturn — There are growing concerns that any economic recovery later this year could prove short-lived …
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National Review
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls For National Work Boycott Post-Coronavirus — Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for a national work boycott, saying when businesses re-open people should refuse to go back to work. — In the first episode of Seat at the Table …
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Twitchy