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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump plans to cut daily coronavirus briefings — President Trump plans to pare back his coronavirus press conferences, according to four sources familiar with the internal deliberations. As soon as next week, he may stop appearing daily and make shorter appearances when he does, the sources said.
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Associated Press:
White House could alter virus briefings to limit Trump role — WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, President Donald Trump cut off his daily coronavirus task force briefing on Friday without taking any questions from reporters. It may not be the last time.
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Politico:
Trump team faces a new 2020 risk: Too much Trump — Some allies worry the president is damaging his reelection prospects with his dominance of the briefing room during a public health and economic crisis. — President Donald Trump speaks during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump: My Idea to Inject Disinfectant Was a Prank on Reporters ‘Just to See What Would Happen’
Trump: My Idea to Inject Disinfectant Was a Prank on Reporters ‘Just to See What Would Happen’
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New York Daily News:
A spike in New Yorkers ingesting household cleaners following Trump's controversial coronavirus comments — An unusually high number of New Yorkers contacted city health authorities over fears that they had ingested bleach or other household cleaners in the 18 hours that followed President Trump's bogus claim …
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Washington Post:
Trump floats another bogus coronavirus cure — and his administration scrambles to stop people from injecting disinfectants — The federal government scrambled Friday to stave off a potential wave of public health emergencies sparked by President Trump's dangerous suggestion that injecting bleach …
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Revealed: leader of group peddling bleach as coronavirus ‘cure’ wrote to Trump this week — Mark Grenon wrote to Trump saying chlorine dioxide ‘can rid the body of Covid-19’ days before the president promoted disinfectant as treatment — The leader of the most prominent group …
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The Daily Beast:
White House Aides Groan, Try to Clean Up After ‘Dumb’ Trump Again
White House Aides Groan, Try to Clean Up After ‘Dumb’ Trump Again
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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
New Evidence Supporting Credibility of Tara Reade's Allegation Against Joe Biden Emerges — A new piece of evidence has emerged buttressing the credibility of Tara Reade's claim that she told her mother about allegations of sexual harassment and assault related to her former boss, then-Sen. Joe Biden.
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Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
Young and middle-aged people, barely sick with covid-19, are dying from strokes — Thomas Oxley wasn't even on call the day he received the page to come to Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan. There weren't enough doctors to treat all the emergency stroke patients, and he was needed in the operating room.
Stephanie M. Lee / BuzzFeed News:
A Stanford Professor's Wife Recruited People For His Coronavirus Study By Claiming It Would Reveal If They Could “Return To Work Without Fear” — The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus.
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Miami Herald:
Miami-Dade has tens of thousands of missed coronavirus infections, UM survey finds — About 6 percent of Miami-Dade's population — about 165,000 residents — have antibodies indicating a past infection by the novel coronavirus, dwarfing the state health department's tally of about 10,600 cases …
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New York Times:
Durham Inquiry Includes Scrutiny of a Media Leak — The attorney general has suggested that the Justice Department review of the Russia investigation has uncovered “troubling” findings without going into details. — WASHINGTON — For years, President Trump has complained bitterly about F.B …
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Newly Filed Court Documents Include Exculpatory Evidence For Michael Flynn
Newly Filed Court Documents Include Exculpatory Evidence For Michael Flynn
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Exclusive: Adam Schiff blocking release of key Russia investigation witness transcripts, officials say
Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Director Christopher Wray Pushed To Withhold Exculpatory Evidence In Mike Flynn Case
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Director Christopher Wray Pushed To Withhold Exculpatory Evidence In Mike Flynn Case
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New York Times:
Nervous Republicans See Trump Sinking, and Taking Senate With Him — The election is still six months away, but a rash of ominous new polls and the president's erratic briefings have the G.O.P. worried about a Democratic takeover. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's erratic handling …
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
How overly optimistic modeling distorted Trump team's coronavirus response — As coronavirus cases climbed daily by the thousands and the nation entered its second month of an economic standstill, President Donald Trump latched onto a sign of hope: A pandemic model closely followed …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: China sent team including medical experts to advise on North Korea's Kim, sources say — BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation.
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Washington Post:
One country, one system: The week that China shredded its promise on Hong Kong — HONG KONG — Martin Lee has tangled with the Chinese Communist Party countless times in his decades-long fight to achieve free elections in Hong Kong and enlist Western support for the city's democratic ambitions.
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Pressured by China, E.U. Softens Report on Covid-19 Disinformation
Pressured by China, E.U. Softens Report on Covid-19 Disinformation
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New York Times:
Navy Leaders Recommend Reinstating Roosevelt Captain Fired Over Virus Warning — Capt. Brett E. Crozier, who was removed from command after sending a letter pleading for help to fight the coronavirus on his aircraft carrier, was largely cleared after Navy review.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Philip Kahn, 100, Dies; Spanish Flu Took His Twin a Century Ago — Aware of the irony of dying during a pandemic, he said history repeats itself. A family member called the brothers “pandemic bookends.” … Philip Kahn believed that history repeats itself, a truism that has hit home for his family in extraordinary fashion.
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Coronavirus Antibody Tests: Can You Trust the Results? — A team of scientists worked around the clock to evaluate 14 antibody tests. A few worked as advertised. Most did not. — The researchers worked around the clock, in shifts of three to five hours, hoping to stave off weariness …
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Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Trump narrowly leads Biden in presidential race in Texas, UT/TT Poll finds — President Donald Trump leads Democrat Joe Biden by 5 points in the race for president in Texas, but voters give the president mixed grades on his handling of the pandemic and the economy. They think Gov. Greg Abbott is doing a better job.
Phill Swagel / CBO Publications:
CBO's Current Projections of Output, Employment, and Interest Rates and a Preliminary Look at Federal Deficits for 2020 and 2021 — CBO has developed preliminary projections of key economic variables through the end of calendar year 2021, based on information about the economy …
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David Brody / Just The News:
Pompeo blasts ‘wildly soft’ Obama-Biden coddling of Beijing: ‘Allowed China to walk all over us’ — Secretary of State says presumptive presidential nominee ignores U.S. efforts to get health experts into China to investigate coronavirus. — When it comes to China policy …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP memo urges anti-China assault over coronavirus
GOP memo urges anti-China assault over coronavirus
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Marina Villeneuve / Associated Press:
Gift of the Mask: Cuomo lauds retired farmer's gesture — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Help has poured into New York from many places as the coronavirus has killed thousands, but the most humble of gifts — a single N-95 mask — brought a mist to the eyes of the state's governor.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
America Shouldn't Have to Play by New York Rules — A national lockdown is bad medicine and worse politics. — In 1976, the artist Saul Steinberg drew a cover for The New Yorker — “View of the World from Ninth Avenue” — that became an instant classic. You know the one …
Jesse Drucker / New York Times:
The Tax-Break Bonanza Inside the Economic Rescue Package — As small businesses and individuals struggle to obtain federal aid, the wealthiest are poised to reap tens of billions of dollars in tax savings. — As the federal government dispenses trillions of dollars to save the economy …
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Trump has proven it. We're on our own, America. — I thought — hoped — we had hit a low point in the federal response to the covid-19 pandemic when Vice President Pence, chair of the White House task force on the novel coronavirus, toured the Sunday morning news shows last week to set …
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New York Times:
A Candidate in Isolation: Inside Joe Biden's Cloistered Campaign — Walled off from voters in a distinctive kind of lockdown, Mr. Biden has developed a routine, of sorts, as he seeks the presidency from his basement. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. usually rises before 8 a.m. at his home in Wilmington …
New York Times:
Trump Speech to Bring 1,000 West Point Cadets Back to Campus — The president's off-again, on-again speech in June will bring back cadets who had scattered across the country to help counter the coronavirus. — WASHINGTON — For President Trump, who adores the pomp and precision of military ceremonies …
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