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Jordan Valinsky / CNN:
Lysol maker: Please don't drink our cleaning products — New York (CNN Business)The company that makes Lysol is urging customers not to consume its cleaning products after President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of injecting disinfectants to protect people from coronavirus.
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Washington Post:
Trump asked if disinfectants could be injected to kill the coronavirus inside the body. Doctors answered: ‘People will die.’ — After a presentation Thursday that touched on the disinfectants that can kill the novel coronavirus on surfaces and in the air, President Trump pondered whether …
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Fact Check: No, Trump Didn't Propose Injecting People with Disinfectant — CLAIM: President Donald Trump suggested injecting people with disinfectant to cure coronavirus. — VERDICT: False. Trump was speaking generally about new information about sunlight, heat, and disinfectant killing the virus.
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Trump suggests ‘injection’ of disinfectant to beat coronavirus and ‘clean’ the lungs — A Homeland Security official, under questioning from reporters, later said federal laboratories are not considering such a treatment option. — Trump suggests injecting disinfectant into the body to treat coronavirus
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Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Lysol manufacturer warns against internal use after Trump comments — A spokesperson for the cleaning product company said it had a responsibility to give accurate info to the public. — WASHINGTON — The manufacturer for Lysol, a disinfectant spray and cleaning product …
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Emily Ashton / BuzzFeed:
Please Don't Drink Disinfectant, Lysol And Dettol Maker Says After Trump Suggested People Could Inject It To Kill The Coronavirus — “We must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body.” … The makers of Dettol have been forced …
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Media erupt over Trump comments on disinfectant and sunlight to cure coronavirus: Here's what he said — President Trump spars with Washington Post's White House bureau chief: I'm the president and you're fake news — President Trump, in his White House coronavirus task force briefing Thursday …
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BBC:
Coronavirus: Disinfectant firm warns after Trump comments
Coronavirus: Disinfectant firm warns after Trump comments
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Washington Post:
Live updates: Trump's comments prompt doctors to warn against injecting disinfectants …
Live updates: Trump's comments prompt doctors to warn against injecting disinfectants …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Eat More Potatoes, America
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Lysol maker refutes Trump's suggestion that disinfectants may treat coronavirus
Lysol maker refutes Trump's suggestion that disinfectants may treat coronavirus
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Politico:
Trump owes tens of millions to the Bank of China — and the loan is due soon — Donald Trump is warning “China will own the United States” if Joe Biden is elected president. — But Trump himself is tens of millions of dollars in debt to China: In 2012, his real estate partner refinanced …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's poor poll numbers trigger GOP alarms over November — Senior Republicans and President Donald Trump's campaign are wrestling with how to best position him for November as the coronavirus poses a grave threat to his reelection. — With Trump's poll figures sagging …
The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Fears Suburban Women Will Destroy Him in 2020—and That Coronavirus Is Making It Worse — The voting bloc already was a major problem. Could it get even worse? — President Donald Trump has been warned by his political advisers in recent weeks that his perilously low standing …
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Biden says he thinks Trump will try to delay the presidential election
Biden says he thinks Trump will try to delay the presidential election
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Marty Johnson / The Hill:
Biden predicts Trump will try to delay November election
Biden predicts Trump will try to delay November election
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US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA cautions against use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for COVID-19 outside of the hospital setting or a clinical trial due to risk of heart rhythm problems — Close supervision is strongly recommended
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Katherine Eban / Vanity Fair:
“Really Want to Flood NY and NJ”: Internal Documents Reveal Team Trump's Chloroquine Master Plan — Forget testing, ventilators, and PPE. Donald Trump's big plan to beat COVID-19 involved distributing millions of doses of an unproven drug. Behind the scenes, senior administration officials pushed hard …
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New York Times:
Trump and the Coronavirus: A Sour President, Home Alone at the White House — As his administration grapples with reopening the economy, President Trump is worried about his re-election and how the news media is portraying him. — Trump Asks if Sunlight Can Kill Viruses. ‘Not as a Treatment,’ Birx Says.
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New York Times:
Trump Asks if Sunlight Can Kill Viruses. ‘Not as a Treatment,’ Birx Says. — At a briefing, the president promoted unproven treatments and asked Dr. Deborah Birx if she had heard of the success of sunlight as a tool against viruses. — LIVE UPDATES, 4 minutes ago — Global
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Man Who Died Ingesting Fish Tank Cleaner Remembered as Intelligent, Levelheaded Engineer — In death, he has become famous as a cautionary tale about the risks of mindlessly following the armchair medical advice President Donald Trump has dispensed from the White House podium.
Aaron Glantz / Reveal:
Bailout money bypasses hard-hit New York, California for North Dakota, Nebraska — From his office in Bismarck, North Dakota, Alan Haut started preparing for the coronavirus relief bill before it had even been passed by Congress. — North Dakota had experienced only a handful of deaths …
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David Eggert / Associated Press:
Whitmer extends stay-home order through May 15, eases rules — LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday lengthened her stay-at-home order through May 15, while lifting restrictions so some businesses can reopen and the public can participate in outdoor activities like golf …
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Black Leaders Want a Black Woman as Biden's Running Mate. But Who? — Among black leaders close to Joe Biden, a commitment to selecting a woman is not enough. They have publicly and privately pushed him to select a black woman to fuel black voter enthusiasm.
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Associated Press:
Trump approved of Georgia's reopen plan before bashing it — President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly told Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp that they approved of his aggressive plan to allow businesses to reopen, just a day before Trump pulled an about-face and publicly bashed the plan …
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Phil Owen / The Wrap:
Giuliani Calls COVID-19 Contact Tracing ‘Ridiculous’: ‘We Should Trace Everybody for Cancer’ (Video) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani appeared on “The Ingraham Angle” on Fox News Thursday night to talk about how New York governor Andrew Cuomo has handled the state's coronavirus response.
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
No, Trump did not put a Labradoodle breeder in charge of COVID-19 response — Yes, the family of the HHS chief of staff sold fancy puppies, but that's not how he got the job, and in any case he wasn't in charge of the coronavirus task force, no matter what you've read online.
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The Daily Beast:
Top Dem Operative David Brock Accused of Illegally Profiting From His Political Empire by Conservative Group — The complaint with the IRS, which comes from Patriots Foundation, details legally murky interactions between various entities in the Brock network.
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Susan Glasser / New Yorker:
Fifty Thousand Americans Dead from the Coronavirus, and a President Who Refuses to Mourn Them — In just the past few days, President Trump has blamed immigrants, China, the “fake news” and, of course, “the invisible enemy” of the coronavirus for America's present troubles.
New York Times:
Opposed to Bailouts, but in This Case Willing to Take One — Some conservative nonprofit groups are seeking financial help to weather the coronavirus crisis. Some liberal organizations are putting aside different qualms to make the same request. — WASHINGTON — Among the applicants …
Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan Legislature wants to create committee to oversee Whitmer's coronavirus response — In the midst of the continuing spread of the coronavirus in Michigan, the Michigan Legislature has scheduled a special session for Friday to create an oversight committee to examine how Gov. Gretchen Whitmer …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Moving Out and Not Coming Back — On the menu today: The possibility of another wave of Americans moving out of the big cities, the likelihood of some future pandemic further down the road, and how the Red America-Blue America divide is likely to be altered when we emerge from this crisis.
NBC News:
America is failing to handle its worst crisis in 80 years — 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 — The coronavirus pandemic has infected 878,000 Americans …
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Facing the Coronavirus, Republicans Aren't So Pro-Life After All — People are disposable. So is income. For the ‘pro-life’ party, one is more important. — I look at the numbers every day, sometimes every hour, sometimes before dawn. China is not to be trusted. Nor is Russia.
New York Times:
Amid Signs Coronavirus Came Earlier, Americans Ask: Did I Already Have It? — New revelations have left people wondering about ailments early this year. Doctors are thinking back to unexplained cases. Medical examiners are looking for possible misdiagnosed deaths.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
McConnell to Every State: Drop Dead — Blocking federal aid is vile, but it's also hypocritical. — Covid-19 has killed tens of thousands of Americans, and will clearly kill many more. The lockdown needed to contain the coronavirus is causing an economic slump several times as deep as the Great Recession.
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