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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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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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: New York Times
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
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
Discussion: The Daily Dot and Twitchy
Washington Post:
Live updates: Trump's comments prompt doctors to warn against injecting disinfectants …
Discussion: Novara Media
NBC News:
Facebook ads, conspiracy theorists pushed bleach consumption and UV ray cures
Discussion: CNN and Vanity Fair
NBC News:
America is failing to handle its worst crisis in 80 years
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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story and NBC News
The Daily Beast:   Team Trump Fears Suburban Women Will Destroy Him in 2020—and That Coronavirus Is Making It Worse
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Biden says he thinks Trump will try to delay the presidential election
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Biden predicts Trump will try to delay November election
Discussion: Vanity Fair and IJR
Marty Johnson / The Hill:
Biden predicts Trump will try to delay November election
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Biden says Trump may try to postpone election; Trump campaign dismisses that idea
Discussion: The Hill
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Associated Press:   FDA warns of risks with Trump-promoted malaria drug
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:   Citing a ‘primary outcome’ of death, researchers cut chloroquine coronavirus study short over safety concerns
Thomas M. Burton / Wall Street Journal:   FDA Warns Against Use of Chloroquine Outside of Clinical Trials
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
FDA issues warnings on chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine after ‘serious poisoning and death’ reported
Discussion: Discourse Blog
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 …
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Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan Legislature wants to create committee to oversee Whitmer's coronavirus response
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.
Discussion: Twitchy
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
If Joe Biden Needs a Black Woman for Vice President, Who Should It Be?  —  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.
Bloomberg:
McConnell's Hometown Will Be Hit Hard Without Federal Bailout  — Congress's fourth rescue doesn't offer city budget relief  — Louisville, Kentucky, facing $115 million deficit, mayor says  —  When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell panned the idea of providing federal aid …
Discussion: Raw Story, Redstate, Mediaite and Fox News
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Eat More Potatoes, America  —  Is It Really Too Much to Ask That We Focus, People?  —  In just about every major publication in the country today, the lead story is that President Trump has once again said something outrageous in yesterday's briefing about the virus response.
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 …
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump team moves to scrap protections for LGBTQ patients  —  The Trump administration is moving to scrap an Obama-era policy that protected LGBTQ patients from discrimination, alarming health experts who warn that the regulatory rollback could harm vulnerable people during a pandemic.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Discussion: VodkaPundit
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.
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.
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Live updates: D.C., Maryland and Virginia report more than 100 covid-19 fatalities; leaders take steps toward planning for reopening  —  The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free.  For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic …
New York Times:
Biden Will Fund-Raise With D.N.C. and His Appointee Will Lead the Committee  —  Joe Biden's presidential campaign is beginning to consolidate control over the Democratic National Committee and will have the ability to raise badly needed cash.  —  WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s presidential campaign …
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Merkel, Macron Back $8 Billion Virus Vaccine Fund Effort
Discussion: Mother Jones and Reuters
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump signs $484 billion interim coronavirus relief bill
William Saletan / Slate:
Trump Is Lying About His Travel Ban on Europe
CNN:
How the Supreme Court has enabled Trump on immigration
Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
Just What Will Voting Look Like This Fall?
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Trump's obsession with Iranian gunboats
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The coronavirus crisis shows the risks of scientific collaboration with China
Discussion: Vox, NPR and NATIONAL ENDOWMENT …
New York Times:
Opposed to Bailouts, but in This Case Willing to Take One
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Aaron Glantz / Reveal:
Bailout money bypasses hard-hit New York, California for North Dakota, Nebraska
New York Times:
Ecuador's Death Toll During Outbreak Is Among the Worst in the World
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Moving Out and Not Coming Back  —  On the menu today …
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Facing the Coronavirus, Republicans Aren't So Pro-Life After All
NBC News:
Political influence skews Trump's coronavirus response
Discussion: Daily Kos
Susan Glasser / New Yorker:
Fifty Thousand Americans Dead from the Coronavirus, and a President Who Refuses to Mourn Them
Discussion: The Week
 

 
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