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1:35 PM ET, April 24, 2020

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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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Gateway Pundit and POLITICUSUSA

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.

Discussion: Axios, Mediaite, The Verge, Politico, New York Times, Forbes, CBS Baltimore, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller

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 …

Discussion: Axios, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, LiveScience, New York Times, NBC News, Raw Story, IJR, The Intercept and Balloon Juice

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.

Discussion: Washington Post, The Mahablog, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Week and Raw Story

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 …

Discussion: emptywheel, BBC, Washington Post, MSNBC, CeliaSue's Words Newsletter, Daily Kos, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Caller, Vanity Fair and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: Vox, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Gizmodo, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and The American Independent

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

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

Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Trump suggests ‘injection’ of disinfectant to beat coronavirus and ‘clean’ the lungs

BBC:
Coronavirus: Disinfectant firm warns after Trump comments

Discussion: NBC News, Bloomberg, POLITICUSUSA, Politico and VICE

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

Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Lysol Warns Not to Inject its Products After Trump Raises Idea at Briefing

Discussion: NPR, ABC News, Townhall and Mother Jones

NBC News:
America is failing to handle its worst crisis in 80 years

Discussion: The Hill, Fox News and Lawyers, Guns & Money

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 …

Discussion: The Guardian, Washington Post, WLNS-TV, Raw Story and Discourse.net

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

Discussion: Axios, IJR, NBC News, American Military News, Deadline, Washington Times, Mediaite, Breitbart, HuffPost and The Week

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

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

Discussion: STAT, National Review, Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg, The Week, New York Post, New York Times and The Daily Beast

Katherine Eban / Vanity Fair:
“Really Want to Flood NY and NJ”: Internal Documents Reveal Team Trump's Chloroquine Master Plan

Discussion: VICE, Los Angeles Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Daily Caller

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 …

Kathleen Gray / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan Legislature wants to create committee to oversee Whitmer's coronavirus response

Discussion: Townhall, Fox News, New York Post, The Hill, PJ Media Home, IJR, One America News Network, Conservative News Today, Detroit News, WJBK-TV and The Daily Caller

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.

Discussion: National Review, The Federalist, POLITICUSUSA, WBUR, Althouse and The Daily Beast

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

Paul Krugman / New York Times:
McConnell to Every State: Drop Dead

Discussion: Bloomberg, Letters from an American, Raw Story, U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, Politico and Mercury News

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 …

Discussion: Townhall, Mediaite, Vox, CNBC, Tangle, NPR, The American Spectator, Al Jazeera, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo

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.

Discussion: Morning Pulse, Raw Story and The National Interest

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.

Discussion: Centers for Disease Control …

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 …