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CNN:
How a media-distracted Trump ended up derailing his own briefing — See Dr. Birx's reaction to Trump's dangerous suggestion — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump was absent from the Situation Room on Wednesday when William Bryan, the acting head of science at the Department of Homeland Security …
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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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Politico:
Trump grapples with a surprise threat: Too much Trump — Donald Trump's top aides are fiercely debating a question their boss rarely confronted during his decades of jousting with tabloid newspapers, starring on reality TV shows and running a media-soaked presidential campaign: whether there's such a thing as too much Donald Trump.
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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Elizabeth Nolan Brown / Reason:
No, Poison Control Calls Aren't Suddenly Spiking After Trump's Disinfectant Comments
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Dr. Birx goes viral for reaction to Trump's ‘injection’ comments
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Associated Press:
White House could alter virus briefings to limit Trump role
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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’
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The Daily Beast:
White House Aides Groan, Try to Clean Up After ‘Dumb’ Trump Again
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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 …
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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.
Michael A. Cohen / The Boston Globe:
Say it loud, say it clear: Donald Trump needs to resign over his handling of the coronavirus — The United States has just over 4 percent of the world's population, but had about one-third of all global coronavirus cases and one-quarter of the fatalities, as of Friday.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Putin Statement Stirs Concern Among Some — Rare declaration comes amid U.S.-Russian strains, military tension, disinformation complaints — President Trump issued a symbolic joint statement Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a move that has stirred debate within …
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The Week
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.
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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 …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
New evidence surfaces in Tara Reade allegation against Biden — A 1993 video appears to show her mother calling the Larry King Show to discuss “problems” while working for “a prominent senator.” — Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden. Rick Loomis/Getty Images
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Richmond Times-Dispatch:
SATURDAY UPDATE: Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Virginia jump by 733, deaths increase by 25 — The Virginia Department of Health reported Saturday there are 11,902 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state - an increase of 733 from the 11,169 reported Friday. — Also, there are 432 confirmed …
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Craig Pittman / Politico:
Florida's No-Rules Vibe Gets a Coronavirus Reality Check — At the farthest northwest corner of Florida, straddling the border with Alabama, sits a sprawling, ramshackle beach bar called the Flora-Bama Lounge. First opened as a roadhouse in 1964, it's celebrated in song by Jimmy Buffett …
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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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MSNBC:
Trump facing ‘historic political defeat’ amidst virus, says Bush aide — President Trump is facing backlash for this coronavirus response, including his public remarks at a White House press briefing that suggested humans inject themselves with toxic chemicals as a cure.
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.
Tom Sims / Reuters:
Deutsche Bank refuses to give U.S. senators information on recent Trump dealings — FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank has declined a request by prominent U.S. senators to provide information about the German lender's recent business dealings with President Donald Trump and his family, according to a letter this week seen by Reuters.
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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 …
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
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Sara Simon / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Pa. removes more than 200 deaths from official coronavirus count as questions mount about reporting process, data accuracy … HARRISBURG — Twice in the last week, Pennsylvania's official COVID-19 death count spiked. — Then, on Thursday, the number plummeted.
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
The pandemic at sea … On land, more than 300,000 people worldwide had contracted the deadly coronavirus, and the governor of California had just ordered all 39 million residents to stay at home. But as the Celebrity Eclipse cruise ship steamed north across the Pacific Ocean on March 21 …
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The Verge
Teran Powell / WUWM:
40 Coronavirus Cases In Milwaukee County Linked To Wisconsin Election, Health Official Says — Forty people in Milwaukee County may have become infected with the coronavirus as a result of participating in Wisconsin elections on April 7. — Milwaukee Health Commissioner Jeanette Kowalik …
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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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Focus group: Ohio swing voters want Trump to act more like a governor — Some swing voters in Canton, Ohio, who were won over by President Trump's say-anything bravado in 2016, now wish he'd be less partisan and more expert-driven — like a governor. — Driving the news …
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