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11:20 AM ET, April 27, 2020

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Associated Press:
Trump's focus on his base complicates path to reelection  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — During times of war and strife, national leaders often aim to unite a broken country and, in the process, broaden their appeal beyond their most loyal supporters.  Not President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
Trump looks to Hope Hicks as coronavirus crisis spills over  —  Returning to the West Wing just a month after impeachment, one of President Donald Trump's closest advisers found a presidency in crisis: a deadly disease outbreak, a tumbling stock market and a White House struggling to form …
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
New York Post:
White House officials say Trump works so hard he often misses lunch  —  President Trump's schedule is so packed amid the coronavirus crisis that he sometimes skips lunch, his aides told The Post — refuting a report that the commander-in-chief spends his days obsessing over TV coverage and eating fries.
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and POLITICUSUSA
CNN:
I used to run White House press briefings.  Here's how journalists should handle Trump.  —  Joe Lockhart is a CNN political analyst.  He was the White House press secretary from 1998-2000 in President Bill Clinton's administration.  He co-hosts the podcast “Words Matter.”
Discussion: Vox
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:   White House may scale back coronavirus task force meetings soon, source says
Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:   The daily coronavirus White House press briefings haven't been useful for weeks
Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: Rising support for mail voting amid pandemic  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans' support for mail-in voting has jumped amid concerns about the safety of polling places during the coronavirus pandemic, but a wide partisan divide suggests President Donald Trump's public campaign …
Discussion: The Hill and BuzzFeed News
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Jill J. Karofsky / New York Times:
I'm the Judge Who Won in Wisconsin.  This Principle Is More Important Than Winning.  —  We must get away from a partisan view of the law.  —  Judge Karofsky is a justice-elect of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  —  On April 7, I was on the ballot in an election that should not have happened.
Discussion: CNN
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
Saying Lockdowns Must Last Until Mass Testing Or A Vaccine Is Absurd  —  The United States is years away from mass testing or a vaccine from being produced.  If leaders wait for these measures to save them, there will not be economy left to open back up.  —  Oklahoma's Republican …
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Post
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NBC News:
The coronavirus has amplified Trump's weaknesses, and muted his strengths
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Axios
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi endorses Joe Biden for president in video remarks calling him the ‘personification of hope and courage’
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Schumer to introduce legislation preventing Trump from signing stimulus checks  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is planning to push for a provision in the next coronavirus package that would stop President Donald Trump from putting his name on any additional stimulus checks.
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CNN:
People receiving stimulus checks get letter signed by President Donald Trump
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
New York Times:
260,000 Words, Full of Self-Praise, From Trump on the Virus  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, everyone.  My administration will do everything possible to help those communities get back on their feet.  We're speaking with the governors and representatives.
CNN:
Exclusive: She's been falsely accused of starting the coronavirus.  Her life has been turned upside down  —  Maatje Benassi, a US Army reservist and mother of two, has become the target of conspiracy theorists who falsely place her at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, saying she brought the disease to China.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Large, Troubled Companies Got Bailout Money in Small-Business Loan Program  —  Companies with accounting problems or in trouble with the government received millions in federal loans.  —  A company in Georgia paid $6.5 million to resolve a Justice Department investigation — and …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
Anna Wintour Made Condé Nast the Embodiment of Boomer Excess.  Can It Change to Meet This Crisis?  —  The theatrical flourishes and lavish lifestyles of the great media figures of a generation seem ill suited to the moment.  —  The coronavirus chased the fashion industry across Europe in February …
Susannah Luthi / Politico:
Supreme Court rules government must pay billions to Obamacare insurers  —  The Supreme Court on Monday ruled the federal government owes health insurers massive payments from an Obamacare program shielding them from financial risks after the companies accused Washington of reneging on its funding promises.
Discussion: Associated Press and Axios
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Trump's Disinfectant Remark Raises a Question About the ‘Very Stable Genius’  —  The president has often said he is exceptionally smart.  His recent suggestion about injecting disinfectants was not.  —  President Trump's self-assessment has been consistent.  —  “I'm, like, a very smart person,” he assured voters in 2016.
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
Andy Lack / NBC News:
Journalism is under attack from coronavirus and the White House.  But we're winning.  —  At this dark hour, Americans are scared.  They're hungry for accurate information and the unvarnished truth.  Now, and in all the days to come, journalists will be there.
Robert McCartney / Washington Post:
McConnell's rejection of federal aid for states risks causing a depression, analysts say  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) would rather see states declare bankruptcy than give them federal aid to deal with the economic collapse triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   Mitch McConnell isn't a ‘stable genius,’ either
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
How Las Vegas Became Ground Zero for the American Jobs Crisis  —  As the U.S. economy shut down, few places in America were hit harder and faster than Las Vegas.  —  When Valicia Anderson starts to count the people she knows in Las Vegas who have lost their jobs, she runs out of fingers fast.
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Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Muted and vacant, Las Vegas struggles to survive shutdown
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Politico:
Backlash grows as pandemic relief stumbles  —  This article was reported in collaboration with Zachary Warmbrodt, Susannah Luthi, John Hendel, Ryan McCrimmon, Michael Stratford, Brian Faler and Brianna Gurciullo.  —  Congress' mad dash to shovel nearly $3 trillion into the economy …
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Wait, how long are we supposed to stay in lockdown?  —  What are we waiting for?  The question can be posed in either a wild, irresponsible way — or a sane, measured way.  In New York, our “pause” will continue until at least May 15, and New Yorkers are asking, in a measured, sane way: What exactly are we waiting for?
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Big-government conservatives mount takeover of GOP  —  Crises nearly always create political upheaval.  In recent history the catastrophes of 9/11 and the Great Recession both defined American politics for the decade that came after each event.  —  The Covid-19 crisis …
 
 
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
Joe Biden's Trump card: Death, disease and economic pain are real. They can't be spun.
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Speculation mounts over Flynn case as new DOJ documents turned over
Discussion: Power Line and Townhall
Maria Santana / CNN:
DACA recipients shocked to learn that ICE has access to their information
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
The Daily Beast:
Where Has Jared Kushner Gone in the Fight Against Coronavirus?
Discussion: Raw Story
Vinson Cunningham / New Yorker:
This Week's Issue  —  interactive [#iframe: http://audm.herokuapp …
John Solomon / Just The News:
An intelligence community shakeup is returning assets to field, where they are welcomed
John Binder / Breitbart:
Murder, Burglary Soars in New York City During Coronavirus Lockdown
Discussion: American Greatness and Townhall
 Earlier Items: 
E.J. Dionne / Washington Post:
To solve our problems, marginalize Trump
David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
We Still Don't Know How the Coronavirus Is Killing Us
Washington Post:
'For black folks, it's like a setup: Are you trying to kill us?'
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Trump blasts Fox News, says he wants an “alternative” network
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
To Pressure Iran, Pompeo Turns to the Deal Trump Renounced
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Why Trump went off on Brian Kemp
Discussion: Raw Story
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Is the talk about Kim Jong Un being sick — or worse — true? Pyongyang is abuzz, too.
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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