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Washington Post:
President's intelligence briefing book repeatedly cited virus threat — U.S. intelligence agencies issued warnings about the novel coronavirus in more than a dozen classified briefings prepared for President Trump in January and February, months during which he continued to play down the threat …
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New York Times:
How Trump and His Team Covered Up the Coronavirus in Five Days — The president and senior officials manipulated Americans and played down the severity of the pandemic. — Mr. Goodman is a professor at New York University School of Law, where Ms. Schulkin is a student.
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The Bulwark and Raw Story
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump reportedly ignored intel briefings on coronavirus threat
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The Federalist, Washington Post, Raw Story and Mediaite
Ben White / Politico:
Trump faces the risk of a coronavirus cliff — Republicans are trying to pull off a high-wire act over the next three months: Reopen the economy enough to get most jobless Americans back to work and off the public dole, while resisting another giant stimulus package.
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Raw Story, New York Times, The American Independent, One America News Network, The Week, Axios and HuffPost
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Politico:
House drops plan to return after lawmaker backlash — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Tuesday announced that lawmakers won't return to Washington next week, abruptly reversing course after widespread backlash from members in both parties who warned the move would be unsafe.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell dangles aid to states — with a catch
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Axios, National Review, One America News Network, Raw Story, Daily Kos, The Daily Beast, PJ Media Home, Los Angeles Times, Slate, Washington Post, Bloomberg and Vox
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
The Biden Trap As the candidate faces credible assault allegations, his progressive female colleagues are being offered a poisoned chalice. — In the world of political reporting on the presidential race, two seemingly divergent stories are taking shape and blowing up, respectively.
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The Federalist, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Townhall, Fox News, Bad News, Reason and Business Insider
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Trump allies highlight new claims regarding allegations against Biden — Some allies of President Trump pointed Monday to new claims by a woman who said she was told about sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden decades ago, renewing attention to questions about the past behavior of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
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Axios, Townhall, Redstate, Breitbart, The Federalist, IJR, Fox News, Tangle, Sara A. Carter, The Daily Dot, PJ Media Home, Twitchy, Associated Press, The Week, TheBlaze, The Wrap, New York Post and Just The News
Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Joe Biden, I Want You To Release The Personnel Records’: Tara Reade Demands Transparency From Biden
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The Atlantic, NB Blog, Twitchy and Fox News
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Washington Post blasted for claiming ‘Trump allies’ are ‘amplifying’ Biden accuser Tara Reade
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The Hill
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton to Endorse Joe Biden — The expected announcement by the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee follows ones from Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren as the party tries to show its unity. — Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee and the person …
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Bloomberg, Twitchy and POLITICUSUSA
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Politico:
Oppo dumps and behind-the-scenes lobbying: Biden's VP search heats up — Joe Biden's advisers and allies have become torn over whether it is more important to choose an African American or a progressive running mate. — While the two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive …
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller, Florida Times Union, CNN and Fox News
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Former Aides to Bernie Sanders Form a Super PAC to Support Joe Biden
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump to Order U.S. Meat Plants to Stay Open Amid Pandemic — President Donald Trump plans to order meat-processing plants to remain open, declaring them critical infrastructure as the nation confronts growing disruptions to the food supply, a person familiar with the matter said.
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
‘Pathetic’: Schumer slams Trump's coronavirus testing blueprint
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POLITICUSUSA
KK Ottesen / Washington Post:
Jeff Flake on Trumpism: 'I don't know anyone who thinks that this is the future of the party' — Jeff Flake, 57, served Arizona in the U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2019, and for six terms in the House of Representatives before that. He is a contributor at CBS News and lectures around the world.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Arizona GOP chair encourages anti-stay-at-home protesters to dress like health care workers
Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
Belgians urged to eat fries twice a week as coronavirus creates massive potato surplus — Belgians are being called upon to eat fries at least twice a week as more than 750,000 tons of potatoes are at risk of being thrown away. — Romain Cools, secretary general of Belgian potato …
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Patricia Murphy / USA Today:
Dying for cute toes? I hate to say it, Georgia, but on this one, we're as dumb as we look. — We still don't know who is spreading this awful virus, how many cases we really have, or what will happen as the state reopens in earnest. It's scary. — You're laughing at Georgia, again, aren't you?
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National Review, The Daily Beast and The American Spectator
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Christina Maxouris / CNN:
Reopening states too early will bring deadlier outcomes, coronavirus projection models show
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The Week
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden leads Trump in battleground Pennsylvania — With most Pennsylvania voters concerned about catching coronavirus and nearly six-in-ten believing the Trump administration was too slow to act, Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in that battleground state.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump has played the media like a puppet. We're getting better — but history will not judge us kindly. — Traditional journalism is under siege, NBC News chief Andy Lack wrote this week: President Trump continues to “put the bully in bully pulpit,” and the coronavirus crisis has taken a toll.
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Political Wire, Raw Story, National Review, Redstate, CNN and NBC News
Anna Royal / McSweeney's:
Emails from My Children's School Before 8:00 AM During the COVID-19 Crisis — Good morning! This is an email to let you know that we will be sending another email later this afternoon. That email will contain a special passcode, and in a separate email, we will send you the link that requires this passcode.
Daniel G. Murphy / New York Post:
I've worked the coronavirus front line — and I say it's time to start opening up — I'm an emergency physician at St. Barnabas Hospital in The Bronx. I have been in the ER every day these last few weeks, either supervising or providing direct care. I contracted a COVID-19 infection …
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Talking Points Memo and The Gateway Pundit
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Ohio's G.O.P. Governor Splits From Trump, and Rises in Popularity — Mike DeWine, a low-key career politician, has followed health experts' guidance as Ohio confronts the coronavirus. His constituents are overwhelmingly appreciative. — For 40 years, Mike DeWine rose steadily if blandly …
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
How, exactly, did the LA Lakers get a ‘small business’ loan? — (CNN)The Paycheck Protection Program had a very simple goal: Keep small businesses afloat during the economic strife caused by the nationwide quarantine put in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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Financial Times:
Virtual rate cut forces Nintendo gamers into riskier assets | Free to read — Shock among users as Animal Crossing's Bank of Nook slashes rates to near zero — Savers at the Bank of Nook are being driven to speculate on turnips and tarantulas, as the most popular video game …
The Daily Beast:
New Model Shows How Deadly Lifting Georgia's Lockdown May Be — COST OF LIVING — Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi are veering toward a terrifyingly premature end to their COVID-19 lockdowns, according to a new pandemic analysis. — Gov. Brian Kemp's aggressive scheme to lift Georgia …
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Raw Story
Christopher Mele / New York Times:
Commissioner Resigns After He Threw a Cat During Zoom Meeting — “OK, first, I'd like to introduce my cat,” said a planning commissioner in Vallejo, Calif., lifting it close to the camera and then, with two hands, tossing it off screen. — The city Planning Commission meeting in Vallejo …
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CNN
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign lashes out over 'Don't defend Trump' memo — Earlier this month, the Senate Republican campaign arm circulated a memo with shocking advice to GOP candidates on responding to coronavirus: “Don't defend Trump, other than the China Travel Ban — attack China.” — The Trump campaign was furious.
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PJ Media Home, Washington Post, The Week, Daily Kos, Raw Story and The American Independent
Daniel Desrochers / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Beshear called it a prank, but Tupac Shakur really does need his unemployment check — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear went full Dad-mode during his Monday night news conference, calling out the “bad apples” who filed for unemployment under fake names during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Hill
New York Times:
N.Y.C. Deaths Reach 6 Times the Normal Level, Far More Than Coronavirus Count Suggests — More than 27,000 New Yorkers have died since the start of the novel coronavirus outbreak in March — 20,900 more than would be expected over this period and thousands more than have been captured by official coronavirus death statistics.
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Raw Story, National Review and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He May Order Virus Tests for International Travelers — President Donald Trump said he's considering requiring people arriving in the U.S. aboard international flights to be tested for coronavirus infection. — The government is “looking at it very closely,” …
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Fox-Loving Parents Are Driving Coronavirus-Paranoid Kids Insane — FAMILY FEUD — Ehrin Van Marter hasn't had outside contact with anyone in five weeks. Her boomer parents are hosting weekly parties. — When it comes to precautions against the spread of the coronavirus …
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