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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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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
McConnell tells GOP senators to “keep the White House in the box” on infrastructure
McConnell tells GOP senators to “keep the White House in the box” on infrastructure
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Raw Story
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Senate Republicans eye confirmation hearing for McConnell protégé next week
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
‘Pathetic’: Schumer slams Trump's coronavirus testing blueprint
‘Pathetic’: Schumer slams Trump's coronavirus testing blueprint
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Politico and POLITICUSUSA
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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Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
Leading Democrats Stand Behind Biden After Sexual-Assault Allegation
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
What Biden Has To Say — Joe Biden, Tara Reade, and double-standards.
What Biden Has To Say — Joe Biden, Tara Reade, and double-standards.
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Arc Digital and National Review
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Trump allies highlight new claims regarding allegations against Biden
Trump allies highlight new claims regarding allegations against Biden
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Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Joe Biden, I Want You To Release The Personnel Records’: Tara Reade Demands Transparency From Biden
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Joe Biden, I Want You To Release The Personnel Records’: Tara Reade Demands Transparency From Biden
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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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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Former Aides to Bernie Sanders Form a Super PAC to Support Joe Biden — Mr. Sanders's 2016 campaign manager and another architect of the 2016 bid are joining together in an effort to rally progressive support for the former vice president ahead of the November election.
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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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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New York Times:
Top E.R. Doctor Who Treated Virus Patients Dies by Suicide — “She tried to do her job, and it killed her,” said the father of Dr. Lorna M. Breen, who worked at a Manhattan hospital hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. — A top emergency room doctor at a Manhattan hospital that treated …
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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
‘A Bargain With the Devil’—Bill Comes Due for Overextended Airbnb Hosts — Entrepreneurs built mini-empires of short-term rental properties, borrowing against revenue that's now vanishing under coronavirus lockdowns — For years, Cheryl Dopp considered the ding on her phone …
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.
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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Christina Maxouris / CNN:
Reopening states too early will bring deadlier outcomes, coronavirus projection models show
Reopening states too early will bring deadlier outcomes, coronavirus projection models show
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The Week
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.
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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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump in Michigan, where Gov. Whitmer is more popular than president
Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump in Michigan, where Gov. Whitmer is more popular than president
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Washington Post
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, Redstate, National Review and NBC News
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
No Testing, No Treatment, No Herd Immunity, No Easy Way Out — We need to start preparing for a darker reality. — Contributing writer at The Atlantic — The past few months have been bleak. Every day has brought word of new casualties from the coronavirus. The world economy entered free fall.
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Washington Post:
The U.S. plans to give $500 billion to large companies. It won't require them to preserve jobs or limit executive pay. — The Fed's coronavirus aid program lacks restrictions Congress placed on companies seeking financial help under other programs. — A Federal Reserve program expected …
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 …
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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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
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 …
Sarah Miller / The Appeal:
The Case For A Temporary Merger Ban For America's Largest Companies — Americans overwhelmingly support imposing a merger moratorium on large corporations and private equity firms. — This research and analysis is part of our Discourse series. Discourse is a collaboration between The Appeal …
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American Prospect, The Daily Dot and NBC News
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
COVID-19 Is This Generation's Vietnam — In six weeks the coronavirus has killed more Americans than the Vietnam war. — On June 8, 1956, Technical Sergeant Richard B. Fitzgibbon Jr. was shot in cold blood outside a U.S. base in South Vietnam by a fellow airman.
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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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Alec MacGillis / ProPublica:
One Thing the Pandemic Hasn't Stopped: Aggressive Medical-Debt Collection — U.S. hospitals are in the spotlight for being on the frontline of fighting the pandemic. But in the shadows, debt collection operations continue, often by the same institutions treating coronavirus patients, all while unemployment and uncertainty soar.
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Arizona GOP chair encourages anti-stay-at-home protesters to dress like health care workers — Washington (CNN)The chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party is encouraging people planning to protest stay-at-home orders imposed amid the coronavirus pandemic to dress like health care workers.
Eric Morath / Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Relief Often Pays Workers More Than Work — When combined with state benefits, weekly government payouts create incentives that employers say complicate efforts to reopen businesses — Roughly half of all U.S. workers stand to earn more in unemployment benefits than they did at their jobs …
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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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
New chance for House Democrats to force McGahn's testimony — The federal appeals court in Washington, D — WASHINGTON — The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., is giving the House another shot at forcing former White House counsel Don McGahn to appear before Congress.