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The Daily Beast:
Why Have Women's Groups Gone Dead Silent on Biden Sex-Assault Accusation? — In the wake of the #MeToo movement, prominent women came forward expressing regret they didn't take allegations against then-President Bill Clinton seriously in the 1990s. — Women's groups and prominent feminist figures …
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BuzzFeed News:
Democrats Will Have To Answer Questions About Tara Reade. The Biden Campaign Is Advising Them To Say Her Story “Did Not Happen.” — While Joe Biden has remained publicly silent about a sexual assault allegation made against him, his presidential campaign has sought to coordinate …
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CNN, Townhall, Fox News, The Week, The Daily Caller, Politico, The Bread Line, Washington Monthly, The College Fix, Althouse, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Breitbart, HuffPost, Twitchy and National Review
Washington Examiner:
The media owe Brett Kavanaugh an apology — Without a shred of evidence that Brett Kavanaugh had ever even met Christine Blasey Ford, the news media decided the then-Supreme Court nominee was guilty of an unconscionable sexual assault four decades ago. Kavanaugh went overnight from being understood …
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CNN, Townhall and The American Conservative
Politico:
Roger Stone search warrants reveal new clues — and mysteries — about 2016 — Nearly three-dozen search warrants unsealed late Tuesday reveal a web of contacts between longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and other key figures in the long-running probe …
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Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Antibody tests support what's been obvious: Covid-19 is much more lethal than the flu — The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our daily Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.
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The Week, ProPublica and Raw Story
New York Times:
U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Is Far Higher Than Reported, C.D.C. Data Suggests — Total deaths in seven states that have been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic are nearly 50 percent higher than normal for the five weeks from March 8 through April 11, according to new death statistics …
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Power Line and Raw Story
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The economy shrunk at the fastest pace since the Great Recession — Everyone expects much worse numbers next quarter. — The US economy shrank 1.2 percent in the first quarter of 2020 — or a 4.8 percent annual rate of decline — according to data released Wednesday morning by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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U.S. Bureau …, Mother Jones and POLITICUSUSA
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Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
The American People Should See Trump's Coronavirus Briefings in Their Entirety — We're committed to keeping our readers informed. … To get to the White House Rose Garden during the pandemic, you first walk through a tent outside of the grounds, where your temperature is checked …
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New Republic, more at Mediagazer »
Joe Walsh / Washington Post:
You can't win, Justin Amash. You can only help Trump get reelected. — We both came in with the tea party wave. Reelecting this president isn't the way to go out. — President Trump is everything our Founders feared. He routinely misleads or outright lies to the American people …
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Police Investigating Death of Arizona Man From Chloroquine Phosphate — The Mesa City Police Department's homicide division is investigating the death of Gary Lenius, the Arizona man whose wife served him soda mixed with fish tank cleaner in what she claimed was a bid to fend off the coronavirus.
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis and Trump tout Florida a coronavirus success as state announces 83 new deaths — The Republican governor from the Oval Office took aim at governors issuing strict orders. 'Florida's done better,' he said. — Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared Florida a coronavirus success story …
Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
COVID-19 turning out to be huge hoax perpetrated by media — Media hyped the virus and alarmed Americans to the point of shutting down the economy — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — When the postmortem is done on the media's coverage of COVID-19 (and it will be), it will be clear that the virus …
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
De Blasio warning to Jewish community sparks backlash in latest controversy over coronavirus measures — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is being accused of singling out his city's Jewish community after a Brooklyn funeral was broken up by police for allegedly violating social distancing requirements …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Mass layoffs begin in cities and states amid coronavirus fallout, threatening education, sanitation, health and safety — Millions of municipal workers could find themselves out of a job or without pay, according to local leaders, who say programs would fall into disarray unless Washington intervenes
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Raw Story, Morning Consult, Vanity Fair and Politico
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Half Of Americans Financially Affected By Coronavirus — Half the country has been personally economically impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, and overwhelming numbers of Americans do not think schools, restaurants or sporting events with large crowds should reopen until there is further testing …
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The Week, Fox News, POLITICUSUSA and PBS NewsHour
NBC News:
Trump administration asks intelligence agencies to find out whether China, WHO hid info on coronavirus pandemic — A specific “tasking” seeking information about the outbreak's early days was sent last week to the Defense Intelligence Agency. The CIA got similar instructions.
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National Review, Talking Points Memo, Gothamist, New York Post, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Raw Story and MSNBC
W.J. Hennigan / TIME:
Trump Says U.S. Will Run 5 Million Daily Virus Tests ‘Very Soon.’ His Testing Chief Says That's Impossible — President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that the U.S. will be able to carry out five million coronavirus tests per day, but the top official overseeing testing strategy told TIME earlier …
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Raw Story, Vox and The Guardian
Ben Domenech / Wall Street Journal:
How My Joke on Twitter Became a Federal Case — The NLRB is investigating me for a humorous tweet about Vox's labor dispute. — I'm under federal investigation for making a joke on Twitter. — In June 2019, employees at the left-liberal Vox Media Inc. walked off the job demanding a new collective bargaining agreement.
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People's Policy Project and Reason
Christina Maxouris / CNN:
US could be in for ‘a bad fall and a bad winter’ if it's unprepared for a second wave of coronavirus, Fauci warns — (CNN)A second round of the coronavirus is “inevitable,” the nation's top infectious disease doctor says, but just how bad it is will depend on the progress the US makes in the coming months.
Politico:
‘Whack-a-mole stuff’: Trump's oil rescue hits a slippery path — President Donald Trump and his advisers are offering a barrage of increasingly urgent ideas for propping up faltering oil producers — but people in the industry are skeptical that anything will come of it.
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Washington Post, One America News Network and Raw Story
Jake Thomas / The Intellectualist:
States Warn That Workers Will Lose Unemployment If They Refuse To Return To Jobs — Workers who worry about contracting the coronavirus will not be granted an exception. — As states begin to reopen their economies after weeks of stay-at-home orders, some are warning employees …
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The Nation, Slate, The Texas Tribune and The Hill
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senate Democrats Urge Lindsey Graham To Focus Hearings On COVID-19, Not More Judges — “Now is not the time to process routine judicial nominations,” reads a letter signed by every Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. — WASHINGTON ― Every Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee …
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
'Governors Don't Do Global Pandemics': Cuomo Faults Others Over Virus — The governor accused various world and federal health groups, as well as the news media, of not sufficiently warning the world of the coronavirus outbreak. — ALBANY, N.Y. — A day after seemingly expressing regret …
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The Week
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Not ‘a great moment in American leadership:’ Romney criticizes government response to coronavirus — Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) offered a critical assessment of the federal government's readiness for the novel coronavirus, describing it as not a “great moment in American leadership.”
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Talking Points Memo and The Week
ABC News:
How the pro-Trump message machine is seizing on anti-lockdown fever — Amid the president's mixed messages, some supporters go against health experts. — Outside groups tied to President Trump's re-election bid have ramped up recent efforts to promote back-to-work protests …
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Raw Story, The Daily Beast and Spectator USA
Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing — On March 27, as the U.S. topped 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, Donald Trump stood at the lectern of the White House press-briefing room and was asked what he'd say about the pandemic to a child. Amid a meandering answer, Trump remarked …
New York Times:
Businesses Seek Sweeping Shield From Pandemic Liability Before They Reopen — A new legal and political front is coming into view as the nation starts to ease public health limits that have crippled the economy: Will business owners fear lawsuits and stay closed anyway?
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National Review, The Hill, The Week, HuffPost and New York Post
John Solomon / Just The News:
Steele reveals he believes Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice knew about his anti-Trump research — Rice denies former British spy's account, which comes in a novel litigation by three Russian businessman suing over Britain's data laws . — The documents underlying his now infamous Russian dossier …
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Redstate and The Daily Caller
Byron York / Townhall:
When Would Joe Biden Reopen the Country — The most pressing problem facing Americans today is how and when states and local areas reopen after the coronavirus lockdowns. President Trump, stressing the terrible economic damage the lockdowns have done, has (mostly) pressed for reopening sooner rather than later.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB discussing plan to start season in late June, playing in home stadiums with realigned league — Maybe it's a dream scenario. — Maybe it's premature to get excited. — Then again, maybe it just might work. — Major League Baseball officials have become cautiously optimistic …
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The Week and CBS Boston
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Two men in Georgia drank disinfectants in efforts to prevent COVID-19, officials say — Officials say two men in Georgia who have suffered from psychiatric problems ingested household chemicals in an effort to protect themselves against COVID-19, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
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Twitchy and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
Nearly 70 dead in ‘horrific’ outbreak at veterans home — Nearly 70 residents sickened with the coronavirus have died at a Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest known outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S.
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The Hill, Just The News and New York Post