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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 …
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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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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Mother Jones, Power Line and Raw Story
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
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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Politico, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Dispatch and IJR
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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 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 »
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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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
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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Politico, Mediaite and The Daily Dot
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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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Vox, Raw Story and The Guardian
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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Redstate, National Review, TheBlaze, Louder With Crowder, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
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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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.
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POLITICUSUSA, New York Post, The Hill and MSNBC
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 …
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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The Atlantic, National Review, Talking Points Memo, Gothamist, New York Post, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Raw Story and MSNBC
ABC News:
How accurate is the US coronavirus death count? Some experts say it's off by ‘tens of thousands’ — To get an accurate picture of the pandemic, US needs to test more of the dead. — The novel coronavirus has already claimed the lives of more than 58,000 Americans.
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
Michael Collins / USA Today:
‘My Fellow American’: Donald Trump letter to stimulus check recipients raises objections — WASHINGTON - Americans who received a stimulus check from the federal government also are getting something else in the mail: a letter from President Donald Trump. — A one-page letter …
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Fortune and American Greatness
Reuters:
Exclusive: Amazon turns to Chinese firm on U.S. blacklist to meet thermal camera needs — NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has bought cameras to take temperatures of workers during the coronavirus pandemic from a firm the United States blacklisted over allegations …
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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
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
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 …
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, The Texas Tribune, Slate and The Hill
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
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 …
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
New York Times:
‘Life Has to Go On’: How Sweden Has Faced the Virus Without a Lockdown — The country was an outlier in Europe, trusting its people to voluntarily follow the protocols. Many haven't, but it does not seem to have hurt them. — STOCKHOLM — She stood leaning on her cane …
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Marginal REVOLUTION, Fox News and Vox