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Obama team fully vetted Biden in 2008 and found no hint of former aide's allegation — David Axelrod, a senior CNN political commentator and host of “The Axe Files,” was senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama presidential campaigns.
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Search for Tara Reade complaint threatens to backfire on Biden — In his first televised interview about Tara Reade, Joe Biden said his old office personnel records aren't among the senatorial papers he sent to the University of Delaware. The personnel records — which might shed some light …
New York Times:
Joe Biden, Tara Reade and the Truth — Americans deserve to know more about a sexual assault accusation against the likely Democratic Party nominee. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
The hypocrisy from Democrats on the Biden allegation is stunning but not surprising
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Zak Cheney-Rice / New York Magazine:
Tara Reade Is Making It Harder to Hide Joe Biden
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New York Post, NBC News, Los Angeles Times and Althouse
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Joe Biden discovers due process — does it apply to everyone?
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Washington Free Beacon and Sean Hannity
Mike Baker / New York Times:
Tracking the ‘Murder Hornet’: A Deadly Pest Has Reached North America — Sightings of the Asian giant hornet have prompted fears that the vicious insect could establish itself in the United States and devastate bee populations. — BLAINE, Wash. — In his decades of beekeeping, Ted McFall had never seen anything like it.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Moves to Replace Watchdog Who Identified Critical Medical Shortages — The president announced the nomination of an inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services, who, if confirmed, would replace an acting official whose report embarrassed Mr. Trump.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The FBI Set Flynn Up to Preserve the Trump-Russia Probe — Perjury trap was not score-settling. To investigate the president, it was a practical necessity to sideline his chosen national-security adviser. — M — ichael Flynn was not the objective. He was the obstacle.
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John Koetsier / Forbes:
Apple Data Shows Shelter-In-Place Is Ending, Whether Governments Want It To Or Not — Bye-bye shelter-in-place. Hello re-opening. — Apple's Mobility Trends report shows that traffic in the US and other countries like Germany has pretty much doubled in the past three weeks. It had been down up to 72%.
Sharri Markson / Daily Telegraph:
Coronavirus NSW: Dossier lays out case against China bat virus program — China deliberately suppressed or destroyed evidence of the coronavirus outbreak in an “assault on international transparency” that cost tens of thousands of lives, according to a dossier prepared by concerned Western governments on the COVID-19 contagion.
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Arijeta Lajka / Associated Press:
Protester not waving sign with Nazi slogan — CLAIM: Pittsburg protester waves sign citing Nazi slogan that translates to “Work Sets You Free.” — AP'S ASSESSMENT: False. The image has been manipulated. The original photo posted by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on April 20 shows …
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Tina Nguyen / Politico:
Coronavirus gets a promising drug. MAGA world isn't buying it. — Over three weeks ago, hydroxychloroquine was all the rage in MAGA world, despite flawed and scattered evidence about whether the drug could help cure coronavirus. Now there is another drug, remdesivir, with positive early scientific data.
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
A referendum election in November? Trump allies see risks — WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months from Election Day, President Donald Trump's prospects for winning a second term have been jolted by a historic pandemic and a cratering economy, rattling some of his Republican allies and upending …
Jacquie McNish / Wall Street Journal:
Cruise Ships Set Sail Knowing the Deadly Risk to Passengers and Crew — A Wall Street Journal investigation found scores of cruise ships that began voyages in early March ferried Covid-19 to the U.S. and ports of call world-wide — Early in March, the world's cruise-ship operators …
Harry Enten / CNN:
Democrats are slight favorites for Senate control — (CNN)Whoever is the president next year may have the ability to appoint one or more justices to the US Supreme Court. But to get those justices confirmed, the president will need the US Senate behind him.
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Fearing Political Peril, Republicans Edge Away From Trump on Pandemic Response — Moderate Republicans in competitive districts are navigating a careful balance in addressing the coronavirus crisis, eager to put some distance between themselves and a president whose response has been criticized.
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Raw Story
Deirdre Fernandes / The Boston Globe:
Jeffrey Epstein's Harvard ties were extensive, new report reveals — Jeffrey Epstein's millions earned him special treatment at Harvard: He had a personal office among university researchers, a dedicated phone line, an unusual visiting fellowship position, and the backing of several high-level faculty …
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Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Harvard Kept Ties With Jeffrey Epstein After '08 Conviction, Report Shows
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Mansee Khurana / NBC News:
Fearing an undercount, advocates say census outreach is getting crushed by coronavirus — Community groups say their efforts to inform minority populations about the census are coming up short. — When Commonpoint Queens started its census outreach efforts earlier this year …
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Washington Post:
White House blocks Fauci from testifying before House panel next week — An Appropriations panel sought to hear from Fauci; the White House says it would be ‘counterproductive’ to take him away from his work — The White House is blocking Anthony S. Fauci from testifying …
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Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
Health official says US missed some chances to slow virus — NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government was slow to understand how much coronavirus was spreading from Europe, which helped drive the acceleration of outbreaks across the nation, a top health official said Friday.
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Gothamist and New York Post
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Trump's gun-toting supporters are firing blanks — Four years ago, Donald Trump's core supporters embraced Hillary Clinton's “deplorables” label because it encapsulated their class struggle against the perceived ruling elite. — Now, as Trump's reelection nears, the Deplorables are back …
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Four More “Exhausting” Years? Trump Reporters Mull Covering a Second Term — “I don't know anybody who wants to do another four years of this news cycle,” a senior CNN producer says. — The first year of the Trump presidency was a year of calibration for the nation's top journalists …
Matthew Zeitlin / Business Insider:
Everyone is focusing on the wrong problem with the PPP program — Some politicians and pundits have been quick to lambaste the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program. — Critics typically target the fact that a range of corporations like Shake Shack and Ruth's Chris received large payments
Joshua Goodman / Associated Press:
Ex-Green Beret led failed attempt to oust Venezuela's Maduro — MIAMI (AP) — The plan was simple, but perilous. Some 300 heavily armed volunteers would sneak into Venezuela from the northern tip of South America. Along the way, they would raid military bases in the socialist country …
Laura Hayes / Washington City Paper:
Sushi Taro Will Not Reopen as a Dine-in Restaurant — Saturday is the restaurant's last night in business before the owners take a break to figure out a take-out only future. — Sushi Taro's chirashi — One of D.C.'s bastions of Japanese cuisine won't celebrate its 34th anniversary in July.
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