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Miami Herald:
Biden, Warren: There's no oversight of coronavirus relief — because that's what Trump wants — Sixty-four thousand dead. Thirty million people out of work. Small businesses collapsing. Communities of color hit exceptionally hard. — Even the most ideological conservatives …
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CNN and Balloon Juice
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New York Times:
Why Biden's Choice of Running Mate Has Momentous Implications — Joe Biden has hinted that he might serve only one term if he wins. That would set up a woman as the front-runner for 2024 and perhaps define the Democratic agenda for the next decade. — WASHINGTON — For decades …
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Elizabeth Warren tops Democrats' wish list for Biden's vice president — Economic expertise and crisis management skills are top qualities Democratic voters want to see in a vice-presidential pick for their party — even more so than executive or legislative experience …
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POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Mother Jones, Axios, CNN, Daily Kos and Political Wire
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
DHS report: China hid virus' severity to hoard supplies — WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents show.
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Redstate, One America News Network and The Daily Caller
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Pompeo says there's “enormous evidence” coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab
Pompeo says there's “enormous evidence” coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab
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Slate, The Daily Caller, NBC News, Fox News, One America News Network and ABC News
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
DHS report accuses China of hiding coronavirus info so it could hoard supplies
DHS report accuses China of hiding coronavirus info so it could hoard supplies
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Raw Story
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Cuomo announces 7-state consortium for buying PPE
Cuomo announces 7-state consortium for buying PPE
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Politico and The Mahablog
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Lesley Stahl shares her personal battle with coronavirus — “After two weeks at home in bed, weak, fighting pneumonia, and really scared, I went to the hospital. I found an overworked, nearly overwhelmed staff.” — One of the rules of journalism is “Don't become part of the story.”
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The Hill
New York Times:
The Covid-19 Riddle: Why Does the Virus Wallop Some Places and Spare Others? — Experts are trying to figure out why the coronavirus is so capricious. The answers could determine how to best protect ourselves and how long we have to. — The coronavirus has killed so many people in Iran …
Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
Doctor, nurse practitioner dipping into own pockets to provide rural health care in Texas — Texas' rural health care system may not have the budgets to survive the coronavirus pandemic. 60 Minutes met with a few of the people trying to make sure rural communities still receive care.
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Rest of the World Is Laughing at Trump — It looks, at first, like one of a zillion unfunny video clips that now circulate on the internet: “Once Upon a Virus” features cheap animation, cheesy music, and sarcastic dialogue between China—represented by a Lego terra-cotta warrior with a low …
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New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As Washington stumbled, governors stepped to the forefront — The history of the United States has generally been written with the states in a subordinate role or cast in a negative light — but no longer. The story of America's confrontation with the coronavirus pandemic is one in which states and their governors have been dominant.
Shawn Langlois / MarketWatch:
Larry Kudlow gets testy after CNN airs video of him saying in February that the coronavirus was ‘contained’ — Back in February, White House National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow announced that the coronavirus was “contained.” In fact, it was “pretty close to airtight,” he claimed.
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HuffPost
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How a New Breed of Union Activists Is Changing the Rules (and Newsrooms) — A new generation is making gains on everything from layoff protections to gender neutral pronouns. Can they bring that same energy to saving the industry? — As the coronavirus crisis wreaked havoc in the news business …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Dinner organizer says Biden was not at 2008 event where he was accused of sexual harassment — A past organizer for Delaware's First State Gridiron Dinner now says Joe Biden did not attend the event in 2008, after a woman recently claimed the former vice president and senator sexually harassed her there, Fox News has learned.
Discussion:
Law & Crime, The Daily Caller and Althouse
Harry Enten / CNN:
How Trump has broken the polls — (CNN)Poll of the week: A new Ipsos/Reuters poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by a 45% to 39% margin. — The Ipsos poll is just the latest to find Biden ahead. He's never not been ahead in the polling average.
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John Hanna / Associated Press:
Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting
Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting
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The Hill
Elizabeth Bruenig / New York Times:
Democrats, It's Time to Consider a Plan B — Tara Reade's allegations against Joe Biden demand action. — Ms. Bruenig is an Opinion writer. — If you're lucky when you report your sexual assault, you'll become known as a person who was sexually assaulted.
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Breitbart, The Hill, HuffPost and Washington Free Beacon
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
How Greenwich Republicans Learned to Love Trump — To understand the President's path to the 2020 election, look at what he has provided the country's executive class. — Prescott Bush, the father and grandfather of future Presidents, was the eight-time club champion on the golf course …
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Got Dow 36,000 Author to Model the Coronavirus. It Didn't Go Well. — President Trump's habit of promising unrealistically low casualty counts is one of the more inexplicable unforced errors in the administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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CNN, Digby's Hullabaloo, Daily Kos and Mother Jones
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
What the Coronavirus Models Can't See — We're committed to keeping our readers informed.
What the Coronavirus Models Can't See — We're committed to keeping our readers informed.
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abc7NY, Digby's Hullabaloo and Vox
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Policy and Punditry Need to Adapt to New Virus Data — When we began our foray into quarantine seven weeks ago, there was a unifying and eminently sensible rationale behind it: “Bend the curve.” The idea was this: If allowed to go unchecked, COVID-19 would overwhelm hospitals, leaving patients without beds.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Why you shouldn't hold your breath for the next coronavirus stimulus bill — Don't expect fast action on the next coronavirus stimulus package, known on Capitol Hill as “phase 4.” Senior sources in the Republican Senate conference tell me that most GOP senators want to wait a bit before passing another big aid bill.
Discussion:
Fox News
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump wants to replace FBI director Wray but may restrain himself during election year — President Trump is not happy with FBI director Christopher Wray and would love to replace him, according to three sources who've discussed the matter with the president.
New York Times:
Before Covid-19, Trump Aide Sought to Use Disease to Close Borders — The president's chief adviser on immigration, Stephen Miller, had long tried to halt migration based on public health, without success. Then came the coronavirus. — From the early days of the Trump administration …
Discussion:
Raw Story
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Florida county's medical examiner begged officials to close beaches, internal emails reveal — Beaches in Florida's St. Johns County remained open to record crowds through most of March, despite mounting concerns raised by the county's medical examiner and residents.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Fox News:
DOJ sides with church suing Virginia Gov. Northam after pastor who held 16-person service faced fine, jail — The Justice Department is siding with a Virginia church suing Gov. Ralph Northam after police threatened a pastor with jail time or a $2,500 fine for violating the state's coronavirus …
Discussion:
Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
Alex Thompson / Politico:
The Biden campaign faces a mind-boggling challenge: How to make Joe go viral — How does a campaign take a 77-year-old man — who admits he needs his granddaughter's help with his cellphone and pitches himself as sober and reasonable — and make him go viral?
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Here's How We Can Deal With COVID-19 In Nursing Homes Right Away — At least 16,000 dead, shortages of gear and workers — and it doesn't have to be this way. — The first COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. was at a Seattle-area nursing home, where 37 residents and staff died.
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USA Today