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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Daily Death Toll Will Nearly Double by June, Trump Administration Models Predict  —  Tensions between Washington and Beijing escalate.  The Supreme Court hears a case remotely for the first time.  An internal government report projects about 200,000 new cases each day by the end of the month.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The White House is focused on per capita coronavirus death tolls.  Here's where we rank.  —  The United States has the most confirmed coronavirus cases and the most confirmed coronavirus deaths in the world.  This became true weeks ago, and the gap between us and the rest of the world is only growing.
Washington Post:
Draft report predicts covid-19 cases will reach 200,000 a day by June 1  —  A draft government report projects covid-19 cases will surge to about 200,000 per day by June 1, a staggering jump that would be accompanied by more than 3,000 deaths each day.  —  The document predicts a sharp increase …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
CDC privately projects significant May surge in coronavirus cases and deaths  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is projecting that by June 1, the U.S. will see a surge in daily new coronavirus cases from about 25,000 to 200,000, and an increase in daily deaths from about 1,750 to about 3,000 …
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
White House faces bad news on lockdown results  —  On the roster: White House faces bad news on lockdown results - Pick six: Consensus emerges on battlegrounds - Senate can't comply with Biden probe request - Justice Department backs church in corona suit - Tiger queen
Discussion: The Hill, Talking Points Memo and Vox
CNN:
A security guard is shot and killed after telling customer to put on a face mask  —  (CNN)A security guard at a Family Dollar store in Flint, Michigan, was shot and killed after telling a customer to wear a state-mandated face mask, police said.  —  Calvin Munerlyn, 43 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Detroit News:
Police probe shooting of Flint security guard in confrontation over mask at Family Dollar  —  Michigan State Police investigators are looking into reports that a Flint dollar store security guard was fatally shot Friday after an argument with a customer who refused to wear a mask in the store.
Associated Press:   3 charged in killing of store security guard over virus mask
Detroit News:
Prosecutor: Security guard told Flint dollar store customer to wear mask before being fatally shot
Discussion: The Root
Reuters:
Exclusive: Internal Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus  —  BEIJING (Reuters) - An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation …
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Reuters:
Trump administration pushing to rip global supply chains from China: officials  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is “turbocharging” an initiative to remove global industrial supply chains from China as it weighs new tariffs to punish Beijing for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak …
Juliegrace Brufke / The Hill:
White House prohibits coronavirus task force members from testifying before Congress in May  —  White House coronavirus task force members are prohibited from testifying before Congress this month under new guidance from the Trump administration issued Monday.
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Philip Wegmann / Real Clear Politics:
White House to Bar Fauci, Task Force From Testifying in May
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
Inside the Trump-Pence partnership
Discussion: Raw Story
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Pick for Intelligence Chief Follows a Slew of QAnon Accounts  —  John Ratcliffe's campaign Twitter account follows Pizzagaters, JFK Jr. conspiracists, and a 9/11 Truther account with just one follower besides himself.  —  For a nominee to helm the U.S. government's intelligence apparatus …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
The world came together for a virtual vaccine summit.  The U.S. was conspicuously absent.  —  LONDON — World leaders came together in a virtual summit Monday to pledge billions of dollars to quickly develop vaccines and drugs to fight the coronavirus.  —  Missing from the roster …
Discussion: The Mahablog
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
US absent from global conference to raise money for coronavirus vaccine
Politico:
World leaders pledge to fight coronavirus, but the U.S. skips the meeting
Discussion: The Week
Lorne Cook / Associated Press:
World leaders pledge billions for virus vaccine research
Discussion: Axios
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
NBCUniversal Restructures: Mark Lazarus To Oversee TV And Streaming; NBC News Boss Andy Lack Exits, With Cesar Conde To Head Combined News Operation  —  NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is putting his imprimatur on the company's executive structure following the exit of former chief executive Steve Bruke …
Discussion: Breitbart
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Discussion: Axios and Politico
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Amazon VP Resigns, Calls Company ‘Chickenshit’ for Firing Protesting Workers  —  Tim Bray, a well known senior engineer and Vice President at Amazon has “quit in dismay” because Amazon has been “firing whistleblowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of Covid-19.”
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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon engineer quits after he ‘snapped’ when the company fired workers who called for coronavirus protections
Discussion: Financial Times and New York Times
Clayton Sandell / ABC News:
Colorado man planning armed protest against state's coronavirus restrictions arrested for pipe bombs  —  Bradley Bunn first came to the attention of authorities on social media.  —  A Colorado man arrested after federal agents allegedly discovered pipe bombs in his home had also been helping organize …
Discussion: VICE, Fox News, Law & Crime and Raw Story
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Don Sweeney / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
FBI seizes four pipe bombs from home of Colorado anti-lockdown protester, feds say
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Poll: Ernst lead evaporates in Iowa Senate race  —  The Senate race in Iowa is tightening, according to a new poll that shows Sen. Joni Ernst's (R-Iowa) lead over her likely Democratic opponent Theresa Greenfield narrowing to just 1 point.  —  The survey from the Democratic-leaning firm …
Discussion: Public Policy Polling
Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Congress should ban lawmakers from sleeping in offices amid coronavirus, Jackie Speier says  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Jackie Speier says it's time to ban members of Congress from sleeping in their offices, saying buildings on Capitol Hill are not designed to be “homeless shelters” for lawmakers.
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David Wertime / Politico:
'Not the World's Number One': Chinese Social Media Piles On the U.S.  —  On March 29, President Donald Trump stood in the Rose Garden and offered a coronavirus forecast: “If we have between 100,000 and 200,000 [deaths],” he told a reporter, “we all, together, have done a very good job.”
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Chrissy Clark / The Federalist:
A Rundown Of Major U.S. Corporate Media's Business Ties To China
Discussion: Breitbart, Redstate and Politico
Nicole Hong / New York Times:
3 Hospital Workers Gave Out Masks.  Weeks Later, They All Were Dead.  —  The coronavirus has taken a steep toll on the often-invisible army of employees who keep New York hospitals running.  —  They did not treat patients, but Wayne Edwards, Derik Braswell and Priscilla Carrow held …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Trump Is Really Aiming to Take Down Fox”: A Group Associated With Donald Trump Jr. Is Buying a Major Stake in OANN  —  Possibly hedging against a 2020 loss, the Trump family builds ties to a network that's much more loyal than Fox.  —  When liberals look at Fox News, they tend to see Trump TV …
Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
Man wears KKK hood while grocery shopping in California  —  A day after San Diego residents were required to wear face coverings in public, a man went grocery shopping while wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood, according to a report.  —  The hooded creep was seen roaming the aisles of a Von supermarket …
Discussion: Fox News and The Root
Wall Street Journal:
Smart or Lucky?  How Florida Dodged the Worst of Coronavirus  —  Even though it's too early to draw clear conclusions, and the virus could flare again, there are lessons from its approach  —  MIAMI—When the coronavirus pandemic swept toward Florida, public-health professionals nationally warned …
Discussion: Twitchy
Kate Irby / Fresno Bee:
Devin Nunes' lawyer facing prospect of sanctions after two recent, rare court warnings  —  The attorney representing Rep. Devin Nunes in six lawsuits has received two recent, rare warnings from judges that raise the prospect of courts sanctioning him.  —  People and organizations that Nunes' attorney …
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Biden Campaign Organizers Ratify Union Contract  —  For the first time, the staff of a major party's presidential nominee will be covered by a union pact.  —  Field organizers for Vice President Joe Biden's presidential campaign ratified a union contract that will give them a $15-an-hour minimum wage …
The Moscow Times:
Third Russian Doctor Falls From Hospital Window After Coronavirus Complaint  —  A paramedic who complained about being forced to work despite contracting coronavirus is in critical condition after he fell from a hospital window in western Russia this weekend, local media reported.
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
US spy planes could be pulled from Britain as White House conducts major Huawei review  —  RC-135s at risk after Britain lets Chinese telecoms giant build 5G network  —  The White House has launched a major review looking at whether spy planes, intelligence officials and other US assets need …
 
 
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Chicago Tribune:
Inmate who agreed to stay in Cook County Jail to avoid immigration trouble lost life to COVID-19 instead
Ben Tobin / Courier-Journal:
Courier Journal wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Matt Bevin's pardons
James A. Gagliano / Washington Examiner:
Michael Flynn was railroaded by Comey's FBI
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Townhall
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US Treasury seeks to borrow a record $3 trillion this quarter
USA Today:
‘It makes no sense’: Feds consider relaxing infection control in U.S. nursing homes
Discussion: Raw Story
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
A New York Congressman Says That Trump Shows No Malice
The Daily Beast:
Fake News Kingpin Is Back to Cash In On 2020's Hellscape
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Reopening states will cause 233,000 more people to die from coronavirus, according to Wharton model
Washington Post:
Before pandemic, Trump's stockpile chief put focus on biodefense. An old client benefited.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
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How the coronavirus undid Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
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