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9:35 PM ET, May 4, 2020

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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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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 …
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.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The coronavirus is invading the battleground states
David Catanese / McClatchy Washington Bureau:   The six states at the center of the battleground map six months from Election Day
Associated Press:
3 charged in killing of store security guard over virus mask  —  FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A woman, her adult son and husband have been charged in the fatal shooting of a security guard who refused to let her daughter enter a Family Dollar in Michigan because she wasn't wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus.
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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 …
Detroit News:
Prosecutor: Security guard told Flint dollar store customer to wear mask before being fatally shot
Discussion: The Root
NBC News:
Michigan security guard killed in mask dispute; suspect said he ‘disrespected’ them
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
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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Ivan Pentchoukov / theepochtimes.com:
CIA Watchdog Sitting on Secret House Report Allegedly Critical of Brennan's Role in Russian Meddling Assessment
Discussion: Power Line and Instapundit
Martin Matishak / Politico:
After nearly 2 years, Grassley lifts hold on counterintel chief nominee
Discussion: The Hill
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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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Appeals Court Vacancy Is Under Scrutiny Ahead of Contested Confirmation Hearing  —  The chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit publicly advanced a call by a progressive group for an ethics investigation into the circumstances of a plum vacancy.
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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Politico:   ‘This is weird’: The Senate returns amid the pandemic
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Lawmaking in the time of coronavirus: The Senate returns to work, warily
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump won't admit failures in virus testing
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
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 …
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Don Sweeney / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
FBI seizes four pipe bombs from home of Colorado anti-lockdown protester, feds say  —  A 53-year-old anti-lockdown protester in Colorado has been arrested on suspicion of having pipe bombs and bomb-making materials at his home, the U.S. Attorney's Office says.
Discussion: The Hill
The Daily Beast:
NBC Shakeup May Spell the End for Ronan Farrow Nemesis Noah Oppenheim  —  Now that Andy Lack is leaving NBC sooner than expected, embattled news exec Noah Oppenheim is “the big loser” and is likely on the outs, sources told The Daily Beast.  —  NBC News and MSNBC Chairman Andy Lack's long …
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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
Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
Michelle Obama Is Mad at Black Voters, Not Trump Voters: 'That's My Trauma'  —  ‘BECOMING’  —  The Netflix documentary “Becoming,” chronicling Michelle Obama's book tour, is light on newsworthy Trump attacks, focusing instead on the former first lady's next chapter.
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Jake Coyle / Associated Press:   In ‘Becoming,’ a Starring Role for Michelle Obama
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Most Events in the Lincoln Memorial Are Banned.  Trump Got an Exception.  —  Citing the “extraordinary crisis” of the coronavirus, the interior secretary relaxed the rules so the president could hold a Fox News interview in one of the nation's most hallowed spaces.
Kyle Morris / Breitbart:
Massachusetts Golf Course to Reopen During Lockdown  —  As small business owners around the country suffer the economic wrath of COVID-19, with some state governments refusing to allow them to resume operation, one country club in Massachusetts is planning on defying the state order.
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Massachusetts golf course owner set to defy state's lockdown, will reopen for business
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
Sydney Morning Herald:
Australian intelligence knocks back US government's Wuhan lab virus claim  —  Australian intelligence agencies have questioned evidence trumpeted by United States officials supposedly linking the coronavirus to a Wuhan laboratory as concerns within the government grow that the push …
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 …
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.”
SFGATE:
Gavin Newsom announces California will enter Stage 2 of reopening Friday  —  California will move into Stage 2 of the state's reopening plan by the end of this week, Governor Gavin Newsom announced during a press conference Monday.  —  “On Friday I said we were days not weeks …
National Geographic:
Fauci: No scientific evidence the coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab  —  In an exclusive interview, the face of America's COVID-19 response cautions against the rush for states to reopen, and offers his tips for handling the pandemic's information deluge.  —  SCIENCE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE
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
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.
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 …
 
 
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Tulsa World:
State Supreme Court tosses notary requirement for absentee ballots
Discussion: Raw Story
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Express Mix of Concern and Hope on the Economy
Discussion: Breitbart
Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Don Lemon Asks Trump: Why Are You So Obsessed With Obama?
Discussion: The Root and The Hill
Tim Miller / Rolling Stone:
With Kayleigh McEnany, the White House Isn't Even Pretending the Truth Matters
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Ohio GOP lawmaker says he won't wear a face mask because God doesn't wear one
Discussion: The Intellectualist
Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Congress should ban lawmakers from sleeping in offices amid coronavirus, Jackie Speier says
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
The world came together for a virtual vaccine summit. The U.S. was conspicuously absent.
Discussion: The Mahablog
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
US spy planes could be pulled from Britain as White House conducts major Huawei review
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Biden Campaign Organizers Ratify Union Contract
Ben Tobin / Courier-Journal:
Courier Journal wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Matt Bevin's pardons
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
A New York Congressman Says That Trump Shows No Malice
Washington Post:
Before pandemic, Trump's stockpile chief put focus on biodefense. An old client benefited.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Smart or Lucky? How Florida Dodged the Worst of Coronavirus
Discussion: Twitchy