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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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 …
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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
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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 …
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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
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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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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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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.
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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
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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 …
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Politico:
World leaders pledge to fight coronavirus, but the U.S. skips the meeting
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Conor Finnegan / ABC News:
US absent from global conference to raise money for coronavirus vaccine
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US Treasury seeks to borrow a record $3 trillion this quarter — The Treasury Department announced Monday it is borrowing about $3 trillion this quarter. — The money is being used in large part to subsidize economic rescue efforts in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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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 …
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Jake Coyle / Associated Press:
In ‘Becoming,’ a Starring Role for Michelle Obama — NEW YORK (AP) — In the backstage hallways of Washington D.C.'s Capital One Arena, Michelle Obama walks arm-in-arm with her husband, Barack Obama. She has just finished the third stop on what would be a 34-city book tour of such unprecedented scale …
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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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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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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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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 …
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 …
David Catanese / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
The six states at the center of the battleground map six months from Election Day — Six months from Election Day, most Americans have set aside a presidential campaign that's been upended by the worst pandemic in modern history. — While the coronavirus has tossed the mechanics of politicking …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Ohio GOP lawmaker says he won't wear a face mask because God doesn't wear one — Republican Ohio State Rep. Nino Vitale, who has been a vociferous critic of Republican Gov. Mike DeWine's stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic, believes wearing a mask to slow the spread of the disease …
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The Intellectualist
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.
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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 …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Canada succeeded on coronavirus where America failed. Why? — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House with American President Donald Trump. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images — Canada beat the US on coronavirus because its political system works.
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