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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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Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
Doctor, nurse practitioner dipping into own pockets to provide rural health care in Texas
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Why are hundreds of people in big cities receiving bailout money meant for farmers?
Why are hundreds of people in big cities receiving bailout money meant for farmers?
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The Week
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 …
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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CNBC, One America News Network, Redstate, The Daily Caller and New York Post
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Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump cites a Biden apology but none offered
AP FACT CHECK: Trump cites a Biden apology but none offered
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Breitbart
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Indivisible, the progressive group never keen on Biden, endorses the former VP
Indivisible, the progressive group never keen on Biden, endorses the former VP
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The Hill
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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Townhall, Slate, The National Interest, One America News Network and Raw Story
Will Stewart / Daily Mail:
THIRD Russian doctor plunges from Covid hospital window: Medic, 37, is now fighting for life... just days after warning of PPE shortages and being forced to work despite being infected — A third Russian doctor has plunged from a hospital window after complaining about medics facing intolerable coronavirus pressures.
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.”
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
The Bridge to the Post-pandemic World Is Collapsing — Outside of Boston, a marketing company is struggling to figure out how to cover its bills. In Indiana, a dance studio is waiting on three emergency-loan applications. In Baltimore, a deli is closed and desperate for help.
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 …
Jason Sattler / USA Today:
What Republicans don't get: Donald Trump is our biggest obstacle to coronavirus recovery — Trump puts his own interests above the well-being of the country and limits the coronavirus response by his addictions to adulation and political gain. — Small groups of protesters egged on by the president …
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Raw Story
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 …
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Lincoln got better press treatment, Trump claims, as he ups pandemic death estimate — (CNN)After admitting US coronavirus deaths could hit 90,000, President Donald Trump is bemoaning his own plight — complaining that he has been treated worse by the press than Abraham Lincoln.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says he's been treated worse than Lincoln by the press
Trump says he's been treated worse than Lincoln by the press
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The Federalist, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, HuffPost and Breitbart
The City:
Early Precautions Draw a Life-and-Death Divide Between Flushing and Corona — Need to know more about coronavirus in New York? Sign up for THE CITY's daily morning newsletter. — On paper, Flushing and Corona, two bordering neighborhoods in Queens, are more alike than different.
New York Times:
In the Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, We Must Go Big. Really, Really Big. — We should commit tens of billions toward a program. — The writers are economics professors. — The Covid-19 virus has killed over 200,000 people, overwhelmed health systems and confined billions of people in their homes.
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U.S. Department of Justice:
The Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Support of Church That Ministers to Underserved Communities — The Department of Justice today filed a Statement of Interest in a Virginia federal court concerning the First Amendment's freedom of religion in support of Lighthouse Fellowship Church …
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New York Post, The Hill and The Daily Caller
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court takes modest but historic step with teleconference hearings — The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments by teleconference Monday, taking a historic but modest step into the technological present. — Forced from gathering in their grand courtroom …
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Kevin McCarthy / Defeat the Virus:
A Plan for the People's House — Four Strategies to Reopen Congress and Restore America's Voice — Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” — Recently, we called on Speaker Pelosi to establish a clear, safe, and effective plan for reopening the House of Representatives.
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The Hill, Just The News and Washington Times
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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Townhall, Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon, HuffPost, The Week, Vanity Fair and Fox News
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Your Guide To The Obama Administration's Hit On Michael Flynn — New documents in the Michael Flynn case cemented that a small cadre of high-level FBI agents set a perjury trap for President Trump's then-national security advisor. — The unsealing last week of a series of documents …
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American Greatness
The Guardian:
Vote Leave AI firm wins seven government contracts in 18 months — Tory minister is resisting calls to sell stake in Faculty as it expands its Whitehall reach — An artificial intelligence startup that was hired to work with Dominic Cummings on the Vote Leave campaign has been awarded …
Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Pence: ‘I should have worn a mask at the Mayo Clinic’ — Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday said that he should have worn a mask when visiting the Mayo Clinic, a reversal that came after a harsh backlash for not adhering to the hospital's policy during the coronavirus pandemic.
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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