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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.
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One America News Network, Raw Story, Mediaite and Common Dreams
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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New York Times and The Intellectualist
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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Mother Jones
Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
White House faces bad news on lockdown results
White House faces bad news on lockdown results
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill 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 …
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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.
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New York Post, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story and Law & Crime
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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National Review, The Daily Caller and New York Post
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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 …
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New York Post, Bloomberg, The Guardian and National Review
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's latest coronavirus spin unmasks his extreme narcissism
Trump's latest coronavirus spin unmasks his extreme narcissism
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Raw Story, CNN, New York Times, Bloomberg and Mediaite
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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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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Washington Post and The American Independent
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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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Axios:
NBC News chairman Andy Lack to step down amid corporate shakeup — NBC News chairman Andy Lack is stepping down and will transition out of the company by the end of May, NBCUniversal announced Monday. — Why it matters: Under Lack, NBC News was accused of attempting to scuttle journalist …
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Biden campaign unveils “Lift Every Voice” plan for African Americans
Biden campaign unveils “Lift Every Voice” plan for African Americans
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The Hill
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 …
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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 …
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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Public Policy Polling
Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
Senate secretary declines to release possible Reade report — WASHINGTON (AP) — The secretary of the Senate has declined Joe Biden's request to release any potential documents pertaining to an allegation of sexual assault against him from a former Senate staffer, citing confidentiality requirements under the law.
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Patterico's Pontifications, NPR and Forbes
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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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Raw Story, Law & Crime and The Intellectualist
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 …
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Twitchy
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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Radio Free Europe/Radio …, BuzzFeed News, Fox News and The Moderate Voice
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 …
James A. Gagliano / Washington Examiner:
Michael Flynn was railroaded by Comey's FBI — The time has come to cease affording the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane team generous benefit of the doubt. A steady stream of unflattering revelations, beginning with a report by the Justice Department's inspector general into egregious FISA abuses last December …
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Wall Street Journal and Townhall
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 …
Washington Post:
Northam says he'll likely ease some covid-19 restrictions in Virginia on May 15 — RICHMOND — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam extended the state's business shutdown through May 14 but said he expects to begin rolling back restrictions after that, marking the first shift in the Washington region toward …
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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Washington Post
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.
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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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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The Mahablog
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
How the coronavirus undid Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — There was the time Gov. Ron DeSantis showed up at a coronavirus press conference in — a solitary rubber glove, proceeding to repeatedly touch his face with the other, ungloved hand. And there was the time he went through heroic struggles in
Ben Tobin / Courier-Journal:
Courier Journal wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Matt Bevin's pardons — The Courier Journal won a Pulitzer Prize for its breaking news coverage of the pardons issued by former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin during his last weeks in office. — The Courier Journal first reported on Dec. 11 that Bevin …