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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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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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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 White House is focused on per capita coronavirus death tolls. Here's where we rank.
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Raw Story and Common Dreams
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, Vox and 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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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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Bloomberg and National Review
Mark Moore / New York Post:
Trump has plan to remove US dependency on China supply chain
Trump has plan to remove US dependency on China supply chain
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The Guardian
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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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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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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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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David Marcus / The Federalist:
The Media Is Blatantly Lying About Trump's Coronavirus Response
The Media Is Blatantly Lying About Trump's Coronavirus Response
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Twitchy
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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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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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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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 …
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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Law & Crime, Raw Story 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
Chrissy Clark / The Federalist:
A Rundown Of Major U.S. Corporate Media's Business Ties To China — It seems a number of major US media outlets have financial ties to the Chinese Communist Party, and it shows in their coverage. — Despite the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) record of oppression, corporate media outlets …
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David Wertime / Politico:
'Not the World's Number One': Chinese Social Media Piles On the U.S.
'Not the World's Number One': Chinese Social Media Piles On the U.S.
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Fox News, United States House Committee …, Twitchy and Raw Story
Politico:
McCarthy breaks with McConnell over Trump's testing offer for Congress — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday he disagreed with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to decline the Trump administration's offer to provide Congress with rapid-results coronavirus testing.
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Bryan Walsh / Axios:
Why Congress is lagging on remote voting amid the coronavirus pandemic
Why Congress is lagging on remote voting amid the coronavirus pandemic
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The Hill and One America News Network
Politico:
World leaders pledge to fight coronavirus, but the U.S. skips the meeting — Commission claims fundraising victory for pandemic fight even as total new money is unclear. — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. An EU-led fundraising extravaganza for Covid-19 vaccines …
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Lorne Cook / Associated Press:
World leaders pledge billions for virus vaccine research
World leaders pledge billions for virus vaccine research
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Axios
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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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 …
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
New York Times:
What Joe Biden Needs to Do to Beat Trump — To win, he has to find a way to get beyond the basement tapes and project himself into our ever more digital world. — Mr. Axelrod was the senior strategist for President Barack Obama's campaigns in 2008 and 2012; Mr. Plouffe was Mr. Obama's campaign manager in 2008.
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The Daily Beast:
Fake News Kingpin Is Back to Cash In On 2020's Hellscape — He transformed fake news into a lucrative business in 2016. Now Teodor Mircevski is making money off false coronavirus and 2020 election stories—and Americans are falling for it.
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Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's latest coronavirus spin unmasks his extreme narcissism — President Trump has spent the past three years attacking U.S. intelligence officials as corrupt and traitorous. He even hinted one official should perhaps be executed for telling the truth about his profound and likely criminal betrayal …
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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
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CNN
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.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
A New York Congressman Says That Trump Shows No Malice — Last November, Representative Peter King, a Republican from New York's Second Congressional District, on Long Island, announced that he would retire at the end of his current term. King, who is seventy-six, has served in Congress since 1993.