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New York Times:
Coronavirus News: Live Updates — Cases are growing by 2 to 4 percent daily, and more than 1,000 people have died each day for over a month. At least 15 children in New York were hospitalized with an illness scientists worry might be linked to Covid-19. Pfizer began human trials of a possible vaccine.
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Washington Post:
Live updates: As U.S. reopens, Fauci asks: ‘How much suffering are you willing to accept?’ — The Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our daily Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.
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POLITICUSUSA and National Review
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
15 Children Are Hospitalized With Mysterious Illness Possibly Tied to Covid-19 — The health authorities in New York City issued an alert saying that the children had a syndrome that doctors do not yet fully understand. — Fifteen children, many of whom had the coronavirus …
Politico:
White House plots breakup of coronavirus task force
White House plots breakup of coronavirus task force
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NBC News:
White House to wind down coronavirus task force
White House to wind down coronavirus task force
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IJR, The Hill, Mediaite and CBS Chicago
Anna Mikhailova / Telegraph:
Exclusive: Government scientist Neil Ferguson resigns after breaking lockdown rules to meet his married lover — Prof Ferguson allowed the woman to visit him at home during the lockdown while lecturing the public on the need for strict social distancing — The scientist whose advice …
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Whistleblower Alleges Trump Administration Ignored Dire COVID-19 Warnings — The complaint filed on Tuesday by Dr. Rick Bright described an administration that sputtered when the virus emerged. — The Trump administration was warned in late January that it had a critical shortage …
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CNN:
Ousted vaccine director files whistleblower complaint alleging coronavirus warnings were ignored — (CNN)Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine, formally filed an extensive whistleblower complaint Tuesday alleging his early warnings …
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New York Post:
Trump says Washington, DC, will never be a state — because of all the Democrats — WASHINGTON — President Trump says that Washington, DC, won't ever be a state because Republicans aren't “stupid” enough to add guaranteed Democratic seats in Congress. — “DC will never be a state,” …
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New York Post:
Trump: Coronavirus briefings will return, blasts ‘angry’ CBS News reporter — WASHINGTON — President Trump said Monday that “everybody” enjoyed his White House coronavirus briefings — including himself — and vowed they will be back, just not daily. — In an Oval Office interview …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump says he only will submit to GOP oversight for his administration — (CNN)President Donald Trump said he was allowing Dr. Anthony Fauci to testify before the Republican-led Senate but not the Democrat-led House, calling it a “set up.” — “The House is a bunch of Trump-haters,” …
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Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
Texas Gov. Admits Dangers of Reopening State on Private Call With Lawmakers — “Pretty much every scientific and medical report shows that whenever you have a reopening... it actually will lead to an increase and spread,” Gov. Greg Abbott said. — During a private call on Friday …
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Kushner coronavirus effort said to be hampered by inexperienced volunteers — The coronavirus response being spearheaded by President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has relied in part on volunteers from consulting and private equity firms with little expertise in the tasks to which they were assigned …
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ABC News, Law & Crime, Spectator USA, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Ralph Vartabedian / Los Angeles Times:
Scientists say a now-dominant strain of the coronavirus appears to be more contagious than original — Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the versions that spread in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
It Would Be Completely Absurd to Force Biden Out of the Race — Joe Biden's critics on both the left and the right have turned repeatedly to the Brett Kavanaugh case as their prism for understanding Tara Reade's charges of sexual assault. The parallel has many problems.
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Washington journalist: ‘I want a coronation’ of Biden, not an investigation of allegations
Washington journalist: ‘I want a coronation’ of Biden, not an investigation of allegations
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Redstate, The Daily Caller and The Federalist
Mike Dennison / KBAO-TV:
MSU Poll: Bullock leads Daines in Senate contest — Bullock up 46-39; within margin of error — MT's U.S. Senate race attracting money from across the country. — HELENA — A new poll from Montana State University shows Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock leading Republican Sen. Steve Daines …
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Emma Loop / BuzzFeed News:
Obama Privately Blasted A Republican Investigation Into Joe Biden And Ukraine, Calling It An Effort To Boost “Russian Disinformation” — WASHINGTON — The office of former president Barack Obama privately blasted a congressional investigation into former vice president Joe Biden and his son …
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
President erupts at George Conway for ‘Mourning in America’ video, about the ‘deadly virus Trump ignored’ — George T. Conway III, prominent attorney and husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, has been trying with only modest success to provoke President Trump's Twitter wrath for the better part of his presidency.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
'They're all LOSERS': Trump lashes out at conservative critics over new coronavirus ad
'They're all LOSERS': Trump lashes out at conservative critics over new coronavirus ad
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Mediaite, Washington Post, YouTube, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Breitbart
Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
How ‘Never Trumpers’ Crashed The Democratic Party — Anti-Donald Trump activism among conservatives — known informally as the “#NeverTrump” movement — started in early 2016 as a way to stop the businessman from winning the GOP nomination. It failed. — Even by the slightly broader standard …
Marina Villeneuve / Associated Press:
Another 1,700 virus deaths reported in NY nursing homes — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is reporting more than 1,700 previously undisclosed deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities as the state faces scrutiny over how it's protected vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Twitchy, Sean Hannity, National Review and Louder With Crowder
The Daily Beast:
National Enquirer Publisher AMI Begs Trump Administration for Seven-Figure Handout — “Their gumption is breathtaking,” one staffer said of bosses at the cash-strapped tabloid empire, which just slashed pay across the board and faces potential bankruptcy. — Financially strapped American Media Inc. …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
President Inconsistent On Covid — Republicans believe Trump over Fox News on outbreak info — West Long Branch, NJ - President Donald Trump's job rating has ticked down again amid a sense he changes what he says about the coronavirus from day to day. In fact, many Americans characterize …
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Washington Post, Fox News, The Week, Politico and Political Wire
Benjamin Wofford / Washingtonian:
Sally Quinn Modeled the Erotic Hero of Her 1991 Bestseller on...Anthony Fauci — Yes, that Anthony Fauci. In the novel, the character romances the first lady. — In 1991, Sally Quinn—doyenne of the Washington intelligentsia, who was then on a streak of popular novels—published “Happy Endings,” which climbed the bestseller list.
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Mediaite
Amelia Lucas / CNBC:
Nearly a fifth of Wendy's US restaurants are out of beef, analyst says — Stephens analyst James Rutherford said an analysis of online menus for every Wendy's location nationwide revealed that 1,043 restaurants have listed beef items as out of stock. — The national beef supply …
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CNN, New York Post, Breitbart and The Week
ABC News:
Trump to ABC's David Muir: ‘Possible there will be some’ COVID-19 deaths as country reopens — “World News Tonight” Anchor David Muir interviewed President Trump in Arizona. — President Donald Trump said in an exclusive interview with ABC “World News Tonight” Anchor and Managing Editor David Muir …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump says ‘bailouts’ unfair to GOP since states needing aid ‘run by Democrats in every case’ — The president said in an interview that N.Y., Calif. and Illinois “have been mismanaged over a long period of time.” — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says it would be unfair to Republicans …
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WJXT-TV:
Glynn DA recommends grand jury review as video emerges of fatal shooting of unarmed black man — 2 armed men — one a former district attorney investigator — claimed they were making citizen's arrest — BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A Brunswick district attorney on Tuesday recommended that a grand jury review …
Washington Post:
Five Republican governors: Our states stayed open in the covid-19 pandemic. Here's why our approach worked. — Mark Gordon is governor of Wyoming. Pete Ricketts is governor of Nebraska. Asa Hutchinson is governor of Arkansas. Kim Reynolds is governor of Iowa. Mike Parson is governor of Missouri.
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Political Wire and Raw Story
Mitch Daniels / Washington Post:
When this pandemic is over, let's avoid the partisan blame game — Mitch Daniels, a Post contributing columnist, is president of Purdue University and a former governor of Indiana. — What follows is not a prediction. More of a precaution, based on a premonition.
New York Times:
Judge Justin Walker Faces Scrutiny in Bid for Seat on Powerful Appeals Court — No stranger to partisan warfare at 37, Judge Justin Walker will go before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is considering him for a seat on the D.C. Court of Appeals. — WASHINGTON — In March …
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CNN:
Barr urges Trump administration to back off call to fully strike down Obamacare — Washington (CNN)Attorney General William Barr made a last-minute push Monday to persuade the administration to modify its position in the Obamacare dispute that will be heard at the Supreme Court this fall …
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Daily Kos, Washington Post, National Review, Reason, Law & Crime, Talking Points Memo, The Intellectualist, KTLA and Raw Story
Associated Press:
US infection rate rising outside New York as states open up — Take the New York metropolitan area's progress against the coronavirus out of the equation and the numbers show the rest of the U.S. is moving in the wrong direction, with the infection rate rising even as states move to lift their lockdowns …
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Adrian Carrasquillo / Newsweek:
Joe Biden to launch $55 million Latino vote campaign as fight with Donald Trump to win over Hispanic men heats up — Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign is launching a multimillion-dollar Latino vote campaign after recent polling showed lagging enthusiasm among the group …
Foreign Policy:
Senators Question Fitness of Trump's Nominee for Intelligence Chief — Ratcliffe gets grilled over his role in misrepresenting the facts during the U.S. president's impeachment. — Rep. John Ratcliffe, a Trump loyalist without intelligence experience nominated by the U.S. president to become …
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Just Security and The Daily Beast
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Two-thirds of Americans doubt the coronavirus death toll — Most Americans say they doubt the U.S. death count — but whether they think it's actually higher or lower depends on whether they're Democrats or Republicans, according to the latest installment of the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index.
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National Review, The Daily Caller and Washington Times
Janet Mcconnaughey / Associated Press:
Nearly entire Louisiana prison dorm tests positive for virus — NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly every woman in a Louisiana prison dormitory has tested positive for COVID-19, and two-thirds of them showed no symptoms, state figures show. — The women at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center …
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Andrew Dyer / Yahoo News:
San Diego Marine recruits, SEALs resume training — A company of Marine recruits took their places among the storied yellow footprints at San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot on Monday to begin their training, after more than two weeks of quarantine at a local hotel.