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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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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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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
The plan is to have no plan — “There is no genius there, only a damaged human being playing havoc with our lives.” … The plan is to have no plan, to let daily deaths between and one and three thousand become a normal thing, and then to create massive confusion about who is responsible …
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Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
Models Project Sharp Rise in Deaths as States Reopen — An internal Trump administration report expects about 200,000 daily cases by June. The White House bars coronavirus task force officials from testifying to Congress without approval. … Here's what you need to know:
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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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Raw Story
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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One America News Network, Breitbart, The Hill, Just The News, Raw Story, Politico, Reason and Fox News
Ralph Vartabedian / Los Angeles Times:
A mutant coronavirus has emerged, even more contagious than the original, study says — 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 …
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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The Hill
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Democrats, Tara Reade and the #MeToo Trap — Don't compare the case against Joe Biden to the one against Brett Kavanaugh. — Here is one thing that Christine Blasey Ford and Tara Reade have in common: The Intercept reporter Ryan Grim was pivotal in publicizing their stories.
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The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast, Redstate and New York Post
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
After Watching Biden Deny Reade's Claims, 1 in 4 Democrats Want a Different Nominee
After Watching Biden Deny Reade's Claims, 1 in 4 Democrats Want a Different Nominee
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Outside the Beltway, New York Times, Mediaite, Spectator USA and IJR
Ayanna Pressley:
It's 2020 and we still don't know what survivor justice looks like
It's 2020 and we still don't know what survivor justice looks like
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HuffPost
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Team Trump's Gross Exploitation of Tara Reade
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Senate Democrats stand by Biden: ‘Credible and convincing’ defense against sex assault claim
Senate Democrats stand by Biden: ‘Credible and convincing’ defense against sex assault claim
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Sean Hannity, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
National Geographic:
Fauci: No scientific evidence the coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab — In an exclusive interview, the face of America's COVID-19 response cautions against the rush for states to reopen, and offers his tips for handling the pandemic's information deluge. — SCIENCE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE
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Talking Points Memo, Financial Times, HuffPost and Raw Story
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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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 …
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Dan Sabbagh / The Guardian:
Five Eyes network contradicts theory Covid-19 leaked from lab
Five Eyes network contradicts theory Covid-19 leaked from lab
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YouTube:
Mourning in America … Donald Trump's failed presidency has left the nation weaker, sicker, and teetering on the verge of a new Great Depression. — There's mourning in America.
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Axios, Washington Times, The Wrap and The Intellectualist
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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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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and POLITICUSUSA
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 …
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Money for Welfare Instead Funded Concerts, Lobbyists and Football Games, Audit Finds — According to a state audit, Mississippi allowed tens of millions of dollars in federal anti-poverty funds to be used in ways that did little or nothing to help the poor.
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Mississippi Office … and The Hill
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 …
Washington Post:
Americans widely oppose reopening most businesses, despite easing of restrictions in some states, Post-U. Md. poll finds — Americans clearly oppose the reopening of restaurants, retail stores and other businesses, even as governors begin to lift restrictions that have kept the economy locked …
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The Week
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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Washington Times
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Newspaper's Top Editor Is Now a ‘Homeless’ Blogger — A 54-year-old journalist lost his job running an Indiana newspaper, as well as the apartment that went with it. He moved to a Motel 6. — On Wednesday he was laid off. On Friday he was living in a Motel 6.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN sends Trump campaign cease-and-desist letter for misleading ad — New York (CNN Business)A lawyer for CNN's parent company WarnerMedia has written a cease-and-desist letter to President Trump's re-election campaign over the misleading contents of a new campaign ad.
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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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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.
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The Week
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Ex-NBC Producer Rich McHugh Blasts Outgoing Chairman Andy Lack, Says NY AG's Office Probing the Network — Rich McHugh, a former NBC News producer who worked with Ronan Farrow, had some tough words for the network tonight over the departure of NBC News/MSNBC chairman Andy Lack.
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Henry Fountain / New York Times:
Billions Could Live in Extreme Heat Zones Within Decades, Study Finds — As the climate continues to warm over the next half-century, up to one-third of the world's population is likely to live in areas that are considered unsuitably hot for humans, scientists said Monday.
New York Times:
Coronavirus in the U.S.: An Unrelenting Crush of Cases and Deaths — While cities like New York have seen a hopeful drop in cases, upticks in other major cities and smaller communities have offset those decreases. — In New York City, the daily onslaught of death from the coronavirus has dropped to half of what it was.
Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
Michelle Obama Is Mad at ‘Our Folks,’ Not Trump Voters: 'That's My Trauma' — ‘BECOMING’ — The Netflix documentary “Becoming,” chronicling Michelle Obama's book tour, is light on newsworthy Trump attacks, focusing instead on the former first lady's next chapter.
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Lockdown Extremism Is a Vice — We've flattened the curve. Now let states and municipalities decide when to loosen up. — We will be in a fight against the coronavirus for months, if not years, and yet it is time to declare mission accomplished on one very important goal.
USA Today:
Stop politicizing, and start fixing, the Postal Service — USPS is vital to the economy and the election. But the president is threatening to withhold needed aid as a way to punish Amazon and its owner: Our view — The Editorial BoardUSA TODAY — The United States Postal Service is in dire financial condition.
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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The Hill and New York Post
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorses challenger Randy Feenstra over Rep. Steve King in primary race — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the largest business lobbying group in the country, is endorsing state Sen. Randy Feenstra for the Republican congressional primary nomination against U.S. Rep. Steve King.
Dan Diamond / Politico:
How a 96-hour project helped Trump's team reverse its testing debacle — Fifty-two days ago, the president vowed to a worried nation: Coronavirus testing is finally coming, and you won't even have to leave your car. — “The goal is for individuals to be able to drive up and be swabbed,” …
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Raw Story