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3:50 PM ET, May 5, 2020

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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,” …
Discussion: IJR, Washingtonian and The Hill
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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 …
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,” …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump says he doesn't want Fauci testifying in front of House ‘Trump haters’
Discussion: Breitbart
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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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 …
Discussion: Politico, STAT, Slate, VICE, Gothamist and Fox News
NBC News:
White House to wind down coronavirus task force
Discussion: GovExec.com
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: As Threat of Virus Persists, Trump Administration Signals It Will Wind Down Task Force
Discussion: CNN
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Just The News
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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 …
Discussion: Axios
Associated Press:
Scientist says he was fired after concerns over malaria drug  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A government scientist says he was ousted from his position after raising concerns that the Trump administration wanted to “flood” coronavirus hot spots like New York and New Jersey with a malaria drug …
Discussion: KTLA and The Guardian
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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 …
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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Roger Sollenberger / Raw Story:   Mitch McConnell is pouring dark money into Maine to save Susan Collins from electoral doom
New York Post:
Blue-state coronavirus bailouts are unfair to Republicans, Trump says
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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Washington Post:
Live updates: As U.S. reopens, Fauci asks: ‘How much suffering are you willing to accept?’
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Sarah Mucha / CNN:
Biden's campaign to feature his letter exchanges with supporters in new digital series called ‘Sincerely, Joe Biden’  —  (CNN)After Susan Sahai watched Joe Biden's town hall for front line workers in the coronavirus crisis, she decided to write him a letter.
Discussion: Sincerely, Joe and The Hill
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Joe Biden is coming to Florida ... kind of
Discussion: Axios
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Trump hits the road as coronavirus response becomes re-election pitch
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and MSNBC
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 …
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 …
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The President Is Unraveling  —  In case there was any doubt, the past dozen days have proved we're at the point in his presidency where Donald Trump has become his own caricature, a figure impossible to parody, a man whose words and actions are indistinguishable from an Alec Baldwin skit on Saturday Night Live.
Collin Anderson / Washington Free Beacon:
Biden Voted to Block Creation of Senate Office That Handles Sexual Harassment Complaints  —  Then-senator Joe Biden backed a procedural motion declaring the office unconstitutional  —  Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden voted in favor of a motion that would have blocked the creation …
New York Times:
‘Pelosi,’ by Molly Ball: An Excerpt  —  From an early age, Nancy D'Alesandro realized her mother never had much chance to be a person.  —  Annunciata Lombardi had always wanted more out of life.  After high school, she found work as an auctioneer, but she gave it up to get married at nineteen.
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
Coronavirus cuts ‘deep scars’ through meatpacking cities  —  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — As the coronavirus spread from the nation's meatpacking plants to the broader communities where they are located, it burned through a modest duplex in Waterloo, Iowa.  —  In the downstairs unit lived Jim Orvis …
Geoff Mulvihill / Associated Press:
States with few virus cases get big share of relief aid  —  Alaska, Hawaii, Montana and Wyoming are among the least-populated states in the U.S., and not surprisingly have the lowest numbers of residents who have tested positive for the new coronavirus.  But despite their small size …
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
U.S. companies cut thousands of workers while continuing to reward shareholders during pandemic  —  Five companies paid a combined $700 million to shareholders while cutting jobs, closing plants.  —  Since the coronavirus pandemic was declared, Caterpillar has suspended operations at two plants …
Discussion: The Intellectualist
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Trump's intel chief pick vows to ‘speak truth to power’  —  John Ratcliffe made the promise in his opening remarks at his confirmation hearing Tuesday.  —  John Ratcliffe, the Texas congressman whose bid to be director of national intelligence fell apart last summer amid evidence he exaggerated …
Discussion: Politico, IJR, emptywheel and Daily Kos
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 …
Giancarlo Fiorella / bellingcat:
The Invasion of Venezuela, Brought To You By Silvercorp USA  —  The video begins with Jordan Goudreau posing confidently, flanked by a man wearing an armour plate and a Venezuela flag wrapped around his shoulder.  The man introduces Goudreau in a stern tone.
Discussion: VICE, WBRZ and Foreign Policy
Charles T. Clark / Bakersfield Californian:
A crippled US Postal Service could throw a wrench in November election  —  SAN DIEGO — The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated problems for the U.S. Postal Service and sparked a debate in Washington, D.C., that could carry major ramifications for the November general election.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 
 
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