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George Conway / Washington Post:
Trump lashed out at me on Twitter. It's because he knows the truth. — Americans died from covid-19 at the rate of about one every 42 seconds during the past month. That ought to keep any president awake at night. — Not Donald Trump. — Just days ago, the president flipped …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Lincoln Project has its biggest day of fundraising after president attacks ‘Never Trump’ group — The Lincoln Project, which is run by Republican operatives who oppose President Donald Trump, raised $1 million after the president ripped the group on Twitter this week - marking the super PAC's biggest day of fundraising yet.
Conrad Swanson / Denver Post:
Colorado GOP Chair Ken Buck pressured local official to submit incorrect election results — Fellow Republican says congressman tried to bully him into committing a crime — Colorado Republican Party Chair Ken Buck, a U.S. representative from Windsor, pressured a local party official …
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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Admin shelves CDC guide to reopening country — GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A set of detailed documents created by the nation's top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders deciding when and how to reopen public places such as mass transit …
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ProPublica:
On the Same Day Sen. Richard Burr Dumped Stock, So Did His Brother-in-Law. Then the Market Crashed. — The brother-in-law, a Trump appointee, sold between $97,000 and $280,000 worth of stock. Burr is under federal investigation over whether he traded on non-public information gathered through his work in the Senate.
New York Times:
Germany and U.S. on Divergent Paths to Reopen — Online retailers, backed by Amazon, are beginning a campaign to press for billions of dollars to rescue the Postal Service. Nearly one in five children in the U.S. are not getting enough to eat. — Here's what you need to know:
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Jason DeParle / New York Times:
As Hunger Swells, Food Stamps Become a Partisan Flash Point — Democrats are seeking to raise benefits as research shows a rise in food insecurity without modern precedent amid the pandemic. But Republicans have balked at a long-term expansion of the program.
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
‘What are we doing this for?’: Doctors are fed up with conspiracies ravaging ERs — “I left work and I felt so deflated,” one doctor said about an effort to counter misinformation he saw on Facebook. “I let it get to me.” — At the end of another long shift treating coronavirus patients …
Washington Post:
Georgia shooting case will go to grand jury as disturbing video surfaces online — A Georgia prosecutor on Tuesday said a grand jury should review the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed in February after being chased by two armed men who told police he looked like a burglary suspect.
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Christian Living / Russell Moore:
The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery and the Justice of God
The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery and the Justice of God
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Raw Story
Omar Villafranca / CBS News:
New video emerges of fatal shooting of black jogger in Georgia
New video emerges of fatal shooting of black jogger in Georgia
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CNBC:
Cuomo says it's ‘shocking’ most new coronavirus hospitalizations are people who had been staying home — Early look at data from 100 New York hospitals shows that 66% of new admissions related to the virus are people who were at home, Cuomo said. — He also said a majority of the cases …
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Associated Press:
Face masks make a political statement in era of coronavirus — WASHINGTON (AP) — The decision to wear a mask in public is becoming a political statement — a moment to pick sides in a brewing culture war over containing the coronavirus. — While not yet as loaded as a “Make America Great Again” …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump contradicts nurse in testy Oval Office exchange over coronavirus protective gear — President Donald Trump contradicted a nurse who said that access to sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic “has been sporadic.”
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Nikki Carvajal / CNN:
Trump contradicts nurse he's honoring over PPE availability
Washington Post:
Top Republican fundraiser and Trump ally named postmaster general, giving president new influence over Postal Service — A top donor to President Trump and the Republican National Committee will be named the new head of the Postal Service, putting a top ally of the president in charge …
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Kevin Rudd / Foreign Affairs:
The Coming Post-COVID Anarchy — The Pandemic Bodes Ill for Both American and Chinese Power—and for the Global Order — In January and February of this year, there was audible popping of champagne corks in certain quarters of the U.S. foreign policy establishment.
Ben Harris / Jerusalem Post:
Meet the 107-year-old woman who survived the coronavirus and Spanish flu — “It's remarkable,” Shapiro said. “That's all I can say. It's just unbelievable. I think perhaps it's because of her art that she's still involved in.” — After Marilee Shapiro Asher was admitted to the hospital …
New York Times:
Travel From New York City Seeded Wave of U.S. Outbreaks — The coronavirus outbreak in New York City became the primary source of infections across much of the country by early March, researchers have found. — Munich — Paris — London — Rome — Barcelona, Spain — Rafina, Greece
Miami Herald:
FDLE releases list of COVID-19 deaths. Top medical examiner calls it a sham. — Acting under intense pressure from a coalition of Florida news organizations and open-government advocates, the state Wednesday evening released a list of every Florida fatality documented by a medical examiner resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Sources say Russia probe transcripts affirm officials came up empty on collusion: ‘Schiff is in panic mode’ — Rep. Adam Schiff refuses to release transcripts from House Intel Committee investigation of foreign meddling — EXCLUSIVE: Transcripts of House Intelligence Committee interviews …
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
DOJ releases long-awaited Mueller scope memo, revealing the probe went beyond previously known mandate — The Justice Department on Wednesday released a mostly unredacted version of then-Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's August 2017 “scope memo” outlining the authority …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Biden says he'll reverse DeVos rule bolstering protections for those accused of campus sexual assault — Former Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that if he's elected president, he will reverse a rule issued by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos aimed at bolstering protections for students …
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The Bulwark and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Arizona halts partnership with experts predicting coronavirus cases would continue to mount — Hours after Doug Ducey, the Republican governor of Arizona, accelerated plans to reopen businesses, saying the state was “headed in the right direction,” his administration halted the work of a team …
Joe Biden:
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Filing of the Opening Briefs in California v. Texas — Today in our country, more than 1.2 million people have been infected with COVID-19. More than 71,000 lives have been lost to this pandemic. And millions more are facing enormous economic instability due …
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Susannah Luthi / Politico:
Trump will urge Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare
Trump will urge Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare
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CHINAdaily:
EU-China ties vital amid global crisis — This year we celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the European Union and China, established on May 6, 1975. It is an important milestone in an ever more important relationship between our union of 27 European states and China.
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New York Times:
Most States That Are Reopening Fail to Meet White House Guidelines — More than half of U.S. states have begun to reopen their economies or plan to do so soon. But most fail to meet criteria recommended by the Trump administration to resume business and social activities.
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Trump vetoes resolution to curb war powers against Iran — President Trump on Wednesday vetoed a war powers resolution that would have curbed his ability to direct military action against Iran without Congress' authorization. — Why it matters: The bipartisan measure came after Trump ordered …
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The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
What Happened to Val Kilmer? He's Just Starting to Figure It Out. — Cancer has taken his voice, but the unlikeliest movie star in Hollywood history still has a lot he wants to say. — It's hard to believe now, as I write this, but just two months ago, when we were allowed to roam free …
Axios:
Trump and some top aides question accuracy of virus death toll — President Trump has complained to advisers about the way coronavirus deaths are being calculated, suggesting the real numbers are actually lower — and a number of his senior aides share this view, according to sources with direct knowledge.
Meghann Myers / Military Times:
Coronavirus survivors banned from joining the military — As the Defense Department negotiates its way through the coronavirus pandemic and its fallout, military entrance processing stations are working with new guidance when it comes to bringing COVID-19 survivors into the services.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Trump Wanted a Softball Interview. ABC's David Muir Obliged. — Insiders were dismayed as the president—who asked for Muir over ABC's chief anchor George Stephanopoulos—seemed to steamroll the star newscaster. — With the sort of near-mystical media savvy on which Donald Trump built …
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Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Gateway Pundit Reporter Lavishes Praise on Unabomber: ‘A Brilliant Man’ — Cassandra Fairbanks, a right-wing activist and writer at the pro-Trump blog The Gateway Pundit, approvingly read passages from the Unabomber Manifesto last weekend in a late-night live video on Twitter, where she has hundreds of thousands of followers.
Lis Smith / New York Times:
How Joe Biden Can Defeat Trump From His Basement — If he can win the battle for our screens, he can benefit from the death of the traditional presidential campaign. — Ms. Smith advised campaigns by Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Cuomo and Barack Obama. — If Joe Biden plays his cards right …
Ian Duncan / Washington Post:
Frontier Airlines is selling a social distancing upgrade for $39. Democrats in Congress are appalled. — Starting Friday, customers will be able pay extra to guarantee a spot on the plane next to an open middle seat. — Democrats on Capitol Hill are blasting a plan by Frontier Airlines …
Leah Simpson / Daily Mail:
Shocking video shows white cop repeatedly beating a black man while another pins him to the ground ‘for not following social distancing rules’ - despite the officers not wearing masks themselves — Footage from the incident on Tuesday afternoon shows a Jersey City police officer …
Stamford Advocate:
America's coronavirus divide is reflected in two New Mexico mayors. One asked for a lockdown. The other defied orders. — GALLUP, N.M. - Louie Bonaguidi had been mayor of this tiny city set among high desert buttes and Native American reservations for just a matter of hours last week when the governor called.
KING-TV:
Walla Walla County officials recall claims people were hosting coronavirus parties — Health officials in Walla Walla said people were intentionally exposing themselves to coronavirus, but have since walked back those claims. … Walla Walla health officials say some people …
Marquise Francis / Yahoo News:
A tale of two parks: Enjoying the sun in wealthy Manhattan, social distancing under police scrutiny in the Bronx — Thousands of New Yorkers flocked to city parks all over the five boroughs last weekend to enjoy sunny spring weather and temperatures in the 70s.
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Daily Kos
Federal Communications Commission:
Sinclair Agrees to Pay $48 Million Civil Penalty — Full Title: Sinclair Agrees to Pay $48 Million Civil Penalty; FCC Penalty Will Be Largest Ever Paid by a Broadcaster — Bureau(s): Enforcement, Media, Media Relations — The FCC announced the largest civil penalty involving a broadcaster in the agency's 86-year history.
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