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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.
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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
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios:
Beijing demanded praise in exchange for medical supplies
Beijing demanded praise in exchange for medical supplies
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The Daily Caller
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Trump vetoes Iran war powers resolution, swipes at Republicans who backed it
Trump vetoes Iran war powers resolution, swipes at Republicans who backed it
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One America News Network
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Senate Intel chair's brother-in-law also dumped stock before market crash
Senate Intel chair's brother-in-law also dumped stock before market crash
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Raw Story
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 …
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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Raw Story
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Nikki Carvajal / CNN:
Trump contradicts nurse he's honoring over PPE availability — (CNN)President Donald Trump contradicted a nurse he was honoring in the Oval Office on Wednesday, insisting there are no personal protective equipment shortages in the US despite her account that availability could be “sporadic.”
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Trump defends decision not to wear a mask during factory tour
Trump defends decision not to wear a mask during factory tour
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The American Independent, Palmer Report, Breitbart, One America News Network, HuffPost and CNBC
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 …
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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Big League Politics
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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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Raw Story, Political Flare, Mediaite, Common Dreams, NBC News, HuffPost, CNN, Twitchy and Mother Jones
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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Hotair, New York Times, INDIVISIBLE VENTURA, ABC News, The Guardian and Vox
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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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CNN, BBC, The Root, The Daily Beast, Damian J. Penny and WJXT-TV
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 …
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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The Hill, Vox, The Daily Beast, ABC News and Fox News
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.
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NBC News, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, The Week and Macleans.ca
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: 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.
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Daily Kos
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Jason DeParle / New York Times:
As Hunger Swells, Food Stamps Become a Partisan Flash Point
As Hunger Swells, Food Stamps Become a Partisan Flash Point
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The Hamilton Project and VICE
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 …
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.
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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Forbes, The Daily Caller and Twitchy
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
ABC News's David Muir is no match for Trump's falsehoods
ABC News's David Muir is no match for Trump's falsehoods
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ABC News, The Daily Caller and CNN
Connor Richards / www.heraldextra.com:
2 Utah County businesses told staff to ignore COVID-19 guidelines, resulting in 68 positive cases — Nearly half of the employees of a Utah County business tested positive for COVID-19 after the business instructed employees to not follow quarantine guidelines and required staff …
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Raw Story
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme embarrassment: The flush heard around the country — (CNN)Well, someone forgot to mute. — The Supreme Court was making history Wednesday afternoon, holding arguments over the phone because of Covid-19, when all of a sudden there was the distinct sound of a toilet flushing.
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HuffPost, The Gateway Pundit, The Week, Mediaite and Twitchy
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Matt Naham / Law & Crime:
That Awkward Moment When a Toilet Flushes During Supreme Court Oral Arguments
That Awkward Moment When a Toilet Flushes During Supreme Court Oral Arguments
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The Atlantic and Bloomberg
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 …
Change Research:
States of Play: Battleground Survey Shows Voters Concerned About Reopening Economy — CNBC/Change Research Poll in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin: May 1-3, 2020 — 68% of voters in the battleground remain seriously concerned about the coronavirus …
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CNBC, Breitbart and Balloon Juice
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Voters Divided on Alleged Biden Assault — Half the electorate consider voting by mail this year — West Long Branch, NJ - Recent headlines may have dented Joe Biden's favorability rating ever so slightly but he has actually widened his national lead over Donald Trump in the race for president.
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POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Forbes, Washington Post, CNN and Axios
CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Calls For ‘Immediate Release’ Of Jailed Dallas Salon Owner Shelley Luther — DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has called for the “immediate release” of a Dallas salon owner who was arrested and sent to jail for opening her business …
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The Gateway Pundit, Townhall, IJR, Texas Attorney General, The Hill and The Daily Caller
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.
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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New York Post and CNN
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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New York Post
Washington Post:
Trump order to paint border wall black could drive up cost $500 million or more — President Trump is once more pushing to have his border wall painted black, a design change that is projected to add at least $500 million in costs, according to government contracting estimates obtained by The Washington Post.
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
Alan Judd / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
In northeast Georgia, a new COVID-19 hot spot emerges — A new coronavirus hot spot has emerged in northeast Georgia, stirring fears the region could see the devastating human toll already experienced in the state's opposite corner. — The number of new cases in the Gainesville area …
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Washington Post and Raw Story
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 …
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.
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Nearly Half of Men Say They Do Most of the Home Schooling. 3 Percent of Women Agree. — A survey suggests that pandemic-era domestic work isn't being divided more equitably than before the lockdown. — Home schooling, the new parental chore brought about by coronavirus lockdowns …
Kyle Kaminski / City Pulse:
Armed citizens escort lawmaker into Michigan State Capitol — State Rep. Sarah Anthony pushes for tighter security in Lansing — After a hoard of armed and angry protesters swarmed Lansing last week, State Rep. Sarah Anthony brought some extra protection on her way to the State Capitol today.
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Twitchy
Politico:
DOJ releases Mueller's marching orders — The Department of Justice has released a less redacted copy of a memo laying out the scope of former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) after the current and former Judiciary Committee chairmen requested it.
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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