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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 …
New York Times:
How Kushner's Volunteer Force Led a Fumbling Hunt for Medical Supplies — Roughly a dozen young, inexperienced workers were assembled to sort through tips on masks, gloves and other equipment. Warehouses were running bare, and doctors fighting the coronavirus were forced to make their own protective gear.
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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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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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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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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Texas governor slammed after being caught on hot mic admitting his reopen order will worsen the pandemic — BREAKING: As @GovAbbott reopens the state in the midst of a rising infection and death rate, leaked audio from a call with Texas Legislators reveals that he knows reopening puts …
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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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Politico:
White House plots breakup of coronavirus task force
White House plots breakup of coronavirus task force
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New York Times:
Coronavirus News: Live Updates
Coronavirus News: Live Updates
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
The coronavirus has mutated and appears to be more contagious now, new study finds — The coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China, has mutated and the new, dominant strain spreading across the U.S. appears to be even more contagious, according to a new study.
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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 …
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for non-surgical treatment — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is resting at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland following non-surgical treatment for a gallbladder condition, according to a statement. — The state of play: Ginsberg, 87 …
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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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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
American Bar Association now rates Trump nominee for powerful court seat as ‘well-qualified’
American Bar Association now rates Trump nominee for powerful court seat as ‘well-qualified’
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Susan Davis / NPR:
Judge Says He Faced No Political Pressure From McConnell To Retire
Judge Says He Faced No Political Pressure From McConnell To Retire
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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 …
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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Rebecca Woolington / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida adds 113 coronavirus deaths, a new one-day record — The Sunshine State's death toll grows to 1,536 as it begins to reopen. — One day after reopening, Florida posted a record number of new deaths Tuesday from the novel coronavirus — 113, including 11 in the Tampa Bay region.
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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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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:
Trump's demand for payroll tax cut is rebuffed on Capitol Hill as lawmakers spar over next virus aid bill — President Trump's latest red line for the next phase of coronavirus legislation — a payroll tax cut for workers — has few fans in Congress even among Republicans …
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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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Rachel Leingang / Arizona Republic:
State health department tells university COVID-19 modeling team to stop work, limits data access — The Arizona Department of Health Services told a team of university experts working on COVID-19 modeling to “pause” its work, an email from a department leader shows.
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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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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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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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HuffPost:
Win Or Lose, Trump's Top Campaign Aides Are Raking In The Cash — His campaign chief bought a waterfront house with a yearly tax bill higher than the average Floridian's annual income, a $400,000 boat, a Ferrari, condos and more. — WASHINGTON ― The bad news for President Donald Trump …
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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 …
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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.
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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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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Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
Should Identity Politics Dictate Vaccine Research? — Even amid a pandemic, federal science agencies continue to fund anti-scientific diversity initiatives. — Covid-19 — Health Care — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) …
Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg:
New York Democrats Ordered by Judge to Reinstate Primary — Judge says calling off primary violates voters' rights — Loss of constitutional rights ‘heavy hardship,’ judge rules — The New York primary election is back on track after a federal judge ordered state Democratic officials …
Washington Post:
Joe Biden is looking for a running mate. Many Democrats have strong ideas — and few agree. — Joe Biden is under escalating pressure from competing branches of his party as he ponders the most consequential decision of his presidential candidacy: a running mate.
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