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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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The Daily Beast:
Kushner Botched the COVID Response. Now Trump's Tapped Him to Get a Vaccine by the End of 2020.
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Whistleblower Alleges Trump Administration Ignored Dire COVID-19 Warnings
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
Texas Governor 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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Claire Galofaro / Associated Press:
'It's gone haywire': When COVID-19 arrived in rural America — DAWSON, Ga. (AP) — The reverend approached the makeshift pulpit and asked the Lord to help him make some sense of the scene before him: two caskets, side by side, in a small-town cemetery busier now than ever before.
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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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Raw Story
Politico:
Trump touted reopening. Privately, his team sounded alarms. — President Donald Trump boasted on May 1 that his success in responding to the coronavirus pandemic has made ventilator, test kit and mask shortages a thing of the past, and that much of the country is ready to quickly send people back to work.
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Wisconsin's Supreme Court Is Going to Use Fox News Arguments to Undo the State's COVID-19 Restrictions — The Wisconsin Supreme Court's conservative majority looked poised on Tuesday to invalidate the state's COVID-19 safer-at-home rules limiting public gatherings and commercial activity.
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Ursula Perano / Axios:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for non-surgical treatment
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S.E. Cupp / New York Daily News:
The president is not well: The umpteenth reminders of Trump's mental state and the consequences — Every parent has warily confronted the hypothetical question: What would you do if you suspected your child was unwell? — Not physically, but emotionally unwell, or mentally unstable?
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 …
New York Times:
Loeffler Got Lucrative Parting Gift From Public Company en Route to the Senate — The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, which her husband runs, changed compensation terms to give Kelly Loeffler, a top executive, awards worth millions of dollars as she left for Congress.
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New York Times:
What Is the Real Coronavirus Toll in Each State? — As the coronavirus pandemic cuts through the country, it is leaving behind large numbers of deaths that surpass those of recent history. A New York Times analysis of state data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows …
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Daily Kos and Michigan Advance
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 …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Byron York's Daily Memo: EXCLUSIVE - DNI to Schiff: The transcripts are ready to release — Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter. — Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the newsletter. — EXCLUSIVE — DNI TO SCHIFF: THE TRANSCRIPTS ARE READY TO RELEASE.
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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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Raw Story
Leander Schaerlaeckens / Slate:
Was Donald Trump Good at Baseball? — The president has long claimed he could have gone pro. We looked into it. — In President Donald Trump's memory, he was a high school baseball star. — “I was supposed to be a pro baseball player,” Donald Trump wrote in 2004.
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
A massive drop in car sales sparks new push in Congress to aid the auto industry — Since outbreak began, retailers have sold nearly 800,000 fewer vehicles than forecast, spurring some lawmakers to consider new federal incentives for buyers — A precipitous decline in car sales amid …
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New York Post
LaVendrick Smith / Dallas Morning News:
Dallas salon owner jailed for reopening in violation of court order — Shelley Luther defied local and state orders and a judge's restraining order in operating her business during the coronavirus pandemic. … A Dallas salon owner will spend a week in jail after she was found in contempt …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Pivots to ‘Phase Two,’ Risking More Death to Save Economy — White House may disband virus task force by end of month — Americans remain worried about returning to work amid pandemic — President Donald Trump fixed his course on reopening the nation for business …
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Doesn't Care If You Die From The Coronavirus
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Liberty Street Economics:
Where Have the Paycheck Protection Loans Gone So Far? — The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a central piece of the CARES Act. In the program's first round, $349 billion in forgivable government-guaranteed loans were extended to small businesses to cover costs related to payroll and utilities …
Christopher Roach / American Greatness:
In Dealing with Flynn, Comey's FBI Acted Like the KGB … Michael Flynn was vindicated last week. While conservatives tend to be pro-law enforcement, here they are reminded of how the government's criminal justice apparatus can be abused. The Russian collusion hoax weaponized …
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Jared Keller / Task & Purpose:
The inside story behind the Pentagon's ill-fated quest for a real life ‘Iron Man’ suit — On Dec. 8, 2012, members of the U.S. Navy's vaunted Naval Special Warfare Development Group, better known as SEAL Team 6, were deployed on an high-stakes nighttime raid with a simple goal: rescue a civilian doctor from the clutches of the Taliban.
NBC News:
The White House waves a white flag in fight against coronavirus — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — WASHINGTON — Let's be blunt about it: President Trump signaled Tuesday …
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New York Times:
Irish Return an Old Favor, Helping Native Americans Battling the Virus — In 1847 the Choctaw people sent $170 to help during the potato famine. Irish donors are citing that gesture as they help two tribes during the Covid-19 pandemic. — DUBLIN — More than 170 years ago …
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
This nursing home disaster is on you, Gov. Cuomo — Two weeks ago, Gov. Andrew Cuomo was first asked about his policy that forced nursing homes to admit patients infected with the coronavirus. — “That's a good question, I don't know,” the governor answered, turning to an aide.
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Judah Ari Gross / The Times of Israel:
Defense officials: Iran pulling out of Syria as Israel pummels its forces there — Amid increased reports of IDF strikes on Tehran-linked bases, security officials say Israel wants to make clear to Damascus that Iran is a burden, not an ally — Iranian forces are pulling out of Syria …
Cary Huang / South China Morning Post:
A US move to seek coronavirus pandemic damages from China might well trigger war — Mounting calls in the US to demand compensation for perceived Chinese missteps over Covid-19 have the support of both political parties and public opinion. If Washington gave in, it would spell the end …
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.
Zoom Blog:
Zoom Adds Board Member H.R. McMaster and Head of Global Public Policy and Government Relations Jonathan Kallmer to Leadership Team — Zoom announced today that it has appointed Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond “H.R.” McMaster as an independent director on Zoom's Board of Directors …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court weighs whether to make the Electoral College even less democratic — The Court's “faithless electors” case could turn a few unknown individuals into the most powerful people in the nation. — Imagine that, when the votes are finally counted in the 2020 election …
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 …
Cheryl Corley / NPR:
Illinois Announces Phased Reopening And Its Largest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday his five-phase reopening plan, while the state saw its highest daily death toll from COVID-19. — Over the last 24 hours, 176 residents died …
Washington Post:
Live updates: Trump admits reopening states may cost lives, as U.S. death toll surpasses 70,000 — 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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