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Laura McGann / Vox:
The agonizing story of Tara Reade  —  Tara Reade, a former staff assistant in Joe Biden's Senate office, on April 11.  Max Whittaker/New York Times/Redux  —  I started reporting on Tara Reade's story a year ago.  Here's what I found, and where I'm stuck.
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
Senate Democratic Candidates Refuse To Acknowledge Sexual Assault Allegations Against Joe Biden
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Justice Dept dropping Flynn's criminal case  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that became a rallying cry for Trump …
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Drops Case Against Michael Flynn  —  The extraordinary move came after the former national security adviser had fought the case in court for months, a reversal after pleading guilty twice and cooperating with investigators.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is dropping …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
DOJ drops case against Michael Flynn, in wake of internal memo release  —  The Justice Department on Thursday moved to drop its case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, in a stunning development that comes after internal memos were released raising serious questions …
Catherine Herridge / CBS News:
Attorney General William Barr on Michael Flynn, Obamacare and coronavirus restrictions - Transcript  —  The Justice Department on Thursday moved to dismiss charges against Michael Flynn, President Trump's first national security adviser.  Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying …
Discussion: Breitbart
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Obama knew details of wiretapped Flynn phone calls, surprising top DOJ official, new docs show
Discussion: Twitchy, Redstate and IJR
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Top Michael Flynn prosecutor moves to withdraw from case
Discussion: Breitbart, Raw Story and Townhall
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. moves to drop case against Michael Flynn
Discussion: Vox, Fox News, The Mahablog and Sean Hannity
CNN:
One of Trump's personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus  —  (CNN)A member of the US Navy who serves as one of President Donald Trump's personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus, CNN has learned Thursday, raising concerns about the President's possible exposure to the virus.
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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 …
NBC News:
Trump's personal valet tests positive for coronavirus  —  The president and vice president have since tested negative for the virus, the White House said Thursday.  —  WASHINGTON — One of President Donald Trump's personal valets, who works in the West Wing serving the president his meals among …
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” …
NBC News:   White House considers measures to boost economy without Congress
Nancy Rommelmann / Reason:
She Said Anthony Fauci Sexually Assaulted Her.  Now She Says Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman Paid Her to Lie.  —  I'd just finished Saturday morning's second cup of coffee when an email popped through, subject line: “Exposing Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman.”  —  “Hi Nancy, I hope you are having a nice weekend.
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Woman who accused Fauci of sex assault now says Trump supporters paid her to lie
Discussion: Political Flare
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump intensifies war with Democrats over voting laws  —  The GOP has doubled its budget to fight Democratic lawsuits to $20 million.  —  President Donald Trump.  President Donald Trump's political operation is expanding its legal effort to stop Democrats from overhauling voting laws in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign to unload on Biden with negative ad onslaught
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN and The Hill
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
James Carville Warns Trump: Your ‘Grifter’ Campaign Aides Are Lying To You
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Palmer Report
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Kushner Details His Wild Idea to Use Russia's Secret Comms  —  According to newly released transcripts, Kushner admitted to floating a back-channel of sorts, but said the then-Russian ambassador nixed the idea.  —  The president's son-in-law and top aide, Jared Kushner …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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ABC News:
Pompeo changes tune on Chinese lab's role in virus outbreak, as intel officials cast doubt  —  After telling ABC News there was “enormous evidence,” he now says maybe not.  —  Secretary of State Pompeo is leaning even harder into his attacks on the Chinese government over the novel coronavirus pandemic …
Discussion: Politico
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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
Andrew Joseph / STAT:
A snapshot of coronavirus in the U.S.: A high plateau of new cases portends more spread  —  For all the talk of a second wave of coronavirus cases hitting the United States this fall, one consideration is often lost: The country is still in the throes of the first wave of this pandemic.
CNN:
Kayleigh McEnany called Trump comment ‘racist,’ ‘hateful’ and ‘not the American way’ in 2015  —  White House Press Secretary didn't support candidate Trump  —  (CNN)New White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was a harsh critic of then-candidate Donald Trump before she became a fierce advocate for him …
Michael Grabell / ProPublica:
What Happened When Health Officials Wanted to Close a Meatpacking Plant, but the Governor Said No  —  New documents obtained by ProPublica show public health officials in Grand Island, Nebraska, wanted the JBS meatpacking plant closed.  But Gov. Pete Ricketts said no. Since then, cases have skyrocketed.
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Matt Olberding / Lincoln Journal Star:   Health district to stop reporting meatpacking cases
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery  —  Another black man falsely assumed to be a criminal is dead.  —  The video is short and shocking.  —  It's taken from the perspective of a vehicle following a young black man running at a jogger's pace.  The jogger is 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery.
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Washington Post:
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to stop release of Mueller material  —  The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block a ruling that requires the Justice Department to give Congress certain secret grand jury material from the investigation conducted by former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
Discussion: Second Nexus and Axios
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“I Feel Like This Is End Times”: Will the Coronavirus Crisis Finally Crush New York's Tabloids?  —  The Post and the News, crucial pillars of the city's mindset, are reeling, with little hope in site.  Could Rupert Murdoch sell the Post?  —  On March 25, as death and disease were consuming New York City …
Politico:
Democrats fume over having to clean up Bloomberg's mess  —  Mike Bloomberg's decision to dump hundreds of former campaign staffers from his payroll — after promising them paychecks through the election — has left a trail of ill will within the Democratic Party that's now roiling a key part of its general election operation.
Discussion: New York Times
John Myers / Los Angeles Times:
Coronavirus plunges California into worst budget deficit in state history  —  California's government faces a $54.3-billion budget deficit through next summer according to an analysis released Thursday by advisors to Gov. Gavin Newsom, the deepest projected fiscal hole in state history.
Discussion: Mother Jones
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CNBC:
California faces a staggering $54 billion budget deficit due to economic devastation from coronavirus
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
 
 
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Miami Herald:
State's COVID-19 testing policy an ‘unmitigated disaster’ for residents of elder homes
Carlos Greaves / McSweeney's:
Sure, the Velociraptors Are Still On the Loose, But That's No Reason Not to Reopen Jurassic Park
Discussion: CNN
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Revealed: Amazon told workers paid sick leave law doesn't cover warehouses
Discussion: ABC News and Common Dreams
Theodore Schleifer / Vox:
Tech billionaires are already mounting a pressure campaign to prevent the next pandemic
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
All the power, no accountability. That's Trump's COVID success.
Discussion: The Hill
Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
‘How Much Is a Human Life Worth?’
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell under mounting GOP pressure to boost state aid
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Former CDC Official: Trump Should Quarantine For 14 Days, Could Have Coronavirus
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Remove Patriot Missile Batteries from Saudi Arabia
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Can't decipher Trump-speak? Meet Margaret, the computer bot
Washington Post:
SBA slashes disaster-loan limit from $2 million to $150,000, shuts out nearly all new applicants
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
The Jobs Report Friday Will Be a Portrait of Devastation
Discussion: Political Wire
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
House Republicans should be getting nervous about November
Discussion: New York Magazine, CNN and The Hill
Jeffrey Collins / Associated Press:
Woman killed by alligator in SC was doing homeowner's nails
 

 
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