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Yahoo News:
Document reveals Secret Service has 11 current coronavirus cases, as concerns about Trump's staff grow — WASHINGTON—Multiple members of the U.S. Secret Service have tested positive for the COVID 19, the disease caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to Department of Homeland Security documents reviewed by Yahoo News.
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Politico:
Katie Miller, Pence spokeswoman, tests positive for coronavirus — Katie Miller, a spokesperson for Vice President Mike Pence, has tested positive for coronavirus, according to two people with knowledge of Miller's diagnosis. — Miller's positive diagnosis for Covid-19 puts the potential threat …
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David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
No, Mike Pence Did Not Deliver Empty Boxes To A Nursing Home For A Publicity Stunt — BuzzFeed News has reporters across five continents bringing you trustworthy stories about the impact of the coronavirus. To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today.
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump flouts coronavirus protocols as security experts warn of need to protect president from a lethal threat — President Trump on Friday continued to eschew key public health guidelines from his own administration — meeting with Republican lawmakers and World War II veterans without a face-mask …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A single Kayleigh McEnany quote gives away the game — Katie Miller, the wife of adviser Stephen Miller, has tested positive for the coronavirus. The infection of Ms. Miller, a close adviser to Vice President Pence, means potential exposure to President Trump's inner circle …
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary tests positive for coronavirus
Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary tests positive for coronavirus
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Jason Dearen / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Top White House officials buried CDC report — GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation's top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House …
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New York Times:
The Appalling Damage of Dropping the Michael Flynn Case — It embeds into official U.S. policy a shockingly extremist view of law enforcement as the enemy of the American people. — The authors are law professors at Georgetown. — Criminal law specialists and members of the law enforcement community are tough to really shock.
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Mark Hemingway / RealClearInvestigations:
New Red Flags Emerging From FBI's Handling of Michael Flynn's Case
New Red Flags Emerging From FBI's Handling of Michael Flynn's Case
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Alan M. Dershowitz / Gatestone Institute:
Flynn Was Innocent All Along: He Was Pressured to Plead Guilty
Flynn Was Innocent All Along: He Was Pressured to Plead Guilty
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Law & Crime
Andy Borowitz / New Yorker:
Bill Barr Tests Negative for Integrity
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Barr and Trump hint at coming moves after Flynn is let off
The Daily 202: Barr and Trump hint at coming moves after Flynn is let off
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Christian Boone / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Glynn County commissioner says DA blocked arrests after fatal shooting — Glynn County Commissioner Peter Murphy on Friday said that he had determined that District Attorney Jackie Johnson's office refused to allow Glynn police to make arrests immediately after the Feb. 23 shooting death of Ahmaud Abery.
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CNN:
Men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery thought he was a burglary suspect. But no burglaries were reported in the month before the shooting — Glynn County, Georgia (CNN)The two white men arrested Thursday evening in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery told police they believed he was a suspect in a series of break-ins.
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Trump made Florida his official residence. He may have also made a legal mess. — For nearly a quarter-century, President Trump has envisioned boats docking at Mar-a-Lago, his swanky club set on 17 acres of prime real estate in Palm Beach, Fla., that rambles across manicured grounds between …
Dan Solomon / Texas Monthly:
Arrested Dallas Hairdresser's GoFundMe Launched Before She Even Reopened — As far as PR stunts go, this one has been lucrative. — On Friday, Ted Cruz flew to Dallas for a haircut. He hadn't been looking particularly shaggy, but as hair salons have become the latest front in the culture war …
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CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:
Sen. Ted Cruz Gets Haircut At Salon A La Mode After Owner Shelley Luther Released From Jail
Sen. Ted Cruz Gets Haircut At Salon A La Mode After Owner Shelley Luther Released From Jail
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Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
A Look At The Democrat Dallas Judge Who Jailed A Salon Owner
Zachary Evans / National Review:
NYT, NBC Reporters Parrot Jimmy Kimmel's False Accusation that Pence Delivered Empty Boxes of PPE — Late night host Jimmy Kimmel falsely claimed on Thursday that Vice President Mike Pence engaged in a publicity stunt by delivering supposedly empty boxes of medical equipment to a healthcare facility …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Jimmy Kimmel's false claim that Pence carried empty boxes
Jimmy Kimmel's false claim that Pence carried empty boxes
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McKenzie Sadeghi / USA Today:
Fact check: Vice President Mike Pence did not carry empty boxes of PPE into a hospital
Fact check: Vice President Mike Pence did not carry empty boxes of PPE into a hospital
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Anna Merlan / VICE:
‘Plandemic’ Is Dangerous, Viral Nonsense — Judy Mikovits has an urgent story to tell. In essence, it goes like this: Top government scientists are responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, and a lot else besides. She knows because she was once one of them, before they tried to destroy …
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Greg Fish / Rantt Media:
Debunking “Plandemic,” The Coronavirus Conspiracy Video
Debunking “Plandemic,” The Coronavirus Conspiracy Video
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
I Just Flew. It Was Worse Than I Thought It Would Be. — The cabin was restless. It was a weekday afternoon in late April, and I was among dozens of people boarding an airplane that most of us had assumed would be empty. Flight attendants were scrambling to accommodate seat-change requests.
Politico:
Top career intelligence official departs ODNI — A top career official is leaving the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the agency confirmed on Friday. — Deirdre Walsh, who spent more than 10 years at ODNI — most recently as chief operating officer …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Other countries are winning against the virus. We are quitting. — Now is the spring of our disgrace. — Around the world, countries are winning the battle against the coronavirus and beginning a responsible return to work, school and leisure, confident that their governments have the deadly virus in check.
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Elizabeth Spiers / Washington Post:
I worked for Jared Kushner. Of course he says his covid-19 failure is a success. — President Trump's son-in-law always casts himself as the genius cleaning up someone else's problems. — Jared Kushner's coronavirus response team, we learned this week, is fumbling because it's largely staffed with inexperienced volunteers.
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Dirk Draulans / Science:
‘Finally, a virus got me.’ Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19 — Virologist Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, fell ill with COVID-19 in mid-March. He spent a week in a hospital and has been recovering at his home in London since.
Miami Herald:
Florida oncology network that bilked cancer patients gets $67 million in COVID-19 aid — A Fort Myers-based oncology network that was Florida's largest recipient of federal coronavirus relief dollars for healthcare facilities admitted last week to participating in a criminal conspiracy …
Washington Post:
Defense Secretary Esper stood beside World War II veterans — without a mask — President Trump and Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper gathered with World War II veterans in Washington on Friday to mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe. — Trump greeted a rank of seven veterans …
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Bakersfield Californian:
NYC politicians outraged after NYPD reveals 80% of social distancing arrests have been minorities — NEW YORK — Coronavirus does not discriminate. Social distancing enforcement in New York City apparently does. — That's the takeaway from newly-released numbers from the New York Police Department …
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
The Downside of Being a Fox News Journalist? Getting Asked About Sean Hannity — News anchors Chris Wallace and Bret Baier have faced frequent questions about the network's powerful opinion hosts and their commentary. — Chris Wallace was getting frustrated. — “I'm here.
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Robert Caro writes, and waits, during the COVID-19 outbreak — FILE - This May 21, 2019 file photo shows author Robert Caro at the 2019 PEN America Literary Gala in New York. The historian discusses life during the pandemic and gives a progress report on his final Lyndon Johnson book …
Washington Post:
White House pandemic supply project swathed in secrecy and exaggerations — On May 1, as White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany defended the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, an illustration of an airplane flying to the moon appeared on the monitors beside her.
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
The coronavirus economy is exposing how easy it is to fall from the middle class into poverty — 'It's too cold to sleep in my car': Some are slipping through the giant holes in the U.S. safety net — Louise Lara apologized for crying as she told her story.
Julia Azari / Mischiefs of Faction:
The Trump presidency thrives on norms — The main narrative of the Trump presidency has been about its hostility and indifference to norms. But if we step back from the repeated shock at the administration's personal attacks, flouting of rule of law, and near-constant melding of campaigning and governing, a different picture emerges.
The Daily Beast:
Gretchen Whitmer's Chilling Call With the White House — In Ep. 6 of The New Abnormal, co-hosts Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast talk with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer about a scary call with the White House and the ad that drove Trump batty. — Between being the object of Trump's vitriol and dealing …
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Serena Gordon / CBS News:
Coronavirus pandemic may lead to 75,000 “deaths of despair” from suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, study says — COVID-19 has directly claimed tens of thousands of U.S. lives, but conditions stemming from the novel coronavirus — rampant unemployment, isolation and an uncertain future …
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Matt Perez / Forbes:
McEnany On Trump Not Wearing Mask Around WWII Vets: ‘They Made The Choice To Come Here’ — Asked why President Trump didn't wear a mask while honoring World War II veterans in their 90s—just a day after one of his personal valets tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus …
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New York Times:
An Incursion Into Venezuela, Straight Out of Hollywood — The operation to overthrow the president failed miserably, and eight rebels were killed. But a former Green Beret who was not on the mission has emerged as the central character. — BOGOTÁ, Colombia …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying — Six weeks ago, Ahmaud Arbery went out and never came home. Gregory and Travis McMichael, who saw Arbery running through their neighborhood just outside of Brunswick, Georgia, and who told authorities they thought …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Considers Drive-In Theater Campaign Rallies After Coronavirus Destroyed His Preferred Option — The president wants to get back on the trail. His aides are trying to figure out how. — President Donald Trump is thirsting to hold campaign rallies again.
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Newsom orders vote-by-mail in California for November election — California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Friday he has signed an executive order that requires county officials to send vote-by-mail ballots to every registered voter in the state. — Newsom said California will work …
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