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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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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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POLITICUSUSA and Fox News
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 …
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Raw Story
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump sought a reopening but found the virus in the White House instead — (CNN)President Donald Trump hoped this would be the week he emerged into a nation recovering from pandemic. Instead the pandemic came to him. — A day after breaking his White House self-isolation …
New York Times:
Two White House Coronavirus Cases Raise Question of if Anyone Is Really Safe
Two White House Coronavirus Cases Raise Question of if Anyone Is Really Safe
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Washington Post and Daily Kos
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Eleven Secret Service agents test positive for COVID-19: report
Eleven Secret Service agents test positive for COVID-19: report
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Palmer Report
Politico:
Katie Miller, Pence spokeswoman, tests positive for coronavirus
Katie Miller, Pence spokeswoman, tests positive for coronavirus
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
FDA chief self-quarantines after exposure to Pence aide
FDA chief self-quarantines after exposure to Pence aide
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The Hill, Mediaite, Daily Kos and New York Post
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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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
Exclusive: Obama says in private call that ‘rule of law is at risk’ in Michael Flynn case — WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama, talking privately to former members of his administration, said Friday that the “rule of law is at risk” in the wake of what he called an unprecedented move …
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George Conway / Washington Post:
No one in this country is above the law. The Supreme Court is about to teach that lesson. — Twenty-six years ago, I published my first op-ed. Entitled “'No Man in This Country ... Is Above the Law,'” it addressed news reports that President Bill Clinton planned to claim an immunity …
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The Hill
Associated Press:
72 got COVID-19 after being at large event — MADISON, Wis. — More than 70 people who tested positive for the coronavirus since an April 24 rally at the Wisconsin state Capitol indicated they had attended a large gathering, but the state Department of Health Services cant' say if they were at the rally …
New York Times:
Georgia Killing Puts Spotlight on a Police Force's Troubled History — The shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery has renewed criticism of the police agency that released the two suspects. They were charged by the state months later. — BRUNSWICK, Ga. — When the Glynn County Police Department arrived …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying
The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying
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New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Post
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Obama, Biden Oval Office Meeting On January 5 Was Key To Entire Anti-Trump Operation — Susan Rice's bizarre Inauguration Day email about that meeting helps explain the campaign of leaks, lies, and obstruction that followed. — Information released in the Justice Department's motion …
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
In Flynn Case, Barr Again Takes Aim at Mueller Inquiry
In Flynn Case, Barr Again Takes Aim at Mueller Inquiry
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New York Times:
Anxious About the Virus, Older Voters Grow More Wary of Trump — Surveys show the president's standing with seniors, the group most vulnerable to the coronavirus, has fallen as he pushes to reopen the country. — WASHINGTON — The coronavirus crisis and the administration's halting response …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Lincoln Project called Facebook to dispute fact-check warning label on anti-Trump ad ‘Mourning in America’ — The Lincoln Project contacted Facebook to push the social media giant to remove a warning label it attached to the group's blistering “Mourning in America” ad.
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Gunjan Banerji / Wall Street Journal:
Why Is the Stock Market Rallying When the Economy Is So Bad? — Five reasons the stock market is soaring as the economy is floundering: from buoyant tech stocks to high earnings hopes to fear of missing out — The latest jobs report revealing record U.S. unemployment highlights …
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.
Associated Press:
Outbreaks in Germany, S. Korea show the risks in easing up — ROME (AP) — South Korea's capital closed down more than 2,100 bars and other nightspots Saturday because of a new cluster of coronavirus infections, and Germany scrambled to contain fresh outbreaks at slaughterhouses …
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
There's One Big Reason the U.S. Economy Can't Reopen — Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. — The United States is mired in one of the most immiserating peacetime moments in its history.
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 …
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.
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New York Times:
Fight Over Virus's Death Toll Opens Grim New Front in Election Battle — Elements of the right have sought to bolster the President Trump's political standing by turning scientific questions into political issues. — The claim was tailor-made for President Trump's most steadfast backers …
theepochtimes.com:
Richard Grenell, a True Hero of Our Times — You may have noticed, as a mere citizen of this country, there are many things you are not supposed to know. — You are not mature enough or intelligent enough to handle certain information. You are in, in effect, a child in a supposedly democratic republic.
Stephen L. Miller / Spectator USA:
New York has mismanaged COVID-19 from top to bottom … Andrew Cuomo is having the time of his life. His approval ratings are through the roof and he's being talked about as a replacement for Joe Biden should Joe wander off somewhere without his Visiting Angel, never to be found again.
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 …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The one Republican Senate candidate willing to call out Donald Trump — Few Republicans are willing to say a negative word about President Donald Trump. — John James — a rising star in the GOP who last year was floated to be Trump's ambassador to the United Nations …
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Raw Story
Steven Doyle / Martinsville Bulletin:
WATCH NOW: Father Mark White receives no-trespass notice to stay off church property and out of his residences — Bishop Barry Knestout earlier this week had banned Father Mark White from performing the duties of priest in Martinsville and Rocky Mount, which means he is prohibited …
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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CBS News:
Ousted government scientist who pushed back on Trump-touted coronavirus treatment speaks out — Rick Bright says he was removed from his position after he warned about deficiencies in the country's response to COVID-19. — Rick Bright, the government virologist who says he was removed …
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Breitbart
Cassandra Negley / Yahoo Sports:
New Title IX regulations no longer require coaches to report sexual misconduct — The U.S. Department of Education, led by education secretary Betsy DeVos, — announced new Title IX federal regulations that change requirements on who must report sexual assault allegations and how institutions respond to those complaints.
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
In the midst of a pandemic, tensions flare between de Blasio and his health department — It took a public health crisis of epic proportions to kick the long-simmering feud between Mayor Bill de Blasio and his health department into high gear. — On Friday Morning, as the mayor …
Julia Musto / Fox News:
California sheriff refuses to enforce state's coronavirus stay-at-home orders: 'Doesn't make sense anymore' — California sheriff says he can't enforce coronavirus orders making ‘criminals’ out of business owners — Riverside County, Calif. Sheriff Chad Bianco said Friday that he refuses …
Associated Press:
Court halts ban on mass gatherings at Kentucky churches — FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal court halted the Kentucky governor's temporary ban on mass gatherings from applying to in-person religious services, clearing the way for Sunday church services. — U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove …
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Axios
Washington Post:
Biden campaign launches expansion in the face of Democratic worries — but no word on plans to leave his house — Former vice president Joe Biden has greenlit a major hiring spree to shore up his campaign for the general election and calm roiling concerns among Democratic leaders about his operation's scale and reach.
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