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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Fauci to begin ‘modified quarantine’ — (CNN)Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and member of the White House's coronavirus task force, tells CNN he will begin a “modified quarantine” after making a “low risk” contact with the White House staffer …
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Meadows learns to navigate Kushner's sprawling White House influence — When the White House's top domestic policy job came open in recent weeks, newly installed chief of staff Mark Meadows was quick to suggest a surprising name: Stephen Miller. — The proposal, described by three people familiar …
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
As deaths mount, Trump tries to convince Americans it's safe to inch back to normal — In a week when the novel coronavirus ravaged new communities across the country and the number of dead soared past 78,000, President Trump and his advisers shifted from hour-by-hour crisis management …
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NBC News, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story, Washington Monthly, Political Flare, POLITICUSUSA and New York Times
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Fauci and Birx's public withdrawal worries health experts — President Donald Trump's oscillations over the fate of his coronavirus task force have tapped into a growing fear within the nation's public health community: That at a critical juncture in the pandemic fight …
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ABC News
Axios:
Illinois governor: White House has “not delivered” on coronavirus promises
Illinois governor: White House has “not delivered” on coronavirus promises
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The Hill
Washington Post:
White House aides rattled after positive coronavirus tests and officials send mixed messages on how to respond
White House aides rattled after positive coronavirus tests and officials send mixed messages on how to respond
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Raw Story and Balloon Juice
Greg Clary / CNN:
FDA commissioner and CDC director will testify remotely in Senate hearing
FDA commissioner and CDC director will testify remotely in Senate hearing
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New York Post
Axios:
Trump tweets more than 50 times about Russia probe amid new revelations — Between late Saturday night and early Sunday morning, President Trump tweeted or retweeted more than 50 times about the investigations by the FBI and the House Intelligence Committee into his campaign's alleged ties to Russia.
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Filing error adds to twists of Flynn case reversal
Filing error adds to twists of Flynn case reversal
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New York Times
The Daily Beast:
Biden Campaign Is Secretly Building a Republican Group — “You don't want something like this out on the street before it needs to be,” one GOP said. “It just makes it much harder to do.” — Appearing in an Instagram live chat with soccer star Megan Rapinoe on April 30 …
Harry Enten / CNN:
Biden's lead is the steadiest on record — (CNN)Poll of the week: A new Monmouth University poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump 50% to 41%. When Rep. Justin Amash is included as the Libertarian Party candidate, it's Biden 47%, Trump 40% and Amash 5%.
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Washington Post
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump wants America to ‘normalize’ coronavirus deaths. It's the media's job not to play along. — Comparing the number of deaths from covid-19 to those caused by car crashes never made any sense. But the gimmick caught on anyway. — “We don't shut down our economy because tens …
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
‘How long can a heart last like this?’ … I've hardly moved from this couch in weeks, but right now my heart rate monitor says I'm at 132. That's double my normal. That's like if I'm climbing a mountain. How come? Nobody knows. Nobody ever knows. And why has my fever been spiking again?
John Harwood / CNN:
The strong economy didn't make Trump, but coronavirus collapse could break him — (CNN)The last time an incumbent president lost re-election — George H.W. Bush, in 1992 — an “it's the economy, stupid” campaign theme took him down. Unemployment then was hovering around 7.5%.
Washington Post:
Republicans grow nervous about losing the Senate amid worries over Trump's handling of the pandemic — Republicans are increasingly nervous they could lose control of the Senate this fall as a potent combination of a cratering economy, President Trump's controversial handling of the pandemic …
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Political Wire
Madeleine Carlisle / TIME:
South Dakota Governor Demands Tribe Leaders Remove Checkpoints Set Up to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 — Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Oglala Sioux Tribe leaders have rejected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's demand that they remove checkpoints meant to regulate traffic through their reservation …
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South Dakota State News, Fox News, COVID-19 in Indian Country and Axios
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Morgan Matzen / Rapid City Journal:
Tribes respond to Noem's demands to remove highway checkpoints
Tribes respond to Noem's demands to remove highway checkpoints
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Argus Leader and New York Post
New York Times:
Pork Chops vs. People: Battling Coronavirus in an Iowa Meat Plant — After President Trump's executive order, meat plants are reopening. Can they do so without endangering their low-wage workers and their communities? — On April 10, Tony Thompson, the sheriff for Black Hawk County in Iowa …
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
As Trump pulls back from virus, Congress races to fill void — WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump tries to moves on from the coronavirus, Congress is rushing to fill the void and prepare the country for the long fight ahead. — Jolted by the lack of comprehensive federal planning …
New York Times:
Whistle-Blower Exposes Infighting and Animus in Trump's Coronavirus Response — The allegations suggest personal clashes influenced how the administration responded to the pandemic. — WASHINGTON — The call in early February from the White House Situation Room came as a surprise to Rick Bright …
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Kim Mackrael / Wall Street Journal:
Nearly a Third of Kentucky Workers Seek Jobless Aid — With the governor's encouragement, the Bluegrass State has the highest rate of unemployment filing in the nation — Nearly a third of Kentucky's labor force has filed for unemployment insurance, the largest share of any U.S. state …
Matthew Strong / Taiwan News:
China asked the WHO to cover up coronavirus outbreak: German intelligence service — Delay cost world 4 to 6 weeks: BND — TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping (.近平) asked World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to suppress news …
New York Times:
Why the Path to Reopening New York City Will Be So Difficult — The factors that made the city one of the hardest hit on the planet — its density, mass transit and tourism — complicate a return to normalcy. — Nearly 190,000 people were tested for the coronavirus in New York City over the past two weeks, a record number.