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New York Times:
‘Scary to Go to Work’: White House Races to Contain Virus in Its Ranks — With two White House staff members testing positive, some officials fear the disease is already spreading rapidly through the West Wing. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is racing to contain an outbreak …
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CNN:
Pence will not self-quarantine and plans to be at the White House Monday — (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence is not planning to enter self-quarantine after his press secretary tested positive for coronavirus on Friday and plans to be at the White House on Monday, his office said on Sunday.
Washington Post:
Top White House advisers, unlike their boss, increasingly worry stimulus spending is costing too much — Conservatives are eyeing potential policies to reduce long-term budget impact, but they say Trump probably won't go along — Senior Trump administration officials are growing increasingly wary …
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ABC News, Reuters, Slate, emptywheel, Washington Monthly and NBC News
Michelle Mark / Business Insider Nederland:
Birx said ‘there is nothing from the CDC that I can trust’ in a White House coronavirus task force meeting — Foto: Associated Press/Evan Vucci White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx listens as President Donald Trump holds a meeting about the coronavirus response with Gov. Greg Abbott …
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Redstate, The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Inside House Democrats' whopping $1.2 trillion+ coronavirus relief proposal
Inside House Democrats' whopping $1.2 trillion+ coronavirus relief proposal
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News:
Fauci won't appear in Senate after exposure to White House staffer infected with coronavirus …
Sophia Ankel / Business Insider Nederland:
11 Secret Service agents test positive for COVID-19 and fears of it spreading through the White House are mounting
11 Secret Service agents test positive for COVID-19 and fears of it spreading through the White House are mounting
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Raw Story
Michelangelo Signorile / The Signorile Report:
The White House is a coronavirus hotspot. It's proof-positive we need mass testing.
The White House is a coronavirus hotspot. It's proof-positive we need mass testing.
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Mnuchin: White House will decide on more coronavirus relief in “a few weeks”
Mnuchin: White House will decide on more coronavirus relief in “a few weeks”
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Fox News, Mother Jones, One America News Network and Associated Press
Mary B. McCord / New York Times:
Bill Barr Twisted My Words in Dropping the Flynn Case. Here's the Truth. — The F.B.I.'s interview of Mr. Flynn was constitutional, lawful and for a legitimate counterintelligence purpose. — Ms. McCord was an acting assistant attorney general for national security at the Justice Department from 2016 to 2017.
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Chuck Rosenberg / Washington Post:
The long list of people who thought Flynn's lies were material — Chuck Rosenberg is a former U.S. attorney, senior FBI official and acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration. — Michael Flynn made false statements to FBI agents interviewing him about his December 2016 telephone conversation with a Russian diplomat.
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New York Times
Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive: Pence says he'd be “happy” to see Michael Flynn back in government
Exclusive: Pence says he'd be “happy” to see Michael Flynn back in government
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Reuters, The Daily Caller, New York Post, Vanity Fair, The Hill, The Week and Breitbart
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Trump administration cuts funding for coronavirus researcher, jeopardizing possible COVID-19 cure — An American scientist who collaborates with the Wuhan Institute of Virology had his grant terminated in the wake of unsubstantiated claims that COVID-19 is either manmade or leaked out of a Chinese government lab.
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Washington Post:
New video said to show moments leading up to Georgia jogger Ahmaud Arbery's death — The state attorney general has pledged to investigate local officials' handling of the young black man's killing. — BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Additional video emerged Saturday that is believed to show …
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Associated Press:
Virus Outbreak — The latest news on the worldwide virus pandemic. — The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can...
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Shelly Bradbury / Denver Post:
Castle Rock restaurant reopens to Mother's Day crowds in defiance of statewide public health order — A Castle Rock restaurant drew crowds Sunday when it reopened fully for Mother's Day in defiance of Colorado's public health order that limits restaurants statewide to takeout and delivery services.
Joe Lockhart / CNN:
Why aren't editorial boards screaming: Trump has to go? — Trump disagrees with nurse calling PPE availability ‘sporadic’ — Joe Lockhart is a CNN political analyst. He was the White House press secretary from 1998-2000 in President Bill Clinton's administration. He co-hosts the podcast “Words Matter.”
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump charges Obama with ‘biggest political crime in American history’ — Donald Trump continued to fume over the Russia investigation on Sunday, more than a year after special counsel Robert Mueller filed his report without recommending charges against the president but only three days …
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The Daily Caller, Political Flare, Rolling Stone and Mediaite
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
The Four Men Responsible For America's COVID-19 Test Disaster — The White House's inability to track the disease as it spread across the nation crippled the government's response and led to the worst disaster this country has faced in nearly a century — Dr. Robert Redfield …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
U.S. to Accuse China of Trying to Hack Vaccine Data, as Virus Redirects Cyberattacks — Iran and other nations are also looking to steal data and exploit the pandemic with attacks on infrastructure, officials say. — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security …
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Raw Story and Jerusalem Post, more at Techmeme »
Don Sweeney / Sacramento Bee:
‘^%#! Elon Musk,’ California lawmaker says after Tesla chief threatens move to Texas — A California legislator had a profane response after Tesla chief Elon Musk threatened to move his company out of state in a spat over coronavirus lockdowns. — “F*ck Elon Musk,” wrote Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Gowdy Identifies Reporters Who Allegedly Peddled Misleading Adam Schiff Leaks — Former Rep. Trey Gowdy accused reporters from CNN, Politico and The New York Times on Sunday of helping House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff “peddle” the now-debunked conspiracy theory of collusion between …
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Redstate and Washington Examiner
Marcy Oster / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
Republican Jewish Coalition will support primary challenger to Rep. Steve King of Iowa — (JTA) — The political action committee of the Republican Jewish Coalition is supporting a primary challenger to Rep. Steve King of Iowa, whose record includes inflammatory comments condoning white supremacists and anti-Semites.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How Chris Hayes Makes Sense of the “World-Historical Cataclysm” — Before the coronavirus pandemic reshaped media priorities, along with just about everything else, the MSNBC host Chris Hayes was spending most of his time covering the Democratic Presidential nomination and the transformation …