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7:55 AM ET, May 13, 2020

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New York Times:
Kushner, Law Aside, Doesn't Rule Out Delaying 2020 Election  —  The opinion of a White House staff member has no bearing on when the election is held, but his comment played into the concerns of President Trump's detractors.  —  WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law …
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TIME:
Jared Kushner Admits There's ‘Risk’ in Reopening the Country Too Soon  —  The same day that the nation's top infectious-disease expert warned that reopening the economy too quickly could bring serious consequences, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner acknowledged that there is inherent …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:   Jared Kushner Non-Committal When Asked if 2020 Election Could Be Delayed
Washington Post:
U.S. judge puts on hold Justice Dept. move to dismiss Michael Flynn's guilty plea to hear outside groups' challenges  —  A U.S. judge on Tuesday put on hold the Justice Department's move to drop charges against Michael Flynn, saying he expects independent groups and legal experts to argue …
Discussion: Power Line and New York Post
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Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Judge Hesitates to Accept Justice Dept. Move to Drop Flynn Charge  —  Law enforcement officials' abrupt decision to end the case drew accusations from former colleagues that they had undermined the rule of law.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge overseeing the criminal case …
Washington Post:   Acting intelligence chief Grenell gave DOJ list of Obama officials who ‘unmasked’ Michael Flynn
Michael Isikoff / Yahoo News:
EXCLUSIVE: In court filing, FBI accidentally reveals name of Saudi official suspected of directing support for 9/11 hijackers  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI inadvertently revealed one of the U.S. government's most sensitive secrets about the Sept. 11 terror attacks: the identity …
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Raw Story and New York Post
Politico:
Senate braces for fight over renewing lapsed surveillance powers  —  Senate leaders are preparing for what could be a protracted brawl over government surveillance powers during a rare public debate Wednesday over how to reauthorize key national security tools that lapsed two months ago.
Discussion: The Hill
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CNN:   GOP split on whether to back Fauci's or Trump's assessment on reopening economy
Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News:
Howard Stern to Trump supporters: He hates you and so do I  —  Howard Stern says he and President Trump are both showmen who love a good time — and they both hate Trump supporters.  —  “One thing Donald loves is celebrities, he loves the famous,” Stern said on his SiriusXM show Tuesday.  “He loves it.
Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump's racism will bring his party down with him  —  President Trump can't help himself.  The former reality-TV host was warned by White House staff, his campaign team, financial contributors and Republicans on Capitol Hill that his afternoon news conferences were causing political damage.
Discussion: Raw Story, USA Today, HBCU Digest and CNN
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
As coronavirus roils the nation, Trump reverts to tactic of accusing foes of felonies
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Trump's vicious claim that Joe Scarborough might have murdered an aide
Discussion: MSNBC
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Republicans look to win back California House seat in special election overshadowed by coronavirus  —  Special House elections in California and Wisconsin headline Tuesday's primaries as former Vice President Joe Biden netted more delegates in the Democratic primary race.
Discussion: The Hill
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Associated Press:   Biden plans to stay home, testing limits of virtual campaign
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Ocasio-Cortez is working with the Biden campaign on climate policy  —  Liberal leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is helping Joe Biden's presidential campaign develop proposals by serving on a climate policy panel that the former vice president created as part of a larger effort to woo the party's left wing.
Discussion: Politico, Axios, The Hill and New Republic
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Orko Manna / KLAS - 8 News Now:
WEB EXTRA: Biden talks COVID-19, sexual assault allegations and more
Discussion: CNN, NBC News and New York Post
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The US House's Supreme Court defense of its Trump investigation was a disaster  —  President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts before the State of the Union address in the House chamber on February 4, 2020 in Washington, DC.  Photo by Leah Millis-Pool/Getty Images
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers just made appalling arguments to the Supreme Court
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Raw Story
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:   Trump lawyer: 'We're asking for temporary presidential immunity'
ABC News:
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort released to home confinement amid coronavirus concerns  —  Manafort's lawyers had requested release, citing age, pre-existing conditions.  —  President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been released from prison to serve the remainder …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Manhattan Faces a Reckoning if Working From Home Becomes the Norm  —  Even after the crisis eases, companies may let workers stay home.  That would affect an entire ecosystem, from transit to restaurants to shops.  Not to mention the tax base.  —  Before the coronavirus crisis …
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
Who You Calling Sleepy Joe?:  Biden on His Youth Agenda, Internet Memes, and Fighting Trump From His House  —  “Young people want the truth,” says the presumptive Democratic nominee.  And “I sometimes say more than I mean, but no one doubts I mean what I say.”
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
A new internal GOP poll suggests tight prez, Senate races in Georgia  —  An internal poll conducted by a group backing Gov. Brian Kemp showed a deadlocked presidential race in Georgia and tight contests for both U.S. Senate seats, underscoring the challenges Republicans face keeping the state in the GOP column.
Robby Soave / Reason:
No, 68 Percent of Americans Did Not Say They Would Avoid ‘Normal Life’ Until There's a Coronavirus Vaccine  —  Two-thirds of Americans said they would not return to “normal life” until a vaccine becomes available for COVID-19, according to CNN.  —  The ramifications of this finding …
Discussion: Mediaite, Arc Digital and Redstate
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Republican voters give Trump and GOP governors cover to reopen  —  Republican voters have undergone a significant shift on the coronavirus in a few short weeks.  —  A month ago, half of GOP voters said they were more worried about public health than the economy.
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Trump approval dips amid mounting coronavirus death toll, trails Biden by 8 points: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - More Americans have grown critical of President Donald Trump over the past month as the death toll mounts from the coronavirus pandemic and he now trails Democratic …
Discussion: The Week
Colleen Shalby / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. County could keep stay-at-home orders in place well into summer  —  Los Angeles County's stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer acknowledged during a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.
Wall Street Journal:
All the Adam Schiff Transcripts  —  Newly released documents show he knew all along that there was no proof of Russia-Trump collusion.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Americans expect that politicians will lie, but sometimes the examples are so brazen that they deserve special notice.
Discussion: Townhall
Washington Post:
Americans' expectations for safe public gatherings slip to July at the earliest, Post-U. Md. poll finds  —  As the coronavirus spreads across the country, Americans are curbing their expectations about when it will be safe for gatherings of 10 or more people, with about 2 in 3 adults now saying …
Ann Limpert / Washingtonian:
Inn at Little Washington Chef Will Fill His Socially Distanced Dining Room With Midcentury Mannequins  —  The three Michelin-starred destination will also have Marilyn Monroe masks.  —  A few weeks ago, the Inn at Little Washington sent out an email blast announcing that the luxury Rappahannock …
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Under fire, President Trump drops his Mar-a-Lago dock plan — for now  —  President Trump has temporarily withdrawn a controversial dock proposal at his Palm Beach resort that had raised larger questions about the legality of the change of his official residency from New York to Florida.
Discussion: The Hill
Pete Williams / NBC News:
‘Faithless elector’: Supreme Court hears cases that could change presidential contests  —  If presidential electors are determined to be free agents, a handful — or even one in a close election — could change the outcome.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday takes up a …
Discussion: The Hill
Moriah Balingit / Washington Post:
Armed militia helped a Michigan barbershop open, a coronavirus defiance that puts Republican lawmakers in a bind  —  OWOSSO, Mich. — Armed members of the Michigan Home Guard stood outside Karl Manke's barber shop, ready to blockade the door if police arrived.
Discussion: Raw Story
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Small business used to define America's economy.  The pandemic could change that forever.  —  More than 100,000 small businesses have closed forever as the nation's pandemic toll escalates  —  The coronavirus pandemic is emerging as an existential threat to the nation's small businesses …
New York Times:
Latin America's Outbreaks Now Rival Europe's.  But Its Options Are Worse.  —  An analysis by The New York Times found some cities in Latin America have seen spikes in fatalities that match the worst of the pandemic elsewhere.  —  Deaths doubled in Lima, rivaling the worst month of the pandemic in Paris.
Discussion: Mother Jones
 
 
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Fox News: John Brennan Suppressed Intel Saying Russia Wanted Hillary Clinton to Win
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Nobody Is Protected From President Trump
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
CNN skips revived WH briefings after yearlong complaints demanding ‘transparency’
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
They Lost Their Jobs. Now They May Have to Leave the U.S.
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
Contact tracing leadership change costing city delays, say involved parties
Discussion: The Hill
Mark Maremont / Wall Street Journal:
FEMA Cancels $55.5 Million Mask Contract With Panthera
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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: CDC docs stress plans for more virus flareups
Discussion: Yahoo News and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Trump presses immunity argument in Summer Zervos defamation case
Discussion: The Week
David Harsanyi / National Review:
Obamagate Is Not a Conspiracy Theory
Liz Essley Whyte / Center for Public Integrity:
As Georgia reopens, its intensive-care beds are largely full
Discussion: NPR and wabe.org
KK Ottesen / Washington Post:
Conservative William Kristol: 'We're really going to pay a price for this terrible failure in leadership'
CNN:
UK railway ticket office worker dies from Covid-19 after being spat on
David Crary / Associated Press:
As Trump urges reopening, thousands getting sick on the job