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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump lawyer: 'We're asking for temporary presidential immunity' — (CNN)They'd said it before, but President Donald Trump's attorney put it more bluntly than ever: — “We're asking for temporary presidential immunity,” Jay Sekulow told the Supreme Court Tuesday.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers just made appalling arguments to the Supreme Court — When Donald Trump ran for president and claimed he'd release his tax returns as soon as the IRS was done auditing them, it was an obvious lie. Since then, he has taken extraordinary steps to conceal what every president …
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Raw Story
Sam Baker / Axios:
Supreme Court seeks a middle ground on release of Trump's taxes — Over more than three hours of oral arguments Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely to grant President Trump the sweeping grant of total immunity he has asked for while fighting subpoenas for his taxes and other financial records.
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The US House's Supreme Court defense of its Trump investigation was a disaster
The US House's Supreme Court defense of its Trump investigation was a disaster
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David Harsanyi / National Review:
Obamagate Is Not a Conspiracy Theory — There's no reason to ignore the mounting evidence that Obama administration officials were corrupt in their handling of the Trump-Russia investigation. — Those sharing #Obamagate hashtags on Twitter would do best to avoid the hysterics we saw …
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Washington Examiner and The Lid
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Axios:
The facts on Michael Flynn, the FBI, and Bill Barr's bombshell — Michael Flynn is out of legal limbo and back in the Trump administration's good graces, a dramatic change from the 2017 days of getting fired for lying to Mike Pence and twice pleading guilty to charges from the Mueller investigation.
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Washington Monthly, Hotair and Washington Post
Frank Figliuzzi / NBC News:
Trump's ‘Obamagate’ comments and Barr's Flynn meddling suggest troubling new pivot
Trump's ‘Obamagate’ comments and Barr's Flynn meddling suggest troubling new pivot
Washington Post:
Acting intelligence chief Grenell gave DOJ list of Obama officials who ‘unmasked’ Michael Flynn
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Judge invites outside parties to weigh in on Flynn case
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
Taking #Obamagate Seriously
Taking #Obamagate Seriously
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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.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Negative ratings for government handling of coronavirus persist — Three members of coronavirus task force in quarantine — (CNN)Most Americans (54%) continue to say the US government is doing a poor job preventing the spread of Covid-19, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.
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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 …
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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 …
Politico:
Fauci fatigue sets in among some Republicans — Anthony Fauci came to the Senate, virtually, to issue a dire warning against reopening the country too soon amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic. But his message fell flat with some of his intended audience.
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New York Times, Fox News, Reason and The Week
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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.
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Washington Times
Devan Cole / CNN:
Former Lindsey Graham donor backs his Democratic challenger after questioning Graham's principles — (CNN)A prominent donor to Sen. Lindsey Graham said this week he broke with the South Carolina Republican to support his Democratic challenger after he started to question Graham's principles.
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David Crary / Associated Press:
As Trump urges reopening, thousands getting sick on the job — NEW YORK (AP) — Even as President Donald Trump urges getting people back to work and reopening the economy, an Associated Press analysis shows thousands of people are getting sick from COVID-19 on the job.
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Washington Post
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.
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CNN:
UK railway ticket office worker dies from Covid-19 after being spat on — (CNN)A British railway ticket office worker has died from Covid-19 after being spat on while she was working at Victoria station in central London. — Belly Mujinga, 47, was working with a colleague when a member …
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter Will Allow Employees To Work At Home Forever — Some Twitter employees will never return to their office. — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey emailed employees on Tuesday telling them that they'd be allowed to work from home permanently, even after the coronavirus pandemic lockdown passes.
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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 …
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Arc Digital, Redstate and Mediaite
Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
Yet another study shows hydroxychloroquine doesn't work against Covid-19 — Trump's speculation caused some to hoard this drug — (CNN)A new study — the largest of its kind — shows that hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by President Trump, does not work against Covid-19 and could cause heart problems.
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Redstate, Popular Information and JAMA Network
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Has Lost the Plot — A couple of years ago, BuzzFeed asked a former White House official to explain the logic behind some bizarre Trump action. The official responded with one of the master quotes of the Trump era. — President Trump, the official said, is not playing …
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Power Line
Washington Post:
Trump presses immunity argument in Summer Zervos defamation case — NEW YORK — Lawyers for President Trump this week reiterated their argument that a defamation lawsuit from a woman who alleges Trump groped and kissed her without consent should be halted because the president is immune …
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The Week
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
MAGA-Loving Congressman Accidentally Pushes to Ban Trump Campaign Spending at Trump Properties — Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) tried to troll his colleague, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). But he may have just ended up targeting the president as well. — A House Republican freshman and steadfast ally …
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
American Travelers Are About to Be Pariahs in This New World — SEAT'S TAKEN — As tourist-centric countries begin testing travel corridors and reciprocal quarantine regulations, American travelers might find themselves locked out of the post-pandemic world.
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.
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 …
Associated Press:
Biden plans to stay home, testing limits of virtual campaign — In this image from video provided by the Biden for President campaign, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual press briefing Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (Biden for President via AP)
David Siders / Politico:
Trump is getting trounced among a crucial constituency: The haters — President Donald Trump is losing a critical constituency: voters who see two choices on the ballot — and hate them both. — Unlike in 2016, when a large group of voters who disliked both Trump and Hillary Clinton broke sharply …
Kristen Soltis Anderson / Washington Examiner:
Trump reelection in big trouble amid struggles with seniors — Just a few weeks ago, the Pew Research Center announced that millennials overtook baby boomers as the largest generation in the country. More than 72 million strong, those born between 1981 and 1996 eclipsed their elders, a demographic reality that was inevitable.
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Sweden's coronavirus strategy is not what it seems — Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. — As societies battened down the hatches and imposed quarantines, one European country appeared to take a different approach. In Sweden, there have been no invasive lockdowns to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
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The Wrap
Paul Kiel / ProPublica:
ProPublica Joins News Organizations in Suing for Small Business Program Loan Info — The Small Business Administration, which is administering the lending program, has said it will disclose the names of companies that got loans — just not yet. News organizations are suing to stop the delay.
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