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Del Quentin Wilber / Los Angeles Times:
FBI serves warrant on senator in investigation of stock sales linked to coronavirus — Federal agents seized a cellphone belonging to a prominent Republican senator on Wednesday night as part of the Justice Department's investigation into controversial stock trades he made as the coronavirus …
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New York Times:
Ex-F.B.I. Official Is Said to Undercut Justice Dept. Effort to Drop Flynn Case — Prosecutors questioned a former F.B.I. official whose notes were used to buttress their motion to dismiss the charge against the president's first national security adviser. — WASHINGTON — A key former F.B …
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Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Court asks retired judge to oppose Justice Dept. effort to drop Michael Flynn case, examine if ex-Trump adviser committed perjury — Michael Flynn's sentencing judge Wednesday asked a former federal judge to explore whether Trump's former national security adviser should face a contempt hearing …
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Judge Appoints Outsider to Take On Justice Dept. in Flynn Case — A retired judge will also examine whether the former national security adviser committed perjury. — WASHINGTON — The federal judge overseeing the case against President Trump's former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn appointed …
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Politico:
Federal judge mulls contempt charge against Michael Flynn — A federal judge is signaling that he might pursue perjury or contempt charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn over his effort to abandon a guilty plea to a charge of lying to the FBI.
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Wall Street Journal:
More Than One Dozen Obama Officials Requested ‘Unmasking’ That Revealed Michael Flynn in Intelligence Reports — The list includes administration Vice President Joe Biden and CIA Director John Brennan — The National Security Agency received and approved requests from more than a dozen …
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Q&A: What does ‘unmasking’ someone in an intel report mean? — FILE - In this July 10, 2018, file photo, former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, following a status hearing. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Politico:
Intel chief releases info on ‘unmasking’ of Flynn to Capitol Hill — Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell on Wednesday sent top Republican senators a list of former senior Obama administration officials who might have been involved in efforts that “unmasked” …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
‘Obamagate’ Is Trump's Name for the Crimes He's Trying to Commit Himself
‘Obamagate’ Is Trump's Name for the Crimes He's Trying to Commit Himself
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Twitchy, National Review and Washington Examiner
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Samantha Power Claimed She Never Tried To Unmask Michael Flynn, But Records Show She Unmasked Him 7 Times
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Rand Paul: “Vice President Biden Is Guilty Of Using Government To Go After A Political Opponent”
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Declassified List Of Obama Officials Who Unmasked Michael Flynn Includes James Clapper, John Brennan, And Joe Biden
Declassified List Of Obama Officials Who Unmasked Michael Flynn Includes James Clapper, John Brennan, And Joe Biden
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Associated Press:
Emails: Trump nominee involved in shelving CDC virus guide — WASHINGTON (AP) — A former chemical industry executive nominated to be the nation's top consumer safety watchdog was involved in sidelining detailed guideline s to help communities reopen during the coronavirus pandemic, internal government emails show.
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Libby Cathey / ABC News:
Coronavirus government response updates: Trump rejects Fauci's caution on reopening schools
Coronavirus government response updates: Trump rejects Fauci's caution on reopening schools
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
COVID-19 test used by Trump White House may miss nearly half of positive cases: NYU study
COVID-19 test used by Trump White House may miss nearly half of positive cases: NYU study
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Sophie Tanno / Daily Mail:
Robert De Niro reignites his feud with Donald Trump saying President 'doesn't care' how many people die …
Robert De Niro reignites his feud with Donald Trump saying President 'doesn't care' how many people die …
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump to name former pharma exec as vaccine czar
Trump to name former pharma exec as vaccine czar
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jsonline:
Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down Tony Evers' stay-at-home order that closed businesses, schools to limit spread of coronavirus — MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down Gov. Tony Evers' order shutting down daily life to limit the spread of coronavirus …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Wisconsin Supreme Court's conservative majority strikes down state stay-home order
Orion Rummler / Axios:
Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks statewide stay-at-home order
Wisconsin Supreme Court blocks statewide stay-at-home order
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
NeverTrump becomes NeverRepublican — Conservative commentator William Kristol explained in an interview for The Post that he finds it impossible to go back to the Republican Party. “Trump's been renominated, and liberating the party from Trump or Trumpism seems awfully far-fetched,” Kristol said.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump has a major vulnerability. Democrats should keep pounding it.
Trump has a major vulnerability. Democrats should keep pounding it.
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CNN:
Rick Bright will warn Congress of ‘darkest winter in modern history’ without ramped up coronavirus response — Ousted vaccine director files whistleblower complaint — (CNN)Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of a key federal office charged with developing medical countermeasures …
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
Whistleblower to warn of “darkest winter in modern history” without coordinated virus response
Whistleblower to warn of “darkest winter in modern history” without coordinated virus response
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Whistleblower: US could face virus rebound ‘darkest winter’
Bret Hayworth / Sioux City Journal:
Steve King says House leader will allow for ‘exoneration,’ return of committee assignments — SIOUX CITY — Northwest Iowa Congressman Steve King said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has agreed to a process by which the nine-term incumbent can get “exoneration” and back on committees …
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New York Post:
NYC health head rejected NYPD mask plea: 'I don't give two rats' asses about your cops' — New York City's health commissioner blew off an urgent NYPD request for 500,000 surgical masks as the coronavirus crisis mounted — telling a high-ranking police official that “I don't give two rats' asses about your cops,” The Post has learned.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Biden tops Trump nationwide, but battlegrounds tilt Trump — (CNN)Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's lead over President Donald Trump now stands at five points, but Trump has an edge in the critical battleground states that could decide the electoral college, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
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New York Times:
Born Into Carnage, 18 Afghan Babies Face an Uncertain Fate — A day after gunmen stormed a maternity ward and slaughtered new mothers at random, the authorities struggled to reconnect their children with families. — KABUL, Afghanistan — When the carnage was over, the dead bodies bagged …
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Bloomberg:
Powell Warns of Broad Virus Danger, Bats Down Negative Rates — Fed chair says outlook uncertain, downside risks significant — Says more fiscal aid may be worth cost to limit long-term harm — The U.S. economy faces unprecedented risks from the coronavirus if fiscal …
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Ally Mutnick / Politico:
GOP wins special election in California after Democrat concedes — Republicans have won a special election for Congress in Southern California, reclaiming a suburban House seat that they lost to Democrats in the 2018 midterms. — Democrat Christy Smith, a state assemblywoman …
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Likely to Get Sanofi Vaccine First If It Succeeds — Funding for research boosts U.S. push to reopen economy — French company's chief seeks to raise awareness in Europe — Americans will likely get Sanofi's Covid-19 vaccine before the rest of the world if the French pharmaceutical giant can successfully deliver one.
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Marty Johnson / The Hill:
Texas sees 1,000 new coronavirus cases 5 days in a row — Texas, which began to open its businesses at the beginning of May, has reported more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 for five consecutive days as the state struggles to curb the coronavirus pandemic.
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Los Angeles Times:
The two big reasons why California is struggling to control coronavirus — California hasn't seen the huge death toll from the coronavirus like New York and other hot spots, but the state is still struggling with a growing number of fatalities and confirmed cases. — COVID-19 deaths in California remain at a stubborn plateau.
Bloomberg:
If the President Tests Positive for the Virus, What Happens? — The news last week that President Trump's valet and Vice President Pence's press secretary had both contracted the coronavirus sent a scare through the White House. While officials said both leaders subsequently tested negative …
Washington Post:
Abbott coronavirus test missed a large number of positive results caught by a rival firm, preliminary study says — Test hailed by President Trump has been dogged by accuracy questions — The Abbott coronavirus test hailed by President Trump and used by the White House failed …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
We don't have a president, or a plan — A member of the Secret Service stands wearing a surgical mask as President Trump arrives for a news conference at the White House on May 11. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images — 60 days into the coronavirus crisis, the White House does not have a plan …
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