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12:05 PM ET, May 13, 2020

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The Daily Beast:
Team Trump Pushes CDC to Revise Down Its COVID Death Counts  —  The president and members of his task force are skeptical of the numbers and want the methodology changed.  —  President Donald Trump and members of his coronavirus task force are pushing officials at the Centers for Disease Control …
CNN:
Joe Biden's running mate list is shorter than you might think — for now, at least  —  Washington (CNN)Joe Biden says he has his eye on a dozen women as potential running mates, but those close to him believe the list of top prospects is likely far shorter as a deep vetting process gets underway …
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Jeffery C. Mays / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Commits Re-election Gaffe, Losing a Progressive Ballot Line
Discussion: National Review
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:   Elizabeth Warren Knows What Joe Biden Needs in a Vice President
ABC News:   Biden, Sanders announce AOC, Kerry, Jayapal as co-chairs of unity task forces
New York Times:   Biden Has an Edge on Trump. So Why Are Democrats Worried?
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
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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
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 …
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Washington Post:
Paul Manafort granted home confinement due to coronavirus fears
Discussion: The Root
NBC News:
Paul Manafort released from prison to home confinement amid coronavirus concerns
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
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 …
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Gregg Jarrett / Fox News:
Flynn judge wrong to allow anti-Trump former Watergate prosecutors to interfere in case
Discussion: Redstate
Laurence H. Tribe / The Boston Globe:
Judge Sullivan must reject Barr's usurpation of judicial power
Discussion: Washington Post
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:   Judge Hesitates to Accept Justice Dept. Move to Drop Flynn Charge
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Powell Says Washington Will Need to Spend More to Battle Downturn  —  ‘Reversal of economic fortune has caused a level of pain that is hard to capture in words,’ says Fed leader  —  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Congress and the White House will need to spend more money …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Raw Story
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Fed's Powell: More spending from Congress ‘costly but worth it’
Wall Street Journal:
Chinese, Iranian Hacking May Be Hampering Search for Coronavirus Vaccine, Officials Say  —  In a possible escalation, U.S. to accuse China of actions some officials consider attacks on American public health  —  WASHINGTON—Chinese and Iranian hackers are aggressively targeting American universities …
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
FBI sounds alarm over Chinese attempts to steal coronavirus research
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Tim Starks / Politico:
Feds warn Chinese hackers targeting U.S. coronavirus research
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
The Cruelty of Conspiracy: A Personal Story  —  “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”  ― Mark Twain  —  I know that I should really be writing about the clash between Anthony Fauci and Rand Paul, the arguments in the Supreme Court …
Discussion: The Bulwark Podcast
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Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
As coronavirus roils the nation, Trump reverts to tactic of accusing foes of felonies
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 …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump has a major vulnerability.  Democrats should keep pounding it.  —  It may seem like grotesque malpractice — both from a political and a public health standpoint.  But it's true: Amid a pandemic that has killed more than 80,000 Americans, President Trump and many Republicans …
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.
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.”
Nurith Aizenman / NPR:
Combining Models, New Projection Puts U.S. Coronavirus Deaths At 110,000 By June 6  —  Toggle more options  —  More than 82,000 people in the United States have died of COVID-19 as of Tuesday.  How many more lives will be lost?  Scientists have built dozens of computational models to answer that question.
Josh Campbell / CNN:
FBI arrests researcher for NASA who allegedly failed to report ties to China  —  (CNN)Federal agents have arrested an Arkansas professor who allegedly failed to disclose his ties to Chinese entities during the course of securing funding for a NASA research project, the Justice Department announced.
Discussion: National Review, The Hill and Breitbart
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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
It's time to take off the gloves against Chinese cybercrime
Discussion: Breitbart and Sara A. Carter
Bob Herman / Axios:
Coronavirus likely forced 27 million off their health insurance  —  Roughly 27 million people have likely have lost job-based health coverage since the coronavirus shocked the economy, according to new estimates from the Kaiser Family Foundation.  —  Why it matters: Most of these people …
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.
New York Times:
As Coronavirus Restrictions Lift, Millions in U.S. Are Leaving Home Again  —  Where people started leaving home again  —  Percentage point change in the share of people staying home  —  Note: The map shows the change in the average share of people sheltering at home from May 1 to May 8 …
Discussion: Althouse
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: Althouse and Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Think we have military primacy over China?  Think again.  —  Here's a fact that ought to startle every American who assumes that because we spend nearly $1 trillion each year on defense, we have primacy over our emerging rival, China.  —  “Over the past decade, in U.S. war games against China …
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Discussion: New York Post and Mediaite
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 Week and The Hill
 
 
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Washington Examiner:
Time to explode the Andrew Cuomo myth
Wall Street Journal:
Companies Start Reaping Billions in Tax Breaks to Ride Out Economic Slump
John Solomon / Just The News:
Impeachment Boomerang: Contacts exposed between US embassy, Hunter Biden-connected Ukraine firm
Discussion: Instapundit
Michael R. Pompeo / US Department of State:
Secretary Michael R. Pompeo and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Before Their Meeting
Bonchie / Redstate:
CNN's Chris Cuomo Continues to be an Awful Person and Hypocrite
Discussion: NB Blog
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Infection rates were climbing at Nebraska meatpacking plants.  Then health officials stopped reporting the numbers.
Luke Putvin / Lynnwood Times:
Governor Inslee lays out statewide contact tracing plan for COVID-19
Discussion: Redstate and The Gateway Pundit
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Is the Trump Campaign App Designed to Win the Election, or Launch Trump TV?
 Earlier Items: 
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
With Obamagate, Trump returns to a favorite distraction tactic
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Fox News: John Brennan Suppressed Intel Saying Russia Wanted Hillary Clinton to Win
Discussion: American Greatness
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Republican voters give Trump and GOP governors cover to reopen
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Small business used to define America's economy. The pandemic could change that forever.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 

 
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Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
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Muyao Shen / Bloomberg:
Hashed: Hyperliquid, the top DeFi derivatives exchange by volume, had $112M+ of USDC outflows on December 23, over concerns of trading by North Korean hackers

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Donald Trump announces Scott Kupor, a managing partner at a16z, will serve as director of OPM, and Michael Kratsios will serve as the White House OSTP director

 
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