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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 …
Court asks retired judge to oppose Justice Dept. effort to drop Michael Flynn case …
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New York Times:
Trump White House Rewrites History, This Time About Flynn
Trump White House Rewrites History, This Time About Flynn
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Washington Post:
GOP senators release list of Obama officials, including Biden, who ‘unmasked’ Michael Flynn
GOP senators release list of Obama officials, including Biden, who ‘unmasked’ Michael Flynn
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Reason, Letters from an American, Talking Points Memo, Breitbart and Just The News
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Obama emerges as central figure in 2020 presidential race
Obama emerges as central figure in 2020 presidential race
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Q&A: What does ‘unmasking’ someone in an intel report mean?
Q&A: What does ‘unmasking’ someone in an intel report mean?
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Wall Street Journal:
More Than One Dozen Obama Officials Requested ‘Unmasking’ That Revealed Michael Flynn in Intelligence Reports
More Than One Dozen Obama Officials Requested ‘Unmasking’ That Revealed Michael Flynn in Intelligence Reports
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Katie Benner / New York Times:
Judge Appoints Outsider to Take On Justice Dept. in Flynn Case
Judge Appoints Outsider to Take On Justice Dept. in Flynn Case
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Lee Smith / New York Post:
The scale to which Obama's team spied on his successor should be focus of ‘unmasking’
The scale to which Obama's team spied on his successor should be focus of ‘unmasking’
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Inside Trump's coronavirus meltdown — When the history is written of how America handled the global era's first real pandemic, March 6 will leap out of the timeline. That was the day Donald Trump visited the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Trump Feared Testing Too Many People for Virus Would Spook Stock Markets, Says Report — FAILURE TO ACT — President Trump was wary of making preparations for the coronavirus pandemic because he was concerned doing so would sent the stock market into a panic, the Financial Times reports.
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CBS News:
Trump's marks for handling COVID-19 outbreak decline - CBS News poll — Americans continue to say they trust medical professionals for virus information, but Republicans also rank President Trump about as highly among their trusted sources, even as others give him his lowest marks to date for handling the outbreak.
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CBS News:
Public says coronavirus containment still going badly in U.S., CBS News poll finds — There's fierce debate over when to reopen the U.S. economy, and the partisan gap is opening wide. Americans feel the timeline for things to return to “normal” has been pushed back dramatically.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court greenlights emoluments suit against Trump — A lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating the Constitution by accepting foreign government money through his luxury Washington hotel can proceed to fact-gathering about Trump's profits, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
After Wisconsin court ruling, crowds liberated and thirsty descend on bars. 'We're the Wild West,' Gov. Tony Evers says. — On Wednesday night in the heart of downtown Platteville, Wis., just hours after the Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out the state's stay-at-home order, Nick's on 2nd was packed wall to wall, standing room only.
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jsonline:
Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down Wisconsin's stay-at-home order that closed businesses 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 — marking the first time a statewide order …
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USA Today:
‘OPEN IMMEDIATELY!’: Wisconsinites head out to bars after state stay-at-home orders lifted — After the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state's stay-at-home order, which immediately lifted restrictions on businesses and gatherings, some bars opened their doors (and taps) Wednesday night as patrons began trickling out.
Politico:
McConnell pines for Pompeo as Kansas chaos looms — Senate Republicans have a problem in Kansas. And they still think Mike Pompeo is the solution. — Staring at a messy primary, a credible Democratic challenger and a real battle for Senate control, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Cory Gardner joins Josh Hawley's massive coronavirus jobs bill
Cory Gardner joins Josh Hawley's massive coronavirus jobs bill
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CNN:
Dr. Rick Bright, ousted director of key vaccine agency, to testify before House panel Thursday — (CNN)Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of a crucial federal office charged with developing countermeasures to infectious diseases, will testify before Congress on Thursday that the US will face …
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Top Trump critic set to testify before close ally sparks tensions on Capitol Hill
Top Trump critic set to testify before close ally sparks tensions on Capitol Hill
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NB Blog, American Greatness, Energy and Commerce Committee and Vanity Fair
Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar / Associated Press:
US immunologist warns of ‘darkest winter’ if virus rebounds
US immunologist warns of ‘darkest winter’ if virus rebounds
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The Hill, POLITICUSUSA and ABC News
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Obamagate was the worst crime ever committed and here is what it was — “What is the crime exactly that you're accusing him of?” — “You know what the crime is. The crime is very obvious to everybody. All you have to do is read the newspapers, except yours.”
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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.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Curious Case of the People Who Want to “Reopen” America—But Not Wear Masks — The coronavirus, you may have heard, is a biological weapon engineered in a Chinese lab and unleashed—accidentally?— on America by the godless communists. At least, according to Alex Jones. — That's one theory, anyway.
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The Guardian
Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic:
The Prophecies of Q — If you were an adherent, no one would be able to tell. You would look like any other American. You could be a mother, picking leftovers off your toddler's plate. You could be the young man in headphones across the street. You could be a bookkeeper, a dentist, a grandmother icing cupcakes in her kitchen.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Weekly jobless claims total 2.981 million, bringing coronavirus tally to 36.5 million — New claims for unemployment insurance totaled 2.981 million last week. — That brings the rolling total during the coronavirus crisis to 36.5 million, though the weekly tally has declined for six straight weeks.
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Haley Sweetland Edwards / TIME:
There Are Sensible Ways to Reopen a Country. Then There's America's Approach — This brutal spring, the U.S. faces two great crises. Over the past 14 weeks, 84,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. — That's 28 times the death toll of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, more than the U.S. combat deaths …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
America's True Covid Toll Already Exceeds 100,000 — The reported numbers leave out thousands of deaths clearly resulting from the pandemic. — Many supporters of President Trump believe that the figures for coronavirus fatalities are inflated, and Trump himself shared a tweet doubting the accuracy of some virus figures.
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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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Nicholas Johnston / Axios:
The pandemic broke America — Eight weeks into this nation's greatest crisis since World War II, we seem no closer to a national strategy to reopen the nation, rebuild the economy and defeat the coronavirus. — Why it matters: America's ongoing cultural wars over everything have weakened our ability to respond to this pandemic.
Bloomberg:
Abbott Virus Test Used at White House Faces Accuracy Concern — Device missed 48% of positives in one test, NYU study says — Findings of study have yet to be reviewed by other scientists — The coronavirus test from Abbott Laboratories used at the White House to get rapid answers …
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Brad Plumer / New York Times:
In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S. — The coronavirus has pushed the coal industry to once-unthinkable lows, and the consequences for climate change are big. — WASHINGTON — The United States is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewable power …
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Conspiracy Theorists Are Winning — Friday prayers at the Mustafa Mahmoud Mosque, Cairo, September 21, 2001. Two thousand worshippers, some tense, some angry, some oblivious to the grim new reality. The preacher, Ahmed Youssef, vented his anger in two directions: at al-Qaeda ("gangsters …
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
Merkel Is ‘Outraged’ by Russian Hack but Struggling to Respond — Patience with President Vladimir Putin is running thin in Berlin. But Germany needs Russia's help on several geopolitical fronts from Syria to Ukraine. — BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel used strong words on Wednesday condemning an …
New York Times:
Unemployment Claims Show More Jobs Are Vanishing: Live Updates — Here's what you need to know: — Powell's warning on the economy spooked investors. — Nearly 3 million jobless claims reflect the pandemic's economic misery. — Almost three million people filed unemployment claims last week …
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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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Stephen C. Meyer / The Federalist:
Trump Needs To Recruit A Medical ‘Red Team’ To Challenge Lockdown-Manic Governors — President Trump and governors' coronavirus policy has remained captive to a singular, and quite possibly scientifically flawed, understanding of the epidemic. — President Trump and 50 governors now face a critical choice.