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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump says he won't close the country if second wave of coronavirus hits — President Donald Trump said “we are not closing our country” if the U.S. is hit by a second wave of coronavirus infections. — “People say that's a very distinct possibility, it's standard,” …
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TMZ.com:
Donald Trump Wears Mask at Ford Plant — DONALD TRUMP NO MASKING IT ... Finally Puts One On — Donald Trump's ploy to stay unmasked for the public just got unmasked, because he put one on at the Ford motor plant. — Trump flew to Michigan, where the plant has been partially converted to manufacture ventilators.
Dan Desai Martin / The American Independent:
White House just lied about why Trump didn't vote in person — The White House claimed Donald Trump was ‘unable to cast his vote’ in Florida because he was stuck in Washington — but evidence shows otherwise. — Both Donald Trump and White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany …
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Reason, Gizmodo and Florida Phoenix
New York Times:
Pompeo Quietly Visits Conservative Donors and Political Figures on Official Trips — The meetings, often kept off his public schedule, have taken place as Mike Pompeo nurtures plans for a presidential bid in 2024 and as he considered a run for the Senate from Kansas.
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Kylie Atwood / CNN:
Pompeo ordered officials to find a way to justify Saudi arms sale being probed by fired watchdog — Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed State Department officials to find a way to justify the emergency declaration that he had already decided to implement in order to fast-track …
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The Hill and Mother Jones
CBS News:
Biden asks Amy Klobuchar to undergo vetting to be running mate — Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota, has been asked by Joe Biden to undergo a formal vetting to be considered as his vice presidential running mate, one of several potential contenders now being scrutinized …
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CBS News: Joe Biden Asks Sen. Amy Klobuchar To Be Vetted For VP Consideration
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Warren pivots on ‘Medicare for All’ in bid to become Biden's VP
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New York Times:
For Spy Agencies, Briefing Trump Is a Test of Holding His Attention — President Trump's intelligence briefings have gotten renewed attention since he blamed them for failing to sound the alarm early on about the coronavirus. — WASHINGTON — President Trump has blamed many others …
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POLITICUSUSA, National Review, Raw Story, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly and Contemptor
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J. Edward Moreno / The Hill:
Intelligence agencies have hired outside consultants to improve communication with Trump: report
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Vanity Fair and Raw Story
Tom LoBianco / Business Insider:
The mastermind of George W. Bush's White House victories is advising Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, focusing on swing state battlegrounds and Republican voter outreach — Karl Rove, the senior adviser to the last GOP president, has been helping the Trump reelection effort as an unpaid and informal role.
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Breitbart, The American Independent and Raw Story
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:
The United States and the New World Disorder: Retreat From Primacy — In the 1951 science fiction classic The Day the Earth Stood Still, an alien in human form visits the planet accompanied by a giant metallic robot and delivers an ultimatum: change your warlike ways or face obliteration.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump to Withdraw From ‘Open Skies’ Arms Control Treaty — Mr. Trump's decision, the third major retreat from arms control agreements, will be viewed as evidence that he also plans an exit from the last major arms treaty with Russia: New START. — President Trump has decided to withdraw …
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Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
On the Treaty on Open Skies
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NPR, Washington Post and American Military News
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump advisers warn McSally is in trouble — Senior political advisers to President Donald Trump warned Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Thursday that Republican Sen. Martha McSally is falling dangerously behind in the critical swing state of Arizona.
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POLITICUSUSA
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Gardner brawls with Hickenlooper over threat to block recess
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CNN:
Shooting at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi is terror-related, FBI says — (CNN)Thursday's shooting at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas is terror-related, according to FBI officials. — Authorities previously said a shooter had been “neutralized,” but there may be a second person …
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New York Times, The Daily Beast, Jihad Watch, National Review, The Daily Caller, Politico, ABC7, WND and Naval Air Station …
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Christian Boone / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Man who filmed Ahmaud Arbery video charged with murder — William “Roddie” Bryan, who shot the video capturing the final seconds of Ahmaud Arbery's life, has been arrested and charged with his murder, the GBI announced Thursday. — Bryan, 50, has maintained his innocence.
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Mediaite
Washington Post:
China to impose sweeping national security law in Hong Kong, bypassing city's legislature — HONG KONG — China's Communist Party will impose a sweeping national security law in Hong Kong by fiat during the annual meeting of its top political body, officials said Thursday, criminalizing …
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Politico:
U.S. says China undermining commitment to keep Hong Kong semi-autonomous
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South China Morning Post and One America News Network
Rick Gladstone / New York Times:
Is This the End of Hong Kong?
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Washington Post and Townhall
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden more trusted on coronavirus, Trump on economy — Most voters are concerned about the pandemic and the economy, so when they favor Joe Biden on coronavirus and Donald Trump has a narrow edge on pocketbook issues — it makes for a tight race for the White House.
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POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Raw Story and No More Mister Nice Blog
Robert Frank / CNBC:
American billionaires got $434 billion richer during the pandemic — U.S. billionaires saw their fortunes soar by $434 billion during the nation's lockdown between mid-March and mid-May, according to a new report. — Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg had the biggest gains.
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The Moderate Voice
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Appeal Court orders Flynn judge to explain himself — The federal judge overseeing the tumultuous case of former national security adviser Michael Flynn has until May 31 to explain his rationale for declining to immediately dismiss the case against Flynn after the Justice Department moved to drop the matter.
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TheBlaze
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
D.C. Circuit Orders Judge Sullivan to Respond to Flynn Mandamus Petition
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Power Line and Law & Crime
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Is Ben Smith's Column About Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True? — It was a tantalizing story, written by The New York Times' freshly poached media columnist and published with an attention-grabbing headline: “Is Ronan Farrow Too Good to Be True?” — In it, the columnist, Ben Smith …
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Justice News:
U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain Announces Charges and Guilty Plea of Former Philadelphia Judge of Elections Who Committed Election Fraud — PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced today that Domenick J. DeMuro, 73, of Philadelphia, PA, a former Judge of Elections …
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Breitbart, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Daily Signal, National Review, Just The News, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze and Townhall
Alex Wayne / Bloomberg:
Trump Told to Stay Home by Baltimore Mayor Ahead of Visit — The mayor of Baltimore asked President Donald Trump to cancel a planned visit to the city on Monday to celebrate the U.S. Memorial Day holiday, noting the Maryland city is still under a stay-at-home order to combat the coronavirus outbreak.
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Washington Post, Raw Story and The Hill
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
The Atlantic lays off almost 20% of staff — The Atlantic is laying off nearly 20% of staff, according to an internal note from David Bradley, the publication's chairman, that was obtained by Axios. — Why it matters: It's the latest media company that's been been forced to take drastic measures …
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CNN and The Daily Caller
Nicholas Reimann / Forbes:
Dire Situation In Alabama Capital: ICUs Full, Coronavirus Cases Double In May — The mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, says the city's health care system has been “maxed out” as cases of coronavirus have more than doubled in May—a sharp contrast to the slowing coronavirus spread that's taken place across …
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Balloon Juice and al.com
John Sexton / Hotair:
GQ Piece On The Pro-Life Movement Labels George Wallace A Republican (Update) — Norma McCorvey aka Jane Roe, made a deathbed confession that, contrary to what she had claimed for 20 years, she was never really a pro-life Christian. She claimed she had gone along with what she was told …
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Laura Bassett / GQ:
The Anti-Abortion Movement Was Always Built on Lies
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National Review, The Federalist, Twitchy, NB Blog, Daily Kos, Mother Jones and The Guardian
The Daily Beast:
Trump in Private: I Wish I Could Run Against Hillary Again — The playbook that worked in 2016 isn't so far in 2020. And some in Trump land are feeling nostalgic for their old foe. — In 2016, Donald Trump and his campaign staff found themselves up against a Democratic nominee …
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Mother Jones and Raw Story
Windsor Mann / The Week:
Trump's lethal aversion to reading — If you're reading this sentence, you've read more than the president has today. — Last month, The Washington Post reported that President Trump ignored “more than a dozen” intelligence briefings in January and February warning him of the coronavirus.
Kate Cox / Ars Technica:
Just turning your phone on qualifies as searching it, court rules — Location data requires a warrant since 2018; lock screen may now, too. — Smartphones are a rich data trove not only for marketers but also for law enforcement. Police and federal investigators love to get their hands …
Justice News:
California Couple in College Admissions Case Agrees to Plead Guilty — BOSTON - Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with securing the fraudulent admission of their two children to the University of Southern California as purported athletic recruits.
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
A Trump election conspiracy collapses — MIAMI — A Trump election conspiracy theory fell apart Wednesday when Florida's law enforcement agency said it had found no widespread voter fraud in the 2018 races for Senate and governor. — President Donald Trump had complained repeatedly about election …
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Raw Story, Daily Kos, Press Watch and Common Dreams
Megan Cassella / Politico:
Reopening reality check: Georgia's jobs aren't flooding back — Georgia's early move to start easing stay-at-home restrictions nearly a month ago has done little to stem the state's flood of unemployment claims — illustrating how hard it is to bring jobs back while consumers are still afraid to go outside.
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