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7:25 AM ET, May 27, 2020

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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Twitter labels Trump's tweets with a fact-check for the first time  —  The action comes after years of criticism that social media companies have allowed the president to push misinformation unchecked  —  Twitter on Tuesday slapped a fact-check label on President Trump's tweets for the first time …
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The Malignant Cruelty of Donald Trump  —  “I'm asking you to intervene in this instance because the President of the United States has taken something that does not belong to him—the memory of my dead wife—and perverted it for perceived political gain.”  —  There may be a more damning thing that's …
Discussion: Variety, Jezebel and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Trump doubles down on conspiracy theory about woman's death, ignoring grieving widower's plea for peace  —  President Trump and the White House on Tuesday continued to promote a baseless conspiracy theory about a woman's 2001 death, ignoring her grieving widower's plea for peace …
Makena Kelly / The Verge:
Twitter labels Trump tweets as ‘potentially misleading’ for the first time  —  Only two tweets about California have received the label  —  On Tuesday, Twitter labeled two tweets from President Donald Trump making false statements about mail-in voting as “potentially misleading.”
New York Times:
Twitter Refutes Inaccuracies in Trump's Tweets for First Time  —  Twitter added a link to two of President Trump's tweets in which he had made false claims about mail-in ballots, urging people to “get the facts.”  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter added information to refute the inaccuracies …
New York Post:   The hidden risk in Donald Trump's tweets
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   JusticeForCarolyn trends on Twitter as pressure mounts on Jack Dorsey to rein in Trump
Will Steakin / ABC News:
Despite widower's plea, Trump doubles down on murder conspiracy theory targeting cable news host
Discussion: New York Times and Breitbart
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump's 2016 campaign brass warns he's in trouble in 2020  —  David Bossie and Corey Lewandowski, two key allies and former political advisers to Donald Trump, went to the White House last week to issue him a warning: The president was slipping badly in swing states, and he needed to do something to fix it.
Discussion: KDFX-TV
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“This Is So Unfair to Me”: Trump Whines About His COVID-19 Victimhood as Campaign Flails  —  Raging at campaign manager Brad Parscale and Joe Scarborough, Trump attempts a campaign reset.  But “Trump can't pivot to a different strategy,” says an adviser.  Because he's the problem.
Nancy Cook / Politico:   ‘Why are you not burying him?’: Trump allies fret over rising Biden threat
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:   Richard Grenell accuses Politico of ‘fake news’ over report that he's joining Trump campaign
Wall Street Journal:
A Presidential Smear  —  Trump imitates the Steele dossier in attacks on Joe Scarborough.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Donald Trump sometimes traffics in conspiracy theories—recall his innuendo in 2016 about Ted Cruz's father and the JFK assassination—but his latest accusation …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Hayley Miller / HuffPost:
4 Minneapolis Police Officers Fired Over George Floyd Death  —  The move comes after a video showed an officer kneeling on the neck of Floyd, an unarmed Black man, on Monday.  —  Four Minneapolis police officers were fired Tuesday following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died …
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CNN:
4 Minneapolis cops fired after video shows one kneeling on neck of black man who later died  —  Video shows Minneapolis officer kneeling on black man's neck  —  (CNN)Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired for their involvement in the death of a black man who was held down with a knee …
Libor Jany / Star Tribune:   Minneapolis police, protesters clash almost 24 hours after George Floyd's death in custody
Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Closing Insider-Trading Investigations Into Three U.S. Senators  —  Probe into trading earlier this year by Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina continues  —  The Justice Department is closing investigations into three U.S. senators for stocks trades made shortly …
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NBC News:
Justice Department drops insider trading investigations of three senators
Discussion: Oklahoman.com and Raw Story
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Ex-Pompeo staffers asked to sign letter against ‘smear campaign’  —  Former House staffers to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are being asked to sign a letter offering him support after a “smear campaign” that he and his wife asked staffers to carry out trivial tasks such as bringing him lunch or getting his dry cleaning.
Discussion: Politico
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Mike Pompeo Is the Worst Secretary of State Ever  —  Where's the Republican uproar over what's gone on under his watch?  —  If you thought the volume on the Trump-Twitter-Fox noise distraction machine was turned up extra loud in the past few weeks, it was not only to deflect attention …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Pompeo's ‘Madison Dinners’ aren't scandalous. I went to one.
Discussion: Politico
Robert A. George / New York Daily News:
Cooped up: A shameful Central Park encounter demands all New Yorkers be better people  —  In the latest episode of the everyday-fresh-hell that is New York City under quarantine, one white female, Amy Cooper, was caught on video calling the cops on one black male, Christian Cooper.
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
New research rewrites history of when Covid-19 took off in the U.S. — and points to missed chances to stop it  —  New research has poured cold water on the theory that the Covid-19 outbreak in Washington state — the country's first — was triggered by the very first confirmed case of the infection in the country.
Chip Brownlee / Alabama Political Reporter:
“We're surging:” Alabama reports largest COVID-19 increases to date  —  Alabama saw its largest single-day increase in new COVID-19 cases Monday, according to the state, as daily case counts continue an upward trend and hospitals across the state report increasing hospitalizations.
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Grassley says White House response on IG firings insufficient  —  A senior Senate Republican criticized the White House late Tuesday for what he deemed an insufficient response to demands from senators to more fully explain President Trump's controversial recent ousters of two inspectors general.
Discussion: ABC News and Associated Press
Maggie Fox / CNN:
Antibody tests for Covid-19 wrong half the time, CDC says  —  (CNN)Antibody tests used to determine if people have been infected in the past with Covid-19 might be wrong up to half the time, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in new guidance posted on its website.
USA Today:
As pandemic bore down, Rep. Phil Roe snatched up Zoom shares, unloaded stock in cruise lines  —  NASHVILLE — With a global pandemic threatening to hit the United States earlier this year, U.S. Rep. Phil Roe made hundreds of financial transactions, buying stocks in companies now working …
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
D.C. will likely reopen Friday after city changes key thresholds for reopening  —  D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is expected Wednesday to announce the gradual reopening of the capital, saying the city has been meeting key thresholds to contain new coronavirus infections.
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Marco Rubio zeroes in on Russia — not Obama  —  The new Senate Intelligence Committee chairman has no interest in fighting Trump's election-year battles.  —  Sen. Marco Rubio.  Donald Trump's allies on Capitol Hill are pushing aggressive new investigations targeting the president's political opponents.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
California DA launches investigation into Tara Reade testimony  —  The Monterey County District Attorney's office has launched an investigation into whether Tara Reade lied on the witness stand while acting as an expert witness.  —  Reade, under the name Alexandra McCabe …
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump calls mask wearing ‘politically correct,’ Biden calls him a ‘fool’  —  President Trump dismissed a mask-wearing reporter as being “politically correct” on Tuesday while the presumptive Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, called him a “fool” for mocking their use.
Discussion: Axios and Vox
Tim Burke / COURIER:
WATCH: 10 Local TV Stations Pushed the Same Amazon-Scripted Segment  —  The package was produced by Amazon spokesperson Todd Walker.  —  Amazon is taking proactive action ahead of Wednesday's annual shareholders meeting—at which investors plan on demanding the company address worker safety issues …
Brian Mann / NPR:
Trump Team Killed Rule Designed To Protect Health Workers From Pandemic Like COVID-19  —  When President Trump took office in 2017, his team stopped work on new federal regulations that would have forced the healthcare industry to prepare for an airborne infectious disease pandemic like COVID-19.
FiveThirtyEight:
Don't Expect A Quick Recovery.  Our Survey Of Economists Says It Will Likely Take Years.  —  All across the country, the gears of the economy are grinding slowly and creakily into motion.  Retail stores are newly open for in-person shopping in California.  It's possible to get a much-needed haircut in Alabama.
ABC News:
President Trump looks to celebrate space launch victory amid national coronavirus struggle  —  The trip to Florida will also take the president to a political battleground.  —  President Donald Trump planned to travel to Florida Wednesday to witness the launch of the first manned space mission …
Discussion: Axios
John Whitehouse / Media Matters for America:
Bombshell report: Facebook has known that it is fomenting extremism for years — and refuses to stop  —  A major report from The Wall Street Journal revealed that Facebook has known that it is fomenting political polarization for years — and that its top executives refused to implement proposed solutions to stop it.
Politico:
Kevin McCarthy asks Dems to pull FISA bill  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has asked Democratic leaders to hold off on putting a bill on the floor to renew a trio of expired surveillance tools, according to lawmakers and aides, raising new doubts about whether Congress …
 
 
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New York Times:
Outcry Over Dominic Cummings Turns Public Against Boris Johnson for 1st Time
Discussion: Politico and Telegraph
Reuters:
Where U.S. coronavirus cases are on the rise
KXAN-TV:
Mall food courts, water parks & driver education programs will be able to open under Phase 2 of Texas reopening
Discussion: Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Joe Biden has a plan for that
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Surviving It All She's 92, made it through the Holocaust, and set off for a cruise around the world in February.
Wall Street Journal:
After We Defeat the Virus  —  Another spending blowout will burden the recovery for years.
WHOTV:
Iowa 4th Congressional District Republican Debate
Discussion: Politico and Iowa Starting Line
 Earlier Items: 
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Files Statement of Interest Regarding Section 201 of the Voting Rights Act
Curtis Johnson / mailchi.mp:
Attorney General Morrisey Announces Charge Against Mail Carrier in Voter Fraud Case
Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Here's The ‘Unclassified’ List Of Actions Ric Grenell Took As DNI To ‘Break’ The ‘Deep State’
Sarah Zhang / The Atlantic:
America's Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating Worms
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Memorial Day 2020: Presidential race still leaning Biden
Chris Isidore / CNN:
Hertz paid top executives $16 million in bonuses ahead of its bankruptcy filing
James Vincent / The Verge:
YouTube is deleting comments with two phrases that insult China's Communist Party
 

 
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
SCOTUS says it will hear a challenge on January 10 to a new law that could lead to a TikTok ban in the US, ahead of the law taking effect on January 19

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has halted work on a project to build an iPhone hardware subscription service, which had been in development since around 2022

Hayden Field / CNBC:
OpenAI rolls out a way to talk to ChatGPT by dialing 1-800-CHATGPT for 15 minutes of free access per month in the US or messaging it via WhatsApp globally

 
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