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New York Times:
Inside Trump's Failure: The Rush to Abandon Leadership Role on the Virus — The roots of the nation's current inability to control the pandemic can be traced to mid-April, when the White House embraced overly rosy projections to proclaim victory and move on.
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Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Washington Post:
Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing and CDC in upcoming coronavirus relief bill — White House posture angers some GOP senators who are trying to include billions of dollars in the bill — The Trump administration is trying to block billions of dollars …
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CNN, Wall Street Journal, Sputnik News, KTLA, Common Dreams, Talking Points Memo, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Bloomberg, Raw Story, The Hill and The Guardian
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Administration Aims to Block New Funding for Testing and Tracing — The F.D.A. has issued emergency approval for pooled testing, a method that allows for much faster tracking of new infections. A large South Korean study finds that older children spread the virus comparably to adults.
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UPI
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Pandemic surge damages Trump, boosting Biden's White House bid: POLL — Public preference for Biden in trust to handle the pandemic has soared. — Public preference for Joe Biden over Donald Trump in trust to handle the coronavirus pandemic has soared since March in the latest ABC News …
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Fox News, Washington Monthly, Off the Kuff and Bloomberg
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Washington Post:
Biden leads by double digits as coronavirus takes a toll on the president, Post-ABC poll finds — President Trump faces a significant challenge in his bid to win reelection in November, with former vice president Joe Biden holding a double-digit lead nationally and the president's approval …
Harry Enten / CNN:
Trump wants a ‘law and order’ election. He's losing that battle. — (CNN)President Donald Trump is struggling on the most important non-economic issues of the day. — His disapproval rating on both the coronavirus and race relations are in the 30s, and his Democratic opponent …
Joel Anderson / Slate:
Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way — On March 9, 1998, John Lewis returned to the site of his bloodiest, most brutal confrontation in the fight for civil rights. Lewis had shown up in Selma, Alabama, that day to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” …
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Mother Jones, Vox and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
What happens to John Lewis' seat in Congress after his death — Facing a tight legal deadline, Georgia Democrats are seeking online applications to succeed the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis. — The state party said Saturday that potential contenders must complete an application by Sunday evening …
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Raw Story
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
President Trump pays tribute to John Lewis, a ‘civil rights hero’
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Politico, New York Post, NBC News, The Hill and Townhall
Adam Harris / The Atlantic:
The World John Lewis Helped Create
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HISTORY, The Week, FOX31 Denver and Mother Jones
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Weighs In on the Death of John Lewis, One of His Most Vocal Critics
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Informed Comment, The Week and Sputnik News
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
John Lewis, civil rights icon and longtime congressman, dies
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
John Lewis practiced what he preached. We are a better nation for it.
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Florida Politics, Associated Press, The Guardian, Daily Kos and The Hill
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
At the 1963 March on Washington, civil rights leaders asked John Lewis to tone his speech down
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Vanity Fair, Fox News, The Nation, Disrn and Vox
New York Times:
Federal Officers Deployed in Portland Didn't Have Proper Training, D.H.S. Memo Said — Rather than tamping down persistent protests in Portland, Ore., a militarized presence from federal officers seems to have re-energized them. — PORTLAND, Ore. — The heavily armed federal agents facing …
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The Western Journal, The Hill, Raw Story, Twitchy, Lawyers, Guns & Money and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Older Children Spread the Coronavirus Just as Much as Adults, Large Study Finds — The study of nearly 65,000 people in South Korea suggests that school reopenings will trigger more outbreaks. — In the heated debate over reopening schools, one burning question has been whether …
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
‘Superspreading’ events, triggered by people who may not even know they are infected, propel coronavirus pandemic — Most spread the virus to only a few people — or none at all. But studies show a small percentage transmit it with alarming efficiency. — PLEASE NOTE
Randy DeSoto / The Western Journal:
Look on MSNBC Host's Face Is Priceless as Experts Unanimously Agree US Should Reopen Schools — Share on Facebook(9.1k) Tweet P Share Email Print — The look on MSNBC host Craig Melvin's face when all the doctors interviewed by sister network NBC News for a story said they would send …
Eder Campuzano / Oregonian:
Feds, right-wing media paint Portland as ‘city under siege.’ A tour of town shows otherwise — As Cory Alexander and her daughter Nevaeh Belka stroll through downtown Portland, a mural catches the 9-year-old's eye. — The wall of black plywood surrounding the Pioneer Place Apple Store …
CNN:
85 infants under age 1 tested positive for coronavirus in one Texas county — (CNN)Eighty-five infants under age 1 have tested positive for coronavirus in one Texas county. And local officials are imploring residents to help stop its spread as the state becomes one of the newest hotspots.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi, Blumenauer Issue Joint Statement on Trump Administration Actions in Portland — Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representative Earl Blumenauer of Portland, Oregon issued this statement regarding the Trump Administration's violent tactics used against protestors in Portland, Oregon:
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Axios
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
As city violence surges, liberal mayors engage in social media feuds with Trump officials — President Trump has not dialed down tensions, either — As violence and unrest surge in major cities across the U.S., liberal mayors are taking a combative stance toward the Trump administration …
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Politico
Yelena Dzhanova / CNBC:
Fauci holds up New York as model for fighting coronavirus — ‘They did it correctly’ — National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci on Friday praised New York for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the state did it “correctly.”
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Twitchy
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Caitlin McCabe / Wall Street Journal:
Face Masks Really Do Matter. The Scientific Evidence Is Growing. — New research suggests that face coverings help reduce the transmission of droplets, though some masks are more protective than others — Face masks are emerging as one of the most powerful weapons to fight the novel coronavirus …
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