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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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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 …
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Administration Aims to Block New Funding for Testing and Tracing
Discussion: UPI
CNN:   White House objects to Senate GOP push for more CDC money for coronavirus testing and tracing
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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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 …
Discussion: CNN
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 …
Discussion: Politico, Axios and Daily Kos
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Trump leans on 2016 tactic to crack Biden support  —  PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump's campaign is pouring millions of dollars into a plan to weaken Joe Biden among swing state voters of color — and it's creating a sense of déjà vu among Democratic operatives.
Discussion: NBC News and Washington Post
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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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:   John Lewis, civil rights icon and longtime congressman, dies
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
John Lewis Was an American Founder
Discussion: CNBC and NPR
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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.
Discussion: UPI and WHDH-TV
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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:
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: 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.”
Discussion: Twitchy
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PBS NewsHour:
How Fauci says the U.S. can get control of the pandemic
Discussion: Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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Discussion: Washington Times
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State Dept. declares Egypt's ex-prime minister immune from torture lawsuit by U.S. citizen …
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Wall Street Journal:
Firms With Troubled Pasts Got Millions of Dollars in PPP Small-Business Aid
Discussion: American Prospect and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump's trouble in suburbs key to suddenly competitive Ohio
Caitlin McCabe / Wall Street Journal:
Face Masks Really Do Matter. The Scientific Evidence Is Growing.
Discussion: CNN and Outside the Beltway
Washington Post:
From ‘Sleepy Joe’ to a destroyer of the ‘American way of life,’ Trump's attacks on Biden make a dystopian shift
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months

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Apple removes RFE/RL's Svoboda app from the Russian App Store at the demand of Roskomnadzor; Apple also removed recent podcasts by Ekho Moskvy and others

Reuters:
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