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Politico:
Roger Stone search warrants reveal new clues — and mysteries — about 2016  —  Nearly three-dozen search warrants unsealed late Tuesday reveal a web of contacts between longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and other key figures in the long-running probe …
Discussion: Fox News
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CNN:
Mueller investigators said Roger Stone orchestrated hundreds of fake Facebook accounts in political influence scheme
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Rep. Justin Amash to seek Libertarian Party nomination for president  —  Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan will seek the Libertarian Party's nomination for president, ending months of speculation that the former Republican would run as an alternative to President Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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Axios:
Justin Amash forms exploratory committee for third-party presidential run
Discussion: Roll Call and Detroit Metro Times
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Two men in Georgia drank disinfectants in efforts to prevent COVID-19, officials say  —  Officials say two men in Georgia who have suffered from psychiatric problems ingested household chemicals in an effort to protect themselves against COVID-19, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Discussion: Twitchy
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Johnny Edwards / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia men drink disinfectants in attempts to stop coronavirus
Discussion: PJ Media Home and Reason
Danika Fears / The Daily Beast:
Pence Flouts Mask Policy While Visiting Staff, Patient at Mayo Clinic  —  WHY???  —  Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday refused to wear a mask during his visit to Minnesota's Mayo Clinic, which requires all staff, patients, and visitors to wear a face covering while at the medical center.
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Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:
Treasury wants stimulus payments to dead people repaid  —  Economic stimulus payments errantly sent to the deceased should be returned, according to the Treasury Department.  —  A Treasury spokesperson indicated the department is developing a plan to retrieve the coronavirus-related payments, but didn't provide details.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Jim VandeHei / Axios:
Axios returns PPP loan
Nick Givas / Fox News:   Hawley calls for extra PPP loan oversight to protect small businesses from ‘corporate greed on Wall Street’
Ben Domenech / Wall Street Journal:
How My Joke on Twitter Became a Federal Case  —  The NLRB is investigating me for a humorous tweet about Vox's labor dispute.  —  I'm under federal investigation for making a joke on Twitter.  —  In June 2019, employees at the left-liberal Vox Media Inc. walked off the job demanding a new collective bargaining agreement.
Daniel Desrochers / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Beshear called it a prank, but Tupac Shakur really does need his unemployment check  —  Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear went full Dad-mode during his Monday night news conference, calling out the “bad apples” who filed for unemployment under fake names during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Lucas Aulbach / Courier-Journal:
Gov. Andy Beshear apologizes to Tupac Shakur over Kentucky coronavirus unemployment claim
Discussion: Fox News
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Pelosi to Trump: Ice cream in freezer is 'better than having Lysol in somebody's lungs'  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday hit back at President Donald Trump for mocking her quarantine stash of ice cream, saying that her vice is less harmful than some of his musings on coronavirus treatments.
Discussion: Breitbart and Real Clear Politics
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Jerusalem Post:   US considering coronavirus testing on some international flights
Jake Thomas / The Intellectualist:
States Warn That Workers Will Lose Unemployment If They Refuse To Return To Jobs  —  Workers who worry about contracting the coronavirus will not be granted an exception.  —  As states begin to reopen their economies after weeks of stay-at-home orders, some are warning employees …
Discussion: The Texas Tribune and The Hill
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Police Investigating Death of Arizona Man From Chloroquine Phosphate  —  The Mesa City Police Department's homicide division is investigating the death of Gary Lenius, the Arizona man whose wife served him soda mixed with fish tank cleaner in what she claimed was a bid to fend off the coronavirus.
David K. Li / NBC News:
Alaska school removes ‘The Great Gatsby,’ other famous books from curriculum for ‘controversial’ content  —  Bookstores are now fielding requests for works removed from Mat-Su Borough School District classrooms.  —  An Alaska school board removed five famous — but allegedly “controversial” …
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Politico:
‘Whack-a-mole stuff’: Trump's oil rescue hits a slippery path  —  President Donald Trump and his advisers are offering a barrage of increasingly urgent ideas for propping up faltering oil producers — but people in the industry are skeptical that anything will come of it.
Discussion: Raw Story
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Andrew Yang sues over New York's shutdown of presidential primary  —  Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate, is suing the New York State Board of Elections in federal court after the state election commission effectively canceled the Democratic presidential primary there.
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Redstate
Associated Press:
The Latest: 52 positive cases tied to Wisconsin election  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak in Wisconsin (all times local):  —  More than 50 people who voted in person or worked the polls during Wisconsin's election earlier this month have tested positive for COVID-19 so far.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
MLB discussing plan to start season in late June, playing in home stadiums with realigned league  —  Maybe it's a dream scenario.  —  Maybe it's premature to get excited.  —  Then again, maybe it just might work.  —  Major League Baseball officials have become cautiously optimistic …
Discussion: The Week
Waitman Wade Beorn / Washington Post:
Trump wants the military to glorify himself, not serve the nation  —  During a catastrophic pandemic, the president calls forth West Point cadets, the Thunderbirds, the Blue Angels and those parading tanks.  —  The emperor's new clothes are a military uniform.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House investigators grill companies marketing questionable coronavirus antibody tests  —  A House subcommittee is driving up pressure Wednesday on companies marketing coronavirus antibody tests that may fail to meet “a reasonable standard of accuracy.”  —  Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) …
Discussion: NBC News
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Senators demand answers from Pompeo on Wuhan lab cables  —  The State Department was warned two years ago of safety concerns at a Wuhan lab doing dangerous research on bat coronaviruses.  Now, two Democratic senators want to know if those warnings were ignored — and why, despite these warnings …
Wall Street Journal:
‘A Bargain With the Devil’—Bill Comes Due for Overextended Airbnb Hosts  —  Entrepreneurs built mini-empires of short-term rental properties, borrowing against revenue that's now vanishing under coronavirus lockdowns  —  For years, Cheryl Dopp considered the ding on her phone …
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Americans losing faith in what Trump says about the coronavirus: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic, with almost everyone rejecting Trump's remark that COVID-19 may be treated …
Discussion: Mediaite
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Inside Donald Trump and Jared Kushner's Two Months of Magical Thinking  —  On the afternoon of Thursday, March 19, Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office obsessing over the beaches in Florida.  CNN footage of shirtless spring breakers packed onto the sand while the coronavirus pandemic raged …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Mahablog
Bloomberg:
Trump Orders Meat Plants to Stay Open in Move Slammed by Union  — President will invoke Defense Production Act after closures  — At least 6,500 workers sickened or in isolation, union says  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that compels slaughterhouses to remain open …
David Welna / NPR:
Coronavirus Has Now Killed More Americans Than Vietnam War  —  In not even three months since the first known U.S. deaths from COVID-19, more lives have now been lost to the coronavirus pandemic on U.S. soil than the 58,220 Americans who died over nearly two decades in Vietnam.
Washington Post:
The U.S. plans to give $500 billion to large companies.  It won't require them to preserve jobs or limit executive pay.  —  The Fed's coronavirus aid program lacks restrictions Congress placed on companies seeking financial help under other programs.  —  A Federal Reserve program expected …
Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
Nearly 70 dead in ‘horrific’ outbreak at veterans home  —  Nearly 70 residents sickened with the coronavirus have died at a Massachusetts home for aging veterans, as state and federal officials try to figure out what went wrong in the deadliest known outbreak at a long-term care facility in the U.S.
New York Times:
Trump's Response to Virus Reflects a Long Disregard for Science  —  The president's Covid-19 response has extended the administration's longstanding practice of undermining scientific expertise for political purposes.  —  WASHINGTON — At a March visit with doctors and researchers at the Centers …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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António Guterres / New York Times:
A Time to Save the Sick and Rescue the Planet
Discussion: National Review
Scott Shackford / Reason:
Hawaiian Brewery Under Investigation for Hand Sanitizer Giveaway
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Tucker Carlson Beats Sean Hannity as Trump Briefings Give Fox News a Boost
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump's allies sound alarm over his attacks on independent watchdogs
Discussion: Raw Story
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Kansas Democrats triple turnout after switch to mail-only presidential primary
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
CDC recommends social distancing for pets after some test positive for coronavirus
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TMZ.com:
Patriots' Rookie Justin Rohrwasser To Remove ‘3 Percenter’ Tat, 'It's Shameful'
Discussion: Big League Politics
Michael Laris / Washington Post:
Scientists know ways to help stop viruses from spreading on airplanes.  They're too late for this pandemic.
Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
The ‘Karen’ memes and jokes aren't sexist or racist. Let a Karen explain.
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
No Testing, No Treatment, No Herd Immunity, No Easy Way Out
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
 

 
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Michael Peel / Financial Times:
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
The US Commerce Department revokes some export licenses that let companies ship chips and other goods to Huawei, affecting Intel and, sources say, also Qualcomm

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal:
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