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Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Lesley Stahl shares her personal battle with coronavirus  —  “After two weeks at home in bed, weak, fighting pneumonia, and really scared, I went to the hospital.  I found an overworked, nearly overwhelmed staff.”  —  One of the rules of journalism is “Don't become part of the story.”
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
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Sharyn Alfonsi / CBS News:
Doctor, nurse practitioner dipping into own pockets to provide rural health care in Texas  —  Texas' rural health care system may not have the budgets to survive the coronavirus pandemic.  60 Minutes met with a few of the people trying to make sure rural communities still receive care.
Lesley Stahl / CBS News:
Why are hundreds of people in big cities receiving bailout money meant for farmers?  —  Coronavirus is another blow to farmers who have already seen their paychecks dwindle because of the trade war with China.  Washington is providing multibillion-dollar bailouts for both crises, but is the money going to the right people?
New York Times:
Why Biden's Choice of Running Mate Has Momentous Implications  —  Joe Biden has hinted that he might serve only one term if he wins.  That would set up a woman as the front-runner for 2024 and perhaps define the Democratic agenda for the next decade.  —  WASHINGTON — For decades …
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Miami Herald:
Biden, Warren: There's no oversight of coronavirus relief — because that's what Trump wants  —  Sixty-four thousand dead.  Thirty million people out of work.  Small businesses collapsing.  Communities of color hit exceptionally hard.  —  Even the most ideological conservatives …
Discussion: CNN and Balloon Juice
CBS News:
CBS News poll: Elizabeth Warren tops Democrats' wish list for Biden's vice president  —  Economic expertise and crisis management skills are top qualities Democratic voters want to see in a vice-presidential pick for their party — even more so than executive or legislative experience …
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
DHS report: China hid virus' severity to hoard supplies  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials believe China covered up the extent of the coronavirus outbreak — and how contagious the disease is — to stock up on medical supplies needed to respond to it, intelligence documents show.
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Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
DHS report accuses China of hiding coronavirus info so it could hoard supplies
Discussion: Raw Story
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Cuomo announces 7-state consortium for buying PPE
Discussion: Politico and The Mahablog
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Kudlow defends claiming U.S. had coronavirus “contained” in February
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Fox News:
DOJ sides with church suing Virginia Gov. Northam after pastor who held 16-person service faced fine, jail  —  The Justice Department is siding with a Virginia church suing Gov. Ralph Northam after police threatened a pastor with jail time or a $2,500 fine for violating the state's coronavirus …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
The Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest in Support of Church That Ministers to Underserved Communities
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
The Covid-19 Riddle: Why Does the Virus Wallop Some Places and Spare Others?  —  Experts are trying to figure out why the coronavirus is so capricious.  The answers could determine how to best protect ourselves and how long we have to.  —  The coronavirus has killed so many people in Iran …
Shawn Langlois / MarketWatch:
Larry Kudlow gets testy after CNN airs video of him saying in February that the coronavirus was ‘contained’  —  Back in February, White House National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow announced that the coronavirus was “contained.”  In fact, it was “pretty close to airtight,” he claimed.
Discussion: HuffPost
Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Pence: ‘I should have worn a mask at the Mayo Clinic’  —  Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday said that he should have worn a mask when visiting the Mayo Clinic, a reversal that came after a harsh backlash for not adhering to the hospital's policy during the coronavirus pandemic.
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Rest of the World Is Laughing at Trump  —  It looks, at first, like one of a zillion unfunny video clips that now circulate on the internet: “Once Upon a Virus” features cheap animation, cheesy music, and sarcastic dialogue between China—represented by a Lego terra-cotta warrior with a low …
Will Stewart / Daily Mail:
THIRD Russian doctor plunges from Covid hospital window: Medic, 37, is now fighting for life... just days after warning of PPE shortages and being forced to work despite being infected  —  A third Russian doctor has plunged from a hospital window after complaining about medics facing intolerable coronavirus pressures.
Ben Smith / New York Times:
How a New Breed of Union Activists Is Changing the Rules (and Newsrooms)  —  A new generation is making gains on everything from layoff protections to gender neutral pronouns.  Can they bring that same energy to saving the industry?  —  As the coronavirus crisis wreaked havoc in the news business …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
As Washington stumbled, governors stepped to the forefront  —  The history of the United States has generally been written with the states in a subordinate role or cast in a negative light — but no longer.  The story of America's confrontation with the coronavirus pandemic is one in which states and their governors have been dominant.
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Dinner organizer says Biden was not at 2008 event where he was accused of sexual harassment  —  A past organizer for Delaware's First State Gridiron Dinner now says Joe Biden did not attend the event in 2008, after a woman recently claimed the former vice president and senator sexually harassed her there, Fox News has learned.
Elizabeth Bruenig / New York Times:
Democrats, It's Time to Consider a Plan B  —  Tara Reade's allegations against Joe Biden demand action.  —  Ms. Bruenig is an Opinion writer.  —  If you're lucky when you report your sexual assault, you'll become known as a person who was sexually assaulted.
Harry Enten / CNN:
How Trump has broken the polls  —  (CNN)Poll of the week: A new Ipsos/Reuters poll finds that former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by a 45% to 39% margin.  —  The Ipsos poll is just the latest to find Biden ahead.  He's never not been ahead in the polling average.
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John Hanna / Associated Press:
Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting
Discussion: The Hill
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump cites a Biden apology but none offered  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump stated falsely on Sunday that Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden apologized for calling him xenophobic in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.  Trump also played down the threat …
Discussion: Breitbart
Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
Policy and Punditry Need to Adapt to New Virus Data  —  When we began our foray into quarantine seven weeks ago, there was a unifying and eminently sensible rationale behind it: “Bend the curve.”  The idea was this: If allowed to go unchecked, COVID-19 would overwhelm hospitals, leaving patients without beds.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Got Dow 36,000 Author to Model the Coronavirus.  It Didn't Go Well.  —  President Trump's habit of promising unrealistically low casualty counts is one of the more inexplicable unforced errors in the administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
What the Coronavirus Models Can't See  —  We're committed to keeping our readers informed.
Discussion: abc7NY, Digby's Hullabaloo and Vox
Associated Press:
Faced with 20,000 dead, care homes seek shield from lawsuits  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Faced with 20,000 coronavirus deaths and counting, the nation's nursing homes are pushing back against a potential flood of lawsuits with a sweeping lobbying effort to get states to grant them emergency protection from claims of inadequate care.
Discussion: VICE
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
How Greenwich Republicans Learned to Love Trump  —  To understand the President's path to the 2020 election, look at what he has provided the country's executive class.  —  Prescott Bush, the father and grandfather of future Presidents, was the eight-time club champion on the golf course …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Why you shouldn't hold your breath for the next coronavirus stimulus bill  —  Don't expect fast action on the next coronavirus stimulus package, known on Capitol Hill as “phase 4.”  Senior sources in the Republican Senate conference tell me that most GOP senators want to wait a bit before passing another big aid bill.
Discussion: Fox News
 
 
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Brianna Sacks / BuzzFeed News:
No, The CDC Did Not Revise Down The Number Of COVID-19 Deaths
Discussion: Raw Story
Joe Biden:
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on World Press Freedom Day
Discussion: HuffPost
The Economist:
Smokers seem less likely than non-smokers to fall ill with covid-19
Discussion: New York Times and Instapundit
New York Times:
Before Covid-19, Trump Aide Sought to Use Disease to Close Borders
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump wants to replace FBI director Wray but may restrain himself during election year
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Therapists and Patients Find Common Ground: Virus-Fueled Anxiety
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Ohio governor says face mask requirement in stores was “a bridge too far”
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
Financial Times:
Cost of vaccinating billions against Covid-19 put at more than $20bn
 Earlier Items: 
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court justices to hear oral arguments in history-making phone call
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Here's How We Can Deal With COVID-19 In Nursing Homes Right Away
Alex Thompson / Politico:
The Biden campaign faces a mind-boggling challenge: How to make Joe go viral
David R. Lurie / The Daily Beast:
Republicans' Push for ‘Liberation’ Could Be a Death Sentence
Discussion: Raw Story
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Florida county's medical examiner begged officials to close beaches, internal emails reveal
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Cammarata / Politico:
Birx decries Michigan protests: It's ‘devastatingly worrisome’
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart