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Kushner, Law Aside, Doesn't Rule Out Delaying 2020 Election — The opinion of a White House staff member has no bearing on when the election is held, but his comment played into the concerns of President Trump's detractors. — WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law …
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Jared Kushner Admits There's ‘Risk’ in Reopening the Country Too Soon — The same day that the nation's top infectious-disease expert warned that reopening the economy too quickly could bring serious consequences, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner acknowledged that there is inherent …
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Talking Points Memo, IJR, New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, Vanity Fair, Political Flare, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and The Hill


Jared Kushner Non-Committal When Asked if 2020 Election Could Be Delayed — “It's not my decision to make,” the first son-in-law said Tuesday when asked if the coronavirus could delay the 2020 vote. “I'm not sure I can commit one way or the other.” — President Donald Trump's son-in-law …


Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort released to home confinement amid coronavirus concerns — Manafort's lawyers had requested release, citing age, pre-existing conditions. — President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been released from prison to serve the remainder …
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Raw Story, NBC News, VICE, The Daily Beast and New York Post


EXCLUSIVE: In court filing, FBI accidentally reveals name of Saudi official suspected of directing support for 9/11 hijackers — WASHINGTON — The FBI inadvertently revealed one of the U.S. government's most sensitive secrets about the Sept. 11 terror attacks: the identity …
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Al Jazeera, Raw Story and New York Post


U.S. judge puts on hold Justice Dept. move to dismiss Michael Flynn's guilty plea to hear outside groups' challenges — A U.S. judge on Tuesday put on hold the Justice Department's move to drop charges against Michael Flynn, saying he expects independent groups and legal experts to argue …
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Power Line and New York Post
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Judge Hesitates to Accept Justice Dept. Move to Drop Flynn Charge — Law enforcement officials' abrupt decision to end the case drew accusations from former colleagues that they had undermined the rule of law. — WASHINGTON — A federal judge overseeing the criminal case …


Howard Stern to Trump supporters: He hates you and so do I — Howard Stern says he and President Trump are both showmen who love a good time — and they both hate Trump supporters. — “One thing Donald loves is celebrities, he loves the famous,” Stern said on his SiriusXM show Tuesday. “He loves it.
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Breitbart, Political Flare, The Week and Washington Times

Republicans look to win back California House seat in special election overshadowed by coronavirus — Special House elections in California and Wisconsin headline Tuesday's primaries as former Vice President Joe Biden netted more delegates in the Democratic primary race.
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The Hill
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Ocasio-Cortez is working with the Biden campaign on climate policy — Liberal leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is helping Joe Biden's presidential campaign develop proposals by serving on a climate policy panel that the former vice president created as part of a larger effort to woo the party's left wing.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to co-chair Biden campaign climate task force
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The Daily Caller

WEB EXTRA: Biden talks COVID-19, sexual assault allegations and more
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NBC News and New York Post


A new internal GOP poll suggests tight prez, Senate races in Georgia — An internal poll conducted by a group backing Gov. Brian Kemp showed a deadlocked presidential race in Georgia and tight contests for both U.S. Senate seats, underscoring the challenges Republicans face keeping the state in the GOP column.
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National Journal


Chinese, Iranian Hacking May Be Hampering Search for Coronavirus Vaccine, Officials Say — In a possible escalation, U.S. to accuse China of actions some officials consider attacks on American public health — WASHINGTON—Chinese and Iranian hackers are aggressively targeting American universities …
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National Review


Trump presses immunity argument in Summer Zervos defamation case — NEW YORK — Lawyers for President Trump this week reiterated their argument that a defamation lawsuit from a woman who alleges Trump groped and kissed her without consent should be halted because the president is immune …
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The Week
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The US House's Supreme Court defense of its Trump investigation was a disaster
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New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Reason, The Bulwark and Slate

Trump's lawyers just made appalling arguments to the Supreme Court
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The Moderate Voice and Raw Story


Who You Calling Sleepy Joe?: Biden on His Youth Agenda, Internet Memes, and Fighting Trump From His House — “Young people want the truth,” says the presumptive Democratic nominee. And “I sometimes say more than I mean, but no one doubts I mean what I say.”


Trump's racism will bring his party down with him — President Trump can't help himself. The former reality-TV host was warned by White House staff, his campaign team, financial contributors and Republicans on Capitol Hill that his afternoon news conferences were causing political damage.
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Raw Story, USA Today, HBCU Digest and CNN
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As coronavirus roils the nation, Trump reverts to tactic of accusing foes of felonies
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Politico, Political Flare, Mother Jones, The Wrap, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story, Mediaite, New York Post, The American Independent, The Week and Damian J. Penny

Team Trump Pushes CDC to Revise Down Its COVID Death Counts — The president and members of his task force are skeptical of the numbers and want the methodology changed. — President Donald Trump and members of his coronavirus task force are pushing officials at the Centers for Disease Control …
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IJR


Manhattan Faces a Reckoning if Working From Home Becomes the Norm — Even after the crisis eases, companies may let workers stay home. That would affect an entire ecosystem, from transit to restaurants to shops. Not to mention the tax base. — Before the coronavirus crisis …
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Streetsblog New York City and BuzzFeed News, more at Techmeme »


With Obamagate, Trump returns to a favorite distraction tactic — Donald Trump launched his political career turbocharging the conspiratorial birther movement. Now Trump is trying to keep his presidency afloat with another theory about his predecessor: Obamagate.
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Unprecedented, Vox and The Gateway Pundit
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Obamagate Is Not a Conspiracy Theory
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Washington Examiner, Al Jazeera and The Lid


No, 68 Percent of Americans Did Not Say They Would Avoid ‘Normal Life’ Until There's a Coronavirus Vaccine — Two-thirds of Americans said they would not return to “normal life” until a vaccine becomes available for COVID-19, according to CNN. — The ramifications of this finding …
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Mediaite, Arc Digital and Redstate


Armed militia helped a Michigan barbershop open, a coronavirus defiance that puts Republican lawmakers in a bind — OWOSSO, Mich. — Armed members of the Michigan Home Guard stood outside Karl Manke's barber shop, ready to blockade the door if police arrived.
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Raw Story


Small business used to define America's economy. The pandemic could change that forever. — More than 100,000 small businesses have closed forever as the nation's pandemic toll escalates — The coronavirus pandemic is emerging as an existential threat to the nation's small businesses …


As Coronavirus Restrictions Lift, Millions in U.S. Are Leaving Home Again — Where people started leaving home again — Percentage point change in the share of people staying home — Note: The map shows the change in the average share of people sheltering at home from May 1 to May 8 …
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Althouse


Republican voters give Trump and GOP governors cover to reopen — Republican voters have undergone a significant shift on the coronavirus in a few short weeks. — A month ago, half of GOP voters said they were more worried about public health than the economy.
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Daily Kos and Marquette Law School Poll


‘Faithless elector’: Supreme Court hears cases that could change presidential contests — If presidential electors are determined to be free agents, a handful — or even one in a close election — could change the outcome. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday takes up a …


Americans' expectations for safe public gatherings slip to July at the earliest, Post-U. Md. poll finds — As the coronavirus spreads across the country, Americans are curbing their expectations about when it will be safe for gatherings of 10 or more people, with about 2 in 3 adults now saying …


The Horror of Prison During the Coronavirus — A letter from inside Marion Correctional Institution is the voice of those locked in cages and discarded during this pandemic. — I have been wondering what to say about the horror of Covid-19 behind bars. Much has already been written …


Trump approval dips amid mounting coronavirus death toll, trails Biden by 8 points: Reuters/Ipsos poll — NEW YORK (Reuters) - More Americans have grown critical of President Donald Trump over the past month as the death toll mounts from the coronavirus pandemic and he now trails Democratic …
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The Week


Latin America's Outbreaks Now Rival Europe's. But Its Options Are Worse. — An analysis by The New York Times found some cities in Latin America have seen spikes in fatalities that match the worst of the pandemic elsewhere. — Deaths doubled in Lima, rivaling the worst month of the pandemic in Paris.
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Mother Jones


Under fire, President Trump drops his Mar-a-Lago dock plan — for now — President Trump has temporarily withdrawn a controversial dock proposal at his Palm Beach resort that had raised larger questions about the legality of the change of his official residency from New York to Florida.
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The Hill


Fox News: John Brennan Suppressed Intel Saying Russia Wanted Hillary Clinton to Win — Fox News' Ed Henry reported Tuesday evening that Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has declassified information calling into question the conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump.
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American Greatness


All the Adam Schiff Transcripts — Newly released documents show he knew all along that there was no proof of Russia-Trump collusion. — By The Editorial Board — Americans expect that politicians will lie, but sometimes the examples are so brazen that they deserve special notice.
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Townhall


CNN skips revived WH briefings after yearlong complaints demanding ‘transparency’ — Ever since President Trump took office, one of CNN's longest-running complaints was that the White House had broken norms when it no longer held regularly-scheduled press briefings.


Nobody Is Protected From President Trump — The simple accessory of a mask tells the story of a presidency and a pandemic. — I've heard of Muslim women in America being taunted for wearing hijabs, I've heard of Jewish men being mocked for wearing yarmulkes and now I've heard it all …
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Vox


L.A. County could keep stay-at-home orders in place well into summer — Los Angeles County's stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer acknowledged during a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.
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