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Politico:
Trump ousts State Department watchdog  —  President Donald Trump has removed State Department Inspector General Steve Linick and replaced him with an ally of Vice President Mike Pence — the latest in a series of moves against independent government watchdogs in recent months.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's slow-motion Friday night massacre of inspectors general  —  The Friday news dump — also known as the Friday night news dump — is a political trick with plenty of precedent.  Wait till the vast majority of the news business clocks out for on the week, and announce something you'd rather they not cover as much.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Top Democrats launch investigation into late-night firing of State Department inspector general
Discussion: Politico and Mother Jones
Conor Finnegan / ABC News:   Trump fires IG said to be investigating Pompeo, involved in impeachment probe
New York Times:   Trump Removes State Dept. Inspector General
House Foreign Affairs Committee:
Engel Statement on the Firing of Inspector General Linick
Michele Kelemen / NPR:
Trump Removes State Department Inspector General Steve Linick
Discussion: Law & Crime, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Late-Night Firing of State Department Inspector General
Discussion: The Hill
Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Fires State Department Inspector General
Discussion: Fox News and Townhall
ProPublica:
Two Coasts.  One Virus.  How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of Deaths as California.  —  California's governor and San Francisco's mayor worked together to act early in confronting the COVID threat.  For Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio, it was a different story, and 27,000 New Yorkers have died so far.
Washington Post:
We could stop the pandemic by July 4 if the government took these steps  —  A $74 billion investment in testing, tracing and isolation could rescue the economy — quickly  —  With the unemployment rate at its highest level since the Great Depression — 14.7 percent and climbing …
James Brooks / Anchorage Daily News:
Alaska legislator compares pandemic safety measures at Capitol to Nazi treatment of Jews  —  JUNEAU — A Nikiski Republican lawmaker opposed to pandemic safety measures at the Alaska Capitol compared them to Nazi Germany's labeling of Jews in an email exchange Friday with fellow members of the Alaska House of Representatives.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
New York Times:
Obama Says U.S. Lacks Leadership on Virus in Virtual Commencement Speech  —  The virus has “torn back the curtain on the idea that the folks in charge know what they're doing,” the former president said.  “A lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge.”
Discussion: Bloomberg, CBS New York and Variety
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Rep. Justin Amash says he won't run for president  —  Rep. Justin Amash, the Michigan congressman who left the Republican Party last year, said on Twitter that he will not run for president this year after saying last month that he would seek the Libertarian Party's nomination.
Rory Appleton / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Horsford admits to extramarital affair after podcaster discloses relationship  —  Congressman Steven Horsford is seen at Kiel Ranch Historic Park on May 29, 2019.  (El Tiempo)  —  Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford on Friday acknowledged that he'd carried on a longstanding affair with a former intern …
Discussion: Fox News
USA Today:
I sent masks to health workers but the Trump administration seized them instead of helping  —  One month ago, as COVID-19 spread across the county and critical personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks, gloves, surgical gowns and face shields continued to be in short supply …
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Trump pushes McConnell to embrace ‘Obamagate’  —  “Time is running out.  Get tough and move quickly, or it will be too late,” the president tweeted.  —  Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell.  Alex Wong/Getty Images  —  President Donald Trump is appealing directly …
Discussion: ABC News, Mediaite and Raw Story
WSMV-TV:
Tennessee to lift capacity restrictions on restaurants & retail, to allow large attractions to open  —  NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - The governor's office announced Tennessee will lift capacity restrictions on restaurants and shops and instead focus on social distancing best practices.
Discussion: WBIR-TV and The Hill
Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Amid reports of White House clashes with CDC, experts raise alarms about lack of coronavirus screening at airports  —  WASHINGTON — As the nation begins to reopen amid  —  the coronavirus pandemic, some people are looking to the skies — and experts don't necessarily like what they see …
Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia candidates embrace group with extremist ties  —  A Georgia state representative running for Congress is facing criticism from across the political spectrum for a photo showing him alongside a longtime white supremacist activist from Dahlonega.  —  The photo shows Rep. Matt Gurtler …
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Trump's GOP ‘party of health care’ has no coverage plan for millions amid pandemic  —  President Trump left no doubt what he wanted his GOP allies to focus on, diverting to the TV cameras before he entered a private huddle of Senate Republicans.  —  “Let me tell you exactly what my message is …
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
FDA halts Bill Gates coronavirus testing program  —  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) halted a coronavirus testing program promoted by billionaire Bill Gates and Seattle health officials pending reviews.  —  The program sought to send test kits to the homes of people both healthy …
Jon Levine / New York Post:
YouTube censors epidemiologist Knut Wittkowski for opposing lockdown  —  Big Tech companies are aggressively tamping down on COVID-19 “misinformation” — opinions and ideas contrary to official pronouncements.  —  Dr. Knut M. Wittkowski, former head of biostatistics, epidemiology …
Discussion: Just The News
Karolina Modig / NBC News:
Lockdown protesters shout ‘be like Sweden’ — but Swedes say they are missing the point  —  “The Swedish strategy is very much relying on the individual's trust in the state,” one Swede told NBC News.  —  STOCKHOLM — Known for its socialized health care, progressive tax system and liberal social policies …
Elaina Plott / New York Times:
Stacey Abrams Wants More Than the Vice Presidency  —  She wants the Democrats to reach a different kind of swing voter — those who otherwise stay home.  And she says she can help Joe Biden do it.  —  The clapping hands appeared on the screen one, two, a flurry of emojis flashing under …
New York Times:
Raytheon Finds Ally in Trump Aide: Selling the Bombs Killing Civilians in Yemen  —  President Trump sees arms deals as jobs generators for firms like Raytheon, which has made billions in sales to the Saudi coalition.  The Obama administration initially backed the Saudis too, but later regretted it as thousands died.
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Trump's Cordon Un-sanitaire  —  No White House reporter I've ever known was looking to harm anyone, much less the president of the United States, but the federal government never took chances.  Covering Barack Obama and now Donald Trump, I can't recall a single instance when the security cordon surrounding the president frayed.
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Barber Defied Rules and Cut Hair From Home.  Now He Has the Virus.  —  The barber in Kingston, N.Y., is under investigation for giving haircuts during the shutdown.  He lashed out at Gov. Cuomo: “Is he going to feed my family?”  —  The complaint came in last month from a resident of Kingston …
New York Times:
Now More Than Ever, Facebook Is a ‘Mark Zuckerberg Production’  —  For years, he was an obsessive C.E.O. in some ways, distant in others.  Then Facebook's problems became too acute to leave to anyone else.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — On Jan. 27, at a regularly scheduled Monday morning meeting …
Washington Post:
Drug promoted by Trump as coronavirus ‘game changer’ increasingly linked to deaths  —  For two months, President Trump repeatedly pitched hydroxychloroquine as a safe and effective treatment for coronavirus, asking would-be patients “What the hell do you have to lose?”
Discussion: Houston Chronicle
 
 
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Discussion: NFL.com, Just The News and Breitbart
Koh Gui Qing / Reuters:
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Discussion: The Hill and New York Post
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
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Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
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Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story