Coronavirus: LIBERATE / Protests
- Trump appears to back those protesting social distancing measures by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Trump appears to stoke protests against stay-at-home orders by David Smith (The Guardian)
- Trump calls to ‘liberate’ Michigan, Minnesota, and Virginia the day after saying only the governors had the power to lift coronavirus restrictions by Kayla Epstein (Business Insider)
- Opinion: Trump’s dangerous “LIBERATE” tweets represent the views of a small minority by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- GOP’s growing ‘open it up’ caucus urges fewer virus restrictions amid warnings from fellow Republicans by Mike DeBonis (Washington Post)
- ‘LIBERATE!’: Trump pushes states to lift virus restrictions by Zeke Miller and Matt Sedensky (AP)
- ‘LIBERATE’: Trump tweets support for anti-lockdown protests (Al Jazeera)
- Trump accused of ‘fomenting rebellion’ after ‘LIBERATE’ tweets (Al Jazeera)
- Trump Says Virginia’s Democratic Governor “Should Be Under Siege” by Jacob Rosenberg (Mother Jones)
- Trump calls protesters against stay-at-home orders ‘very responsible’ by David Smith (The Guardian)
- Trump defends demonstrators protesting social distancing restrictions by Morgan Chalfant, Brett Samuels (The Hill)
Coronavirus: Testing
- White House Plan For Reopening States Leaves Testing Question Unanswered by Laurel Wamsley (NPR)
- Trump says states, not U.S. government, must boost coronavirus testing (Reuters)
- Trump Defends Testing Capacity Despite Experts’ Warnings by Alana Wise (NPR)
- White House insists US has ‘sufficient’ testing capacity to reopen amid widespread criticism by David Smith (The Guardian)
- White House says US has enough tests for first phase of reopening by Peter Sullivan (The Hill)
Coronavirus
- US coronavirus deaths hits record one-day total of 4,591 by Marina Pitofsky (The Hill)
- Experts Think The U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Will Hit 50,000 By The End Of April by Jay Boice, (FiveThirtyEight)
- Ilhan Omar unveils bill to cancel rent and mortgage payments amid pandemic by Sophie Kasakove (The Guardian)
- Analysis: Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s interview with Anthony Fauci goes sideways by Aaron Blake(Washington Post)
- US using coronavirus pandemic to unlawfully expel asylum seekers, says UN by Nina Lakhani (Guardian)
- Opinion: Coronavirus does discriminate, because that’s what humans do by Rebecca Solnit (Guardian)
- Trump’s Own Officials Depended on WHO to Fight Coronavirus. Then He Turned Against It. by Yeganeh Torbati (ProPublica)
- Tribes sue Trump administration to stop CARES Act funding to Alaska Native corporations by (Native News)
- Trump Calls For Reopening America’s Gyms Day After Call With SoulCycle’s Owner by Lachlan Markay (Daily Beast)
- Experts worry politics will guide voters’ virus precautions by Alan Fram and John Flesher (AP)
- Trump’s coronavirus reopening plan has big holes, health experts say by Ann Saphir (Reuters)
- The Government Will Spend $3 Billion to Direct Fresh Produce and Dairy to Food Banks by Tom Philpott (Mother Jones)
- Governors Divide By Party On Trump Plan To Reopen Businesses Shut By Coronavirus by Matthew S. Schwartz (NPR)
- Trump Is Doing to America What He Did to Ukraine by William Saletan (Slate)
- Sorry Hospitals, Trump’s Border Wall Is Getting Another Half-Billion Dollars by Charlotte Klein (Vanity Fair)
- U.S. coronavirus crisis takes a sharp political turn by Maria Caspani and Nathan Layne (Reuters)
Other News
- Trump builds campaign-style press shop at the White House by Meridith Mcgraw (Politico)
- Trump-backed online donor platform launches at state level ahead of redistricting by Scott Bland (Politico)
- Former Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen granted early release from prison amid coronavirus pandemic by Roger Sollenberger (Salon)
- “It must be investigated”: Trump donors get $569 million contract to build 17 miles of border wall by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- White House moves to weaken EPA rule on toxic compounds by Ellen Knickmeyer (AP)
- Smugglers tried to breach new Trump border wall 18 times during a single month: report by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
Analysis
- How Facebook Works for Trump by Ian Bogost and Alexis C. Madrigal (The Atlantic)
- Trump Is Threatening to Subvert the Constitution by Neal K. Katyal (The Atlantic)
- The Flaw in the President’s Newest Constitutional Argument by Adam J. White (The Atlantic)