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Sean Hannity; Donald Trump (AP/Evan Agostini//Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump gets ventilator info. from Hannity

Igor Derysh

"I just saw on your show" that "everyone is in great shape," Trump bragged to the conservative talking head

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks during a campaign rally in Detroit, Friday, March 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Sanders suspends presidential campaign

Igor Derysh

Former Vice President Joe Biden Biden is now the presumptive Democratic nominee for the presidency

Joe Scarborough (Getty/Paul Morigi)

Joe blasts MSNBC for helping Trump lie

Travis Gettys - Raw Story

"If this network or CNN or Fox is going to run him lying for two hours a night, they need a real-time fact checker"

Donald Trump (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky/Salon)

Trump's surreal "bully pulpit"

Heather Digby Parton

Trump isn't trying to persuade anyone of anything. He just wants to dominate the conversation — and it's working

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William Barr | Woman in a medical mask behind bars (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

Criminalizing the pandemic won't stop it

Sophia Tesfaye

The high cost of COVID-19 lockdowns go beyond the economy — civil liberties and racial justice are at risk too

In this June 10, 2016 photo provided by the Mayo Clinic, a medical team of about 60 doctors, nurses, anesthesiologists and others at Mayo Clinic gather before performing the first face transplant surgery at their hospital in Rochester, Minn. Mardini and his team devoted more than 50 Saturdays over 3 1/2 years to rehearsing the procedure, using sets of cadaver heads to transplant the face of one to another. They used 3D imaging and virtual surgery to plot out the bony cuts so the donor's face would fit perfectly on Andy Sandness. (Michael Cleary/Mayo Clinic via AP) (AP)

COVID-19: What happens after recovery?

Carmen Heredia Rodriguez - KFF Health News

Determining when a patient has recovered from the novel coronavirus is still fraught with uncertainties

Donald Trump (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump's biggest weakness: The facts

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch

Trump's bitter sniping at even the mildest factual challenge exposes his leadership act as a sham. Keep pushing!

US President Donald Trump and other members of the task force listen as National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director, Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House on March 21, 2020, in Washington, DC. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

3 questions about Trump's COVID response

Jefferson Morley - Independent Media Institute

Investigators of the government's response to COVID-19 can start by asking three questions

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US President Donald Trump | Dr. Bandy X. Lee (US President Donald Trump; Dr. Bandy X. Lee)

Yale doc: Trump briefings "deadly"

Igor Derysh

"Criminality combines with mental pathology" in Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, says Dr. Bandy X. Lee

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

RNC opposes expanded mail-in voting

Matthew Rozsa

But one expert tells Salon that "Democrats benefit if absentee/early voting is expanded in a given state"

Jim Jones and Jair Bolsonaro (AP Photo/Salon)

Jair Bolsonaro: The new Jim Jones?

David Nemer

Brazil's president uses death-cult rhetoric, dismisses health experts and refuses to fight a preventable pandemic

Donald Trump; Xi Jinping (AP/Getty/Salon)

Trump let China play him

Cody Fenwick - Alternet

Trump has long been a willing dupe for the authoritarian rulers of China

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White House trade adviser Peter Navarro speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Navarro warned of coronavirus in memos

Igor Derysh

Trump continues to claim "nobody" saw the pandemic coming, but his top trade adviser sounded the alarm for months

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Burr sold Dutch fertilizer stock in 2018

Robert Faturechi - ProPublica

Sen. Richard Burr is under federal investigation for selling stocks ahead of the coronavirus stock market crash.

President Donald Trump participates in a Fox News Town Hall event on March 05, 2020 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Among other topics, President Trump discussed his administration's response to the Coronavirus and the economy. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Trump removes watchdog

David Edwards - Raw Story

Trump removes inspector general from committee overseeing $2 trillion coronavirus relief package

John Prine performs at John Anson Ford Amphitheatre on October 01, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Rich Fury/Getty Images)

Country star John Prine dies of COVID-19

Ashlie D. Stevens

The legendary songwriter music elevated the lives of ordinary people

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Quibi: Streaming no one needs right now

Melanie McFarland

While life stands still a new mobile-only service offers episodic "quick bite" entertainment that doesn't stick

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (AP/Seth Wenig)

Is NYC undercounting COVID-19 patients?

Bob Hennelly

Emergency responders say the poor are dying of COVID-19 in their homes, and appear to be missed in pandemic tallies

Pia Fischer, a textile artist, sews protective masks. (Christoph Soeder/picture alliance/Getty Images)

Face Masks 101: What you need to know

Ashlie D. Stevens

The CDC recommends wearing cloth facial coverings in public, but they don't need to be medical-grade to protect

Dr. William Haseltine (Fox News)

Top biologist: Trump hyping "quack cure"

Matthew Rozsa

Trump and Fox hosts have touted a drug called hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19, even though its efficacy is unproven

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A person walks past the arch in Washington Square Park on March 4, 2020 in New York City. (Gary Hershorn/Corbis via Getty Images)

NY colleges botched dorm evacuations

Shane Tan

"I think the problem was they had a Trumpian policy": Students frustrated by conflicting messages from colleges

The Lady's Handbook For Her Mysterious Illness by Sarah Ramey (Doubleday/Julius Schlosburg)

The marginalization of mystery illnesses

Mary Elizabeth Williams

"The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness" author on the only recourse for ailing women who are being ignored

Kayleigh McEnany, national press secretary for the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign, speaks at a "Keep America Great" campaign rally (Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

McEnany replaces Grisham as top WH spox

Igor Derysh

“Isn’t that refreshing when contrasting it with the awful presidency of President Obama?” Kayleigh McEnany asked

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters following a meeting of his coronavirus task force in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 6, 2020 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Dan Froomkin

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