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President Trump says flags will be lowered to half-staff “over the next three days” to honor coronavirus victimshttps://t.co/k9ItOOvUGe pic.twitter.com/p3p4Jd769P — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 21, 2020

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Trump calls a Columbia University report that predicted there would have been fewer US deaths with earlier social distancing a “political hit job” https://t.co/wr9nSv0lSt pic.twitter.com/B9FC7o462M — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 21, 2020

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The Trump administration is preparing to withdraw from a major arms treaty designed to reduce the risk of military miscalculations that could lead to war https://t.co/VfUeGofjdK — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 21, 2020

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The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked the release of Mueller grand jury material to the Democratic-led House of Representatives https://t.co/j6PAUz9Brz — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 20, 2020

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President Trump says he is considering a travel ban on Latin America and called the high number of US Covid-19 cases a “badge of honor” because it means the US is testing more people https://t.co/1lNQv2TQXc pic.twitter.com/PaMyLbvAbf — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 19, 2020

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A federal judge is allowing a fraud suit against President Trump, his three eldest children and his company to proceed https://t.co/iSBwHFmdGW — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 19, 2020

COVID-19 Update: A Local Spike

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World: US: The US is over 90,000 now, but here’s my concern…. NC and local: This… Yikes. In spite of warnings by Dr. Fauci, and in spite of *FDA safety warnings issued in April, President Trump announced today that he has been taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventative medicine against the coronavirus. Apparently, the potential side effects on a 73-year old, overweight man with high … Read More

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President Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine, even though several recent studies show the drug is ineffective against the coronavirus and may even be harmful https://t.co/0EkbvRIZGd — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 18, 2020

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Attorney General Barr says Obama and Biden are unlikely to be under criminal investigation in a review of the Russia probe, addressing simmering accusations by President Trump https://t.co/35jWPlOW6Y — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 18, 2020

Weekly List 183

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This week Trump tried out a new, more positive approach as the death toll passed 80,000 and more than 36 million Americans were unemployed, claiming, “We have met the moment and we have prevailed.” Trump bragged the U.S. leads the world in testing, then later seemed to indicate testing was not important, and if we didn’t test so much, we … Read More

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President Trump has named former pharmaceutical executive Moncef Slaoui and Army Gen. Gustave Perna to lead “Operation Warp Speed,” the effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine https://t.co/hHPriaFnhN pic.twitter.com/Vqnu1DeL9k — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 15, 2020

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Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort is telling members the club will partially re-open this weekend, and guests will need to maintain social distancing guidelineshttps://t.co/sb9seUg2wK pic.twitter.com/iCt2Rd6uBV — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 14, 2020

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The Trump Administration is already pushing back hard against claims made by Rick Bright in today's House testimony https://t.co/S3tEzGE1Mp pic.twitter.com/aVp7gsHUkn — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 14, 2020