1.  WH Task Force to Be ‘Phased Down’ in Weeks—as Deaths Climb

 BAD SIGN 

Mike Pence said the White House has had conversations about dismantling the COVID-19 task force, even as experts warn that cases and deaths are on the rise.

2.  Trump Admin Swears It Wasn’t Behind Botched Venezuela Coup

  BIG FAIL 

A former Army Special Forces medic who reportedly provided security for a Trump rally in 2018 admitted he was an organizer of the amateurish maritime incursion.

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3.  The Escali Counter Scale Is My Perfect Cooking Companion

 TARE IT UP 

I’m not the most precise measurer. Thankfully, I don’t need to be.

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4.  New Mutant Coronavirus Could Be More Contagious: Study

 GIVE US A BREAK 

The finding could mean the coronavirus needs a new vaccine each year, like influenza.

5.  Trump: Fauci Can’t Testify in House Because It’s a ‘Set Up’

 ‘IT MEANS DEATH’ 

Trump said he blocked Dr. Fauci from testifying before a House subcommittee because “they want our situation to be unsuccessful, which means death.”

6.  ‘Inauthentic Behavior’: Facebook Bans Anti-Immigrant Group

 BYE! 

VDARE posted conspiracy theories about the coronavirus and “hate speech about Asian Americans,” according to Facebook.

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7.  WH Volunteers Told to Prioritize Fox Hosts’ PPE Tips: WaPo

 VERY REASSURING  

The supply-chain volunteers, many of whom are inexperienced in the health-care industry, were told to “fast-track” equipment tips from “VIPs,” including two Fox hosts.

8.  U.S. Virus Deaths Pass 70,000 as States Relax Lockdowns

 GRIM 

The number of Americans who have died from the coronavirus has effectively doubled in less than three weeks.

9.  Trump Wishes Women Reporters Were More Like ’50s Housewives

 TIME WARP 

Complaining about CBS News journalist Paula Reid, the president suggested he’d prefer to talk to ’50s’ TV mom Donna Reed.

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10.  Boy, 5, Pulled Over While Driving to Calif. to Buy a Car

 BOSS KID 

Utah troopers said the kid’s mom refused to buy him a Lamborghini so he thought he’d go out to get his own.

11.  Sexy Pics the Latest Bombshell in Broward Sheriff’s Race

  GETTING HOT 

Sheriff Gregory Tony’s campaign blames his predecessor for the leak of pics of him at a party attended by topless women.

12.  U.K. Is Now Europe’s Worst Coronavirus Hotspot

 ‘DANGEROUS PHASE’ 

A Downing Street spokesman said Britain remains in a “dangerous phase,” even after the prime minister asserted that it had passed the peak.

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13.  Kentucky Medic Kicked Off Board for Quarantine Arrest Post

 ‘DEADLY FORCE’ 

He wrote that an infected woman arrested for breaking quarantine should have used “deadly force” against the “tyranny.”

14.  Coronavirus Researcher Killed in Pittsburgh Murder-Suicide

 SENSELESS 

Police found Bing Liu shot to death in his home and his suspected killer dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a car nearby.

15.  Citizen Kids of Immigrants Denied COVID Relief Checks: Suit

 EXCLUDED 

Lawyers for the children filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for excluding them from benefits of the coronavirus stimulus package.

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