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| Rise and shine, Daily Briefing readers! |
| If you, like me, have been binge watching "The X-Files" during quarantine these three unclassified videos showing "unidentified aerial phenomena" released by the Pentagon on Monday might have you saying "I want to believe." The videos show small, flying objects, and in one clip a person exclaims, "What the (expletive) is that?!" |
| Back on earth, Ohio will hold an almost all-mail primary, former White House Counsel Don McGahn's case is back in court, and a joint flyover will honor front line and essential workers. |
| It's N'dea and here's Tuesday's news. |
Coronavirus caused Ohio to go to an all-mail primary. Will it work? |
| The nation will look to Ohio on Tuesday on how to vote during this pandemic. Or how not to. The state will hold an election like no other in its 217-year history, an almost all-mail primary . The coronavirus pandemic halted Ohio's March 17 primary a month after early voting had started and thousands of votes were cast. The primary was extended to April 28, with virtually all voters required to mail in their ballots. But conducting an election through the Postal Service isn't without pitfalls. Slow mail delivery in Ohio has officials concerned voters won't receive ballots on time. And some voters say they've applied multiple times for ballots they haven't received. Like it or not, more people will likely be voting by mail in November across the country. |
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More of today's top news on COVID-19 |
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Former White House Counsel Don McGahn's case is back in court |
| A federal court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday will rehear an appeal to force former White House Counsel Donald McGahn to testify before Congress about potential obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump during special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. A three-judge appeals court panel ruled 2-1 in February that McGahn does not have to testify before the House Judiciary Committee, which subpoenaed him in April 2019, handing the president a key legal victory in a case that could redefine the powers of two of three branches of government. The Democratic-led committee then sought an "en banc" hearing, in which the full appeals court will rehear arguments on the case. The court granted the request, leaving the window for House Democrats to hear from one of Trump's closest aides. The panel ruled in February that the Constitution forbids federal courts "from becoming an ombudsman" who resolves disputes between the executive and legislative branch. |
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California Gov. Newsom weighs easing virus order |
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday plans to outline what it would take to ease his March stay-at-home order, which aimed to slow the spread of COVID-19. Newsom is considering slowly reopening businesses in a state divided between rural areas with small numbers of coronavirus cases and urban areas struggling with still-rising death tolls. The state has had more than 45,000 cases and nearly 1,800 deaths, more than half of them in Los Angeles County, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Newsom said Monday the state is "a few weeks away, not months away" from making "meaningful changes" in the order. It was a shift from three weeks ago, when Newsom and top health officials projected a need for at least 50,000 additional hospital beds for a mid-May surge in cases that hasn't materialized. Two weeks ago, Newsom announced six key indicators he and his team were watching to determine how and when to lift the social distancing orders. |
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Spain, France, Greece to announce ease on lockdown restrictions |
| Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is scheduled to announce Tuesday details of how an easing of the lockdown in Spain will proceed in coming weeks. Officials say restrictions will be eased gradually and at different speeds across the country. Spain let children go outside to play over the weekend for the first time in six weeks as European countries methodically worked to ease their lockdowns and reopen their economies, while governors in the United States moved at differing speeds, some more aggressive, others more cautious. France and Greece also will announce Tuesday plans for easing their lockdowns. |
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Blue Angels, Thunderbirds plan flyover for health care workers |
| A joint flyover by the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, and the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, is planned for Tuesday in the New York area to honor front line and essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The team will fly over New York and Newark, New Jersey, around noon Tuesday, then head to Trenton, New Jersey, and onto Philadelphia. Two sources familiar with the plans who spoke on the condition of anonymity to USA TODAY said nearly three dozen major American cities could see flyovers. |
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In better news: A unicorn spreads socially distant cheer 🦄 |
| Corey Jurgensen started walking around the historic Seminole Heights neighborhood in Tampa, Florida, in an inflatable unicorn to boost spirits during this rough time – a sort of relief unicorn. And it worked. |
| "I do it when I can to give people a break," she said, "and give them something to laugh about." |
| People take out their phones to film as she passes, big smiles on their faces. She waves and keeps going, shooting rainbows of joy. Neighbors posted videos and pictures on social media, asking friends if they'd seen the mystery unicorn dancing down the sidewalk. |
| Jurgensen has inspired at least two other inflatable unicorns, and now there's a Seminole Heights Teddy Bear as well. |
 | | Unicorns are not native to the Old Seminole Heights neighborhood in Tampa, Florida. But it's a quirky place, so Corey Jurgensen's costume isn't totally out of place, either. She tries to brighten the days of her quarantined neighbors. | | Asher Montgomery | |
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