TOP STORIES
Friday, March 6
ROMNEY: HUNTER PROBE WOULD BE POLITICAL “There’s no question” that a probe into Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden appears politically motivated, Sen. Mitt Romney told reporters Thursday, adding, “I think people are tired of these kind of political investigations." Romney, a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, could block an upcoming subpoena planned by committee head Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). [HuffPost]
U.S. CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL RISES TO 14 There are now 228 coronavirus cases and 14 deaths in the United States. Pentagon officials said efforts to develop vaccines may not be quick enough to wipe out the virus before a "second wave" next winter. The Department of Homeland Security has refused entry into the United States to 241 people within the past month because of the novel coronavirus. [CNN]
NURSES BLAST GOVERNMENT, HOSPITAL READINESS FOR VIRUS Members of the union National Nurses United said they have faced shifting guidelines and a shortage of supplies as the tally of known coronavirus infections has increased. They called on the Centers for Disease Control to quickly increase testing for COVID-19 and demanded that federal officials implement emergency standards for hospitals and clinics around the country. [HuffPost]
ALABAMA EXECUTES MAN FOR 2004 POLICE OFFICERS KILLINGS A man convicted in the 2004 killings of three police officers who were shot by another man was executed Thursday evening in Alabama. Inmate Nathaniel Woods, 43, was pronounced dead at 9:01 p.m. CST Thursday following a lethal injection. Supporters, including the son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., waged a last-minute appeal to stop the execution as the case drew national attention. [AP]
FORMER GOP REP AARON SCHOCK COMES OUT AS GAY Former Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) confirmed in a lengthy Instagram post that he is gay. Schock, who resigned from Congress in 2015 amid claims he misused taxpayer funds, said the news would “come as no surprise” to his family and friends. During his time in office, Schock opposed marriage equality and the 2011 repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” which prohibited gay and lesbian people from serving openly in the U.S. military. [HuffPost]
KLOBUCHAR CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO BURRELL CASE Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) urged a top prosecutor in her home state of Minnesota to initiate an independent investigation into the high-profile case of Myon Burrell, a Black teen Klobuchar helped get sentenced to life in prison in 2002. Burrell, who was found guilty when Klobuchar was the chief prosecutor, has consistently maintained his innocence. [HuffPost] | 
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