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THE U.S. HAS A 'MORAL OBLIGATION' TO HELP VENEZUALA The United States should temporarily suspend the punishing sanctions it has placed on the leaders and economies of Iran and Venezuela and bolster humanitarian aid in order to help them deal with worsening outbreaks of coronavirus, 11 Democratic senators argued in a letter to the Trump administration. “U.S. sanctions are hindering the free flow of desperately needed medical and humanitarian supplies,” the senators wrote. [HuffPost]
TRUMP CAMPAIGN THREATENS TV STATIONS Trump’s reelection campaign has sent a cease-and-desist letter to TV stations airing an ad critical of the way the president has handled the coronavirus crisis. The ad, “Exponential Threat,” features audio clips of Trump downplaying the virus while the onscreen graphic shows the rising number of cases. “This is their new hoax,” Trump can be heard saying in the ad, which was funded by Priorities USA, a pro-Joe Biden PAC. [HuffPost]
SANDERS SPITS FIRE AT SENATORS OVER BENEFITS In a blistering speech, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) went off on Republican lawmakers for attempting to prevent the Senate’s emergency coronavirus relief package from passing because it would include extra relief for the nation’s lowest-wage workers. “Oh my word, will the universe survive?” he mocked his fellow senators as seen in a now-viral video from the Senate floor. “How absurd and wrong is that? What kind of value system is that?” [HuffPost]
WHITMER FIRES BACK AFTER TRUMP SLAMS 'YOUNG WOMAN GOVERNOR' After Trump told Fox News “We’ve had a big problem with the young, a woman governor, you know who I’m talking about from Michigan,” the governor in question, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, took to Twitter to set the record straight. "I've asked repeatedly and respectfully for help. We need it. No more political attacks, just PPEs, ventilators, N95 masks, test kits. You said you stand with Michigan — prove it," she wrote. [HuffPost]
ARGENTINA'S EFFORT TO LEGALIZE ABORTION STALLED With strong majorities in Congress and increasing public support, Argentina seemed primed to become just the fourth nation in Latin America to legalize abortion. Then coronavirus hit Argentina and put a halt to those plans. [HuffPost]
NETANYAHU RIVAL BECOMES PARLIAMENT SPEAKER Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief rival was chosenas the new speaker of parliament, an unexpected step that could pave the way to a power-sharing deal between the two men as the country grapples with a worsening coronavirus crisis. The sudden turnabout by Benny Gantz, who has spent the past year trying to topple Netanyahu in three inconclusive elections, appeared to give the embattled prime minister a new lease on life. [AP] | 
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