AP: Florida Democrats blast governor’s handling of virus crisis

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Florida's congressional Democrats on Tuesday blasted Gov. Ron DeSantis' refusal to issue a statewide stay-at-home order to combat the coronavirus outbreak, charging that his “lax” decision will result in thousands of unnecessary deaths, risks the health of doctors and nurses and threatens to overwhelm hospitals.

WASHINGTON POST: These Republicans and Democrats agreed to protect whistleblowers — like they used to

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Until the Ukraine scandal exploded, the protection of federal whistleblowers was important to Republicans and Democrats alike. That old bipartisan commitment was on display during an Appropriations subcommittee hearing on a Veterans Affairs internal watchdog report. The inspector general found an office meant to protect whistleblowers inflicted injury instead.