Biden Sweeps Three States and Takes Commanding Lead, as Virus Reshapes American Politics  —  With a broad coalition, Joseph R. Biden Jr. defeated Bernie Sanders in Florida, Illinois and Arizona, in a rout that could add to pressure on Mr. Sanders to end his campaign.

Trump Now Claims He Always Knew the Coronavirus Would Be a Pandemic  —  The president tried to rewrite his history with advising Americans about the coronavirus.  His own words prove him wrong.  —  WASHINGTON — For weeks, President Trump has minimized the coronavirus, mocked concern about it and treated the risk cavalierly.

US and Canada preparing to suspend non-essential travel between the two countries  —  (CNN)The United States and Canada are preparing to issue a joint statement in the next 24-48 hours to suspend non-essential travel between the two countries, a Trump administration official tells CNN.

Trump Finally Enlists Much of Government in Coronavirus Attack  —  Hospital ships stayed in port, veterans hospitals awaited orders and requests for help went unanswered, as much of the government remained on the sidelines.  —  WASHINGTON — The mayor of Seattle wanted “mass tents” …

OPM chief Dale Cabaniss abruptly resigns  —  Dale Cabaniss, the director of the government's Office of Personnel Management, resigned abruptly on Tuesday, effective immediately.  —  Cabaniss stepped down because of what two people familiar with the matter said was poor treatment …

A Progressive Challenger Has Beaten One Of The Last Anti-Abortion Democrats In Congress  —  WASHINGTON — In an election marked by low turnout and lack of basic voting supplies because of coronavirus concerns, Marie Newman, a progressive, pro-abortion rights challenger to incumbent Democratic …

These Places Could Run Out of Hospital Beds as Coronavirus Spreads  —  Percentage of occupied hospital beds that would need to be emptied or added  —  A new Harvard analysis shows that many parts of the United States will have far too few hospital beds if the new coronavirus continues …

Senate coronavirus vote delayed after Rand Paul pushes doomed amendment  —  Mitch McConnell had said he wanted to pass the bill at “warp speed.”  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would move at “warp speed” to pass coronavirus legislation on Tuesday, but Sen. Rand Paul …

At Party for Donald Trump Jr.'s Girlfriend, Donors Helped Pick Up the Tab  —  Attendees of the bash for Kimberly Guilfoyle at the president's private club chipped in — including financial backers of the Trump re-election campaign.  —  WASHINGTON — It was a lavish birthday party for Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle.

“Dishonesty...Is Always an Indicator of Weakness”: Tucker Carlson on How He Brought His Coronavirus Message to Mar-a-Lago  —  The Fox News host believes that an administration (and GOP, and Democrats, and media) obsessed with impeachment couldn't help but see the coronavirus through a political lens.

U.S. Virus Plan Anticipates 18-Month Pandemic and Widespread Shortages  —  The 100-page federal plan laid out a grim prognosis and outlined a response that would activate agencies across the government.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal government plan to combat the coronavirus warned policymakers …

Lessons From Italy's Hospital Meltdown.  ‘Every Day You Lose, the Contagion Gets Worse.’  —  The coronavirus is pushing a wealthy region with high-tech health care toward a humanitarian disaster  —  BERGAMO, Italy—Ambulances here have stopped using sirens.  The frequent blaring only adds to local fears.

POLITICO Playbook: A global pandemic in the age of political venom  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  “I'VE BEEN THROUGH A FEW OF THESE,” Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL reminded reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday.  “I was here [for] 9/11.  I was here during the financial crisis in '08.

They Went Off the Grid.  They Came Back to the Coronavirus.  —  25 days rafting through the Grand Canyon meant no access to the news — and a new reality when the trip ended.  —  Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large.  —  Every time Zach Elder sets out on a rafting trip …

Hello from Italy.  Your future is grimmer than you think.  —  Within weeks, our old lives were gone  —  My family lives in the Veneto, in Northern Italy, one of the regions worst hit by the novel coronavirus.  We are on lockdown.  It's scary.  It's lonely.  It's uncomfortable.  And did I mention scary?

Questioning the Clampdown  —  Will people lose faith when they find out they are expected to get the virus anyway?  —  Experts now agree the virus's spread can be slowed but not contained.  It will take its place among mostly seasonal respiratory infections.

Scientists warn we may need to live with social distancing for a year or more  —  Researchers say we face a horrible choice: practice social distancing for months or a year, or let hundreds of thousands die.  —  Life in America — and in many countries around the world — is changing drastically.

Fact check: Trump tries to erase the memory of him downplaying the coronavirus  —  Washington (CNN)The somber President Donald Trump of Monday's press conference bore little resemblance to the Trump who had relentlessly played down the coronavirus over the previous two months.

Four Pillars to Safeguard Voting Rights with Vote by Mail  —  Increasingly, we are seeing calls for states to adopt no-excuse absentee and vote by mail.  This is a very important step in ensuring the right to vote, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pence Warns Coronavirus Disruptions Could Last ‘Well Into July’  —  Toggle more options  —  With the Trump administration hoping to inject as much as $1 trillion into the economy to deal with the mounting coronavirus crisis, Vice President Pence warned on Tuesday that disruptions from the outbreak …

How To Get More Ventilators And What To Do If We Can't  —  Factory capacity can be ramped up, but the components come from overseas and they could be hard to find.  —  The coronavirus pandemic could cause a dramatic upsurge of hospital patients in the U.S., creating unprecedented demand for ventilators.

The Pandemic Is Too Big for Trumpworld to Spin  —  Last Friday, we got a sign that Fox News changed the party line on the coronavirus.  Then suddenly, Trump changed his tune, too.  Hmmm...  BEAST INSIDE  —  The Trumpy media from top to bottom is having a rough time of it these days.

FIRST HOMELESS SHELTER RESIDENT TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS  —  A resident of a city homeless shelter tested positive for coronavirus — a first-of-its-kind case that sent the woman's dorm roommates into quarantine, officials said Tuesday.  —  Department of Homeless Services (DHS) …

Analysis: American attitudes make virus response a hard sell  —  When Americans are summoned to deal with an attack or defy overwhelming odds, the response typically goes something like this: Fight.  Hold the line.  Stand together.  This won't stop us.  Keep on living your life.  We will prevail.

Coronavirus Is Causing Industry-Wide Layoffs In D.C., Hitting Service Workers Particularly Hard |  DCist  —  Sweeping rounds of layoffs have started to hit D.C.-area businesses in a wide range of sectors.  The economic plunge has been widely felt, hitting the wedding industry …

U.S. coronavirus death toll surpasses 100  —  Coronavirus has killed from coast to coast.  It devastated a nursing home in Washington state and crept into the heartland.  Across the United States, more than 100 people infected with the highly contagious new virus have now died — a toll that experts expect to rise quickly.