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.

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 …

Biden projected to win Florida and Illinois primaries, with polls set to close soon in Arizona  —  Joe Biden has decisively won the delegate-rich Florida and Illinois primaries, Fox News projects, further cementing the former vice president as the dominant frontrunner in the race …

China Takes Countermeasures Against Restrictive Measures on Chinese Media Agencies in the US  —  In recent years, the US government has placed unwarranted restrictions on Chinese media agencies and personnel in the US, purposely made things difficult for their normal reporting assignments …

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” …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

Emergency stimulus to soar above $1 trillion  —  The government's economic stimulus is ballooning into trillion-dollar territory — the largest rescue in modern American history — as major industries flood the Trump administration and Capitol Hill for aid while huge swaths of the economy stall from the coronavirus crisis.

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 …

Anger builds over virus dangers in immigration courts  —  President Donald Trump's increasingly urgent campaign to attack the coronavirus outbreak is having a notably meager impact in the immigration courts, where dramatic moves could undercut his signature policy of getting tough on undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers.

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 …

New Yorkers should be prepared for a ‘shelter in place order,’ Mayor Bill de Blasio says  —  New Yorkers should prepare for a “shelter-in-place” order in the coming days as local officials try to contain the fast-moving coronavirus that's spreading throughout the U.S., New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio …

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 …

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?

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 …

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.

Poll: Americans Don't Trust What They're Hearing From Trump On Coronavirus  —  Americans have little trust in the information they are hearing from President Trump about the novel coronavirus, and their confidence in the federal government's response to it is declining sharply, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

Amazon's warehouse workers sound alarms about coronavirus spread  —  Workers call on the ecommerce giant to close and clean warehouses exposed to the coronavirus and to adopt rules that encourage employees to practice sanitary habits  —  As Amazon sales surge from shoppers stocking up on consumer staples …

Biden's Top 12 Running Mates, Ranked  —  Joe Biden's unequivocal declaration that his running mate will be a woman began the 2020 veepstakes with a brutal cut.  There will be no consolation prize for Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg or Julian Castro.  There will be no unity ticket pairing Biden with Bernie Sanders.

School closures: L.A. Unified mobilizes to feed hungry kids despite coronavirus  —  California public schools are likely to be closed for the remainder of the school year in response to the escalating spread of coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday afternoon.  —  “Don't anticipate schools are going to open up in a week.

Get Ready, A Bigger Disruption Is Coming  —  The Covid-19 pandemic reflects a systemic crisis akin to the seminal crashes of the 20th century.  —  As global supply chains break, airlines slash flights, borders rise within nation-states, stock exchanges convulse with fear …

We're in the midst of a public health crisis.  Stop pretending the Democratic primary is competitive.  —  The Democratic Party, like every major institution in America, is scrambling to respond to the unprecedented threat the covid-19 pandemic poses to rituals and routines.

Trump loyalists take command of the intelligence community  —  At a moment when Americans have new appreciation for the government professionals who protect against global threats, the Trump administration is weighing cuts in funding and staff for the National Counterterrorism Center …

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.