John Prine, One of America's Greatest Songwriters, Dead at 73  —  Grammy-winning singer who combined literary genius with a common touch succumbs to coronavirus complications  —  John Prine, who for five decades wrote rich, plain-spoken songs that chronicled the struggles and stories …

Mattis rebukes Trump over removal of Pentagon inspector general  —  Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis issued a rare public rebuke of President Trump Tuesday over his decision to fire Glenn Fine, the Pentagon inspector general charged with overseeing implementation of the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package.

Why Wisconsin Republicans Insisted on an Election in a Pandemic  —  Mask-wearing voters in endless lines.  Five polling places instead of 180.  Voting amid the coronavirus crisis is full of challenges — and connected to G.O.P. efforts to limit who gets a ballot in the state.

Texas City nursing home residents with coronavirus being treated with unproven hydroxychloroquine drug  —  The physician and nursing home medical director who prescribed the drug is a campaign surrogate for President Donald Trump.  —  *Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.

In praise of Jonathan Karl or: The virtue of not being a self-important drama queen  —  In a sea of self-important buffoonery, ABC News's Jonathan Karl is an island.  —  On Monday, during a White House press briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump berated Karl during a back-and-forth …

Ed Markey falling short of signatures ahead of May deadline  —  Harder to gather in-person support in coronavirus era  —  The e-mail subject line was notable for an incumbent United States senator: “Help get Ed on the ballot.”  —  That was the message the campaign of Edward J. Markey sent …

Navy in crisis: Top leader's resignation roils service in the middle of a pandemic  —  An aircraft carrier sidelined by a coronavirus outbreak.  A promising captain fired for requesting help as infections spread among his 5,000 sailors.  And a service leaderless once more …

The coronavirus is infecting and killing black Americans at an alarmingly high rate  —  The Washington Post is providing this story for free so that all readers have access to this important information about the coronavirus.  For more free stories, sign up for our daily Coronavirus Updates newsletter.

‘Trump Has Never Lied’: New Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany's Long History of Bullshit and Lies  —  Along her rise to a White House gig, Trump's newest press secretary perfected the art of MAGA nonsense with a veritable greatest hits of bonkers claims.  —  After just 10 months on the job …

Hospitals say feds are seizing masks and other coronavirus supplies without a word  —  Although President Trump has directed states and hospitals to secure what supplies they can, the federal government is quietly seizing orders, leaving medical providers across the country in the dark …

Trump order encourages US to mine the moon  —  Executive order says US will oppose any international effort to bar it from removing chunks of moon, Mars or elsewhere in space  —  The world may be racked by the coronavirus, but Donald Trump has less earthly concerns on his mind, too …

Drop the Curtain on the Trump Follies  —  Why does the nation need to be subjected to the president's daily carnival of misinformation, preening and political venom?  —  Ms. Cottle is a member of the editorial board.  —  Even as the Trump administration slowly finds its footing in the war …

CNN Poll: Majority of Americans now say the federal government has done a poor job of preventing coronavirus spread  —  11 times Donald Trump downplayed the coronavirus  —  (CNN)A majority of Americans — 55% — now say the federal government has done a poor job preventing the spread …

The Far-Right Helped Create The World's Most Powerful Facial Recognition Technology  —  Clearview AI, which has alarmed privacy experts, hired several far-right employees, a HuffPost investigation found.  —  Advanced facial recognition technology poses a mortal threat to privacy.

Report: Wuhan Funeral Homes Burned Coronavirus Victims Alive  —  Locals in Wuhan, where the Chinese coronavirus pandemic originated, have heard screams coming from funeral home furnaces, and some treated in hospitals say they saw workers put living coronavirus patients in body bags, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on Monday.

Florida election officials sound the alarm ahead of November  —  TALLAHASSEE — Election supervisors in Florida warned Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday that he needs to change the law to give them more flexibility to avoid a presidential election meltdown in the nation's biggest swing state.

Trump's religious backers line up to smack China over coronavirus  —  President Donald Trump's evangelical boosters want China to pay a price for its handling of the coronavirus — preferably before voters deliver their verdict on Trump at ballot boxes this fall.

U.S. to Block Iran's Request to IMF for $5 Billion Loan to Fight Coronavirus  —  Trump administration officials say Tehran has billion-dollar accounts still at its disposal  —  The U.S. plans to block Iran's requested $5 billion emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund …

Trump Broke the Agencies That Were Supposed To Stop the Covid-19 Epidemic  —  This week, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams promised that we're entering the darkest days of the Covid-19 epidemic: “This is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment.  Only, it's not going to be localized …

After COVID-19, We Need to Redefine “National Security”  —  The post-9/11 era is over.  —  The United States national security system is the best funded, best equipped, and most powerful the world has ever seen.  In the years since the Sept. 11 attacks, if a terrorist group anywhere …

Even as deaths mount, officials see signs pandemic's toll may not match worst fears  —  U.S. authorities on Tuesday reported 29,000 more people infected with the novel coronavirus and more than 1,800 more deaths — the highest daily death toll so far.  —  But amid the grim data …

People made the ultimate sacrifice for you to vote.  Shouldn't you do the same?  —  Of course you have the right to vote!  —  Just because you are required to stand in a long line (for example, at one of five polling locations for more than a half-million people, where formerly there were 180) …

By A 10-to-1 Margin, Americans Support Orders To Stay At Home  —  As public concerns about coronavirus continue to tick upward, the vast majority of the public is making an effort to stay home.  —  By a roughly 10-to-1 margin, Americans say states with stay-at-home orders are making the right call …

Special Report: Johnson listened to his scientists about coronavirus - but they were slow to sound the alarm  —  LONDON (Reuters) - It was early spring when British scientists laid out the bald truth to their government.  It was “highly likely,” they said, that there was now “sustained transmission” of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom.

Trump's purge is about to get much worse.  Schiff just sent up a flare.  —  After President Trump fired the inspector general of the intelligence community, he didn't bother disguising his true reason for doing so: Because that IG had conducted his lawful duties in a manner that resulted …

Birx says government is classifying all deaths of patients with coronavirus as ‘COVID-19’ deaths, regardless of cause  —  The federal government is classifying the deaths of patients infected with the coronavirus as COVID-19 deaths, regardless of any underlying health issues that could have contributed to the loss of someone's life.

Louisiana woman, 86, and three of her sons die after contracting coronavirus  —  “My uncle passed, my grandmother passed, my dad passed, then my other uncle passed,” Anthony Franklin said.  “It's literally like seven to eight days apart.  It's horrific.”  —  An 86-year-old Louisiana woman …