The ‘Red Dawn’ Emails: 8 Key Exchanges on the Faltering Response to the Coronavirus  —  Experts inside and outside the government identified the threat early on and sought to raise alarms even as President Trump was moving slowly.  Read some of what they had to say among themselves at critical moments.

Herald drafted a suit seeking ALF records.  DeSantis aide pressured law firm not to file it  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' general counsel called a representative of the Miami Herald's law firm seeking to quash a public records lawsuit that would force the state to divulge the names …

The odds on who Joe Biden will pick as his female vice president candidate  —  With Sen. Bernie Sanders out of the race, the Joe Biden campaign is now moving into the fraught and delicate process of choosing a running mate.  —  Biden, at age 77, would be the oldest president ever elected …

WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange fathered two children inside the Ecuadorian embassy with lawyer, 37, who fell in love with him while helping his fight against extradition to the US  —  Julian Assange secretly fathered two sons while holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Signs missed and steps slowed in Trump's pandemic response  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — By the time President Donald Trump first spoke publicly about the coronavirus, it may already have been too late.  —  Interviewed at Davos, a gathering of global elites in the Swiss Alps …

White House rejects bailout for U.S. Postal Service battered by coronavirus  —  The pandemic has pushed USPS to the brink, but Trump and Mnuchin shot down emergency aid  —  Through rain, sleet, hail, and even a pandemic, mail carriers serve every address in the United States …

U.S. Overtakes Italy as Country With Most Confirmed Coronavirus Deaths  —  The United States reached a grim milestone Saturday as it surpassed Italy in the total number of confirmed deaths from the coronavirus with the total toll reaching past the 20,000-mark, higher than the 19,468 in Italy.

Trump administration has many task forces — but still no plan for beating covid-19  —  The Trump administration still has no clear plan for ending the coronavirus crisis, but it does have many task forces.  —  There is the official task force led by Vice President Pence that meets daily …

Whoosh!  That Car That Just Soared by Might Be Heading for the Coast  —  With far less traffic thanks to coronavirus-induced quarantines, drivers are pushing down hard on their accelerators.  Tickets, and records, are the result.  —  NOVATO, Calif. — A white 2019 Audi A8 L sedan …

How San Francisco Flattened the Curve  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  London Breed wasn't going to wait around for COVID-19.  —  San Francisco had yet to confirm a single case of the coronavirus …

New signs suggest coronavirus was in California far earlier than anyone knew  —  A man found dead in his house in early March.  A woman who fell sick in mid-February and later died.  —  These early COVID-19 deaths in the San Francisco Bay Area suggest that the novel coronavirus …

Examining Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegation Against Joe Biden  —  Ms. Reade, a former Senate aide, has accused Mr. Biden of assaulting her in 1993 and says she told others about it.  A Biden spokeswoman said the allegation is false, and former Senate office staff members do not recall such an incident.

Kansas court strikes down GOP measure allowing in-person Easter church services, lets coronavirus restrictions stand  —  LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Kansas Supreme Court on Saturday struck down a Republican-led effort to allow the continuation of in-person church services across the state despite …

Trump Administration Tells Employers Not To Worry About Recording COVID-19 Cases  —  Only health care facilities and select other employers will have to figure out if infections happened at work.  Safety advocates are beside themselves.  —  The Trump administration announced Friday afternoon …

We Are All Living in the 19th Century Right Now  —  It's not the 19th century.  It just feels like it.  —  It's been a hundred and two years since the last major pandemic swept America: the 1918 flu pandemic (known as the Spanish flu because Spain was the only country to accurately report it).

Abortion providers ask Supreme Court to ease pandemic-related ban  —  Abortion rights advocates asked the Supreme Court on Saturday night to overturn part of the Texas governor's sweeping ban on abortions during the coronavirus pandemic — the first of similar restrictions to reach the high court.