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 …

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.

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.

My Plan to Safely Reopen America  —  An effective strategy to beat the virus is the ultimate answer to how we get our economy back on track.  —  Mr. Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.  —  People across America are stepping up to the plate.

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 …

It's ‘People, People, People’ as Lines Stretch Across America  —  Lines for groceries, food aid and unemployment assistance stretch for blocks as the coronavirus crisis forces Americans into quarantine queues.  —  DENVER — Standing in line used to be an American pastime …

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 …

Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Governor's Order Limiting The Size Of Easter Services  —  The Kansas Supreme Court has voted to uphold an executive order by the state's governor limiting the size of church gatherings on Easter Sunday, ending a dramatic legal clash in which the court was asked amid …

US close to coronavirus peak, but we have to take it ‘day by day’: FDA commissioner  —  FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn appeared on ABC's “This Week.”  —  The United States is close to its peak of the novel coronavirus disease, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said on ABC's “This Week.”

How Coronavirus Will Blow Up the 2020 Campaign  —  The chaos around Wisconsin's primary last week has raised the level of concern about November's Election Day to Defcon-1 status.  Will Republican legislators in key states block efforts to expand mail-in voting, and force people to stand in line together?

How Trump Is Fueling a Corona Disaster  —  Donald Trump's disastrous crisis management has made the United States the new epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic.  The country is facing an unprecedented economic crash.  Are we witnessing the implosion of a superpower?  By DER SPIEGEL Staff

The City That Has Flattened the Coronavirus 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 …

Florida's count of coronavirus deaths is missing some cases  —  Some snowbirds are being excluded in the state's count.  By Friday, another group had 40 more fatalities.  —  The Florida Department of Health's count of coronavirus deaths reached a grim milestone Friday, surpassing 400 and climbing to 419.

Fauci on Trump's delayed response to coronavirus: “It is what it is”  —  Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on CNN's “State of the Union” Sunday that “no one is going to deny” that more lives would have been saved during …

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.

As Trump's coronavirus task force amassed power, it boosted industry  —  Rather than using the president's full power to enlist the private sector's assets on behalf of the public, his team turned agencies into shipping clerks for businesses.  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — The coronavirus presented DuPont …

The Preëxisting Condition in the Oval Office  —  From the start, the Trump Administration has waged war on science and expertise, making a great nation peculiarly vulnerable to the foreseeable public-health calamity of the coronavirus.  —  When has New York known a grimmer week?

Hogan joins other governors in asking Congress for $500 billion as coronavirus cases rise in the D.C. region  —  Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) joined other governors Saturday in asking Congress for $500 billion to rescue state services imperiled by the coronavirus-related economic crisis and to stabilize decimated budgets.

US's global reputation hits rock-bottom over Trump's coronavirus response  —  International relations expert warns policy failure could do lasting damage as president insults allies and undermines alliances  —  Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic, which he once dismissed as a hoax …

Plagues, pain and politics: Coronavirus grips NYC  —  A Passover story for this plague year that came to mind when the grocery store was out of matzah, though stocked with toilet paper.  —  After the pharaoh dreamed about seven fat cows devoured by seven skinny ones and then seven plump ears …