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.

How Mitch McConnell Became Trump's Enabler-in-Chief  —  The Senate Majority Leader's refusal to rein in the President is looking riskier than ever.  —  On Thursday, March 12th, Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, could have insisted that he and his colleagues work through the weekend …

Trump Makes First Public Rebuke of Fauci With #FireFauci Retweet  —  UNNERVING  —  President Trump delivered his first public rebuke of the nation's top infectious disease expert and a member of his coronavirus task force on Sunday evening by resharing a tweet that said “Time to #FireFauci.”

Bob Iger Thought He Was Leaving on Top.  Now, He's Fighting for Disney's Life.  —  The former C.E.O. thought he was riding into the sunset.  Now he's reasserting control and reimagining Disney as a company with fewer employees and more thermometers.  —  The Walt Disney Company turned franchises …

Coronavirus may give President Trump a long sought chance to privatize the Postal Service  —  WASHINGTON — Amid a cash crunch threatening to put the U.S. postal service out of business, the Trump administration is being accused of blocking bipartisan efforts to provide money to the agency …

Governors, health experts push back on Trump's goal to reopen economy in May  —  Governors and top health experts on Sunday raised doubts about President Donald Trump's goal of starting to reopen the U.S. economy as early as next month, warning that moving too quickly could lead to a worsening of the coronavirus pandemic.

Democrats Fear Trump's New 2020 Strategy Is Working  —  The president and his team aren't hiding their plans to make Beijing the main villain in America's fight against the pandemic.  —  President Donald Trump and his allies are leaning heavily into a new 2020 strategy tying Democrats …

Bolsonaro dragging Brazil towards coronavirus calamity, experts fear  —  Concerns grow that by downplaying threat, Brazil's president risks public health crisis  —  Medical experts have said they fear that Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, could be hastening the country's march towards …

Virginia governor makes Election Day a holiday and expands early voting  —  (CNN)Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Sunday that he signed a series of new measures into law aimed at expanding access to voting in the commonwealth.  —  The new legislation will establish Election Day as a holiday …

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.

In Some Places, Easter Isn't Being Celebrated.  It's Being Fined.  —  Some local officials have come after religious organizations with unseemly zeal.  —  For Christians, Easter is a time to celebrate resurrection.  But it's been hard for some Americans to do that because their local officials …

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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 …

‘There Will Be Losses’: How a Captain's Plea Exposed a Rift in the Military  —  The coronavirus crisis aboard the carrier Theodore Roosevelt spurred another chapter in the hollowing out of the Navy's leadership, in particular under the Trump administration.  —  WASHINGTON — The captain had reached a breaking point.

The test for those who want to reopen the economy too soon: You go first  —  Ryan P. Williams, the head of the previously well-respected and now crackpotish Claremont Institute, tweeted this past week in response to enforcement of social distancing and stay-at-home mandates: “It's time for resistance to this insanity.”

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

Despite encouraging signs, coronavirus is ‘advancing’ worldwide, WHO envoy warns  —  “We think it's going to be a virus that stalks the human race for a quite a long time to come,” WHO special envoy David Nabarro told “Meet the Press.”  —  WASHINGTON — A top envoy to the World Health …