In unprecedented move, Treasury orders Trump's name printed on stimulus checks  —  The Treasury Department has ordered President Trump's name be printed on stimulus checks the Internal Revenue Service is rushing to send to tens of millions of Americans, a process that is expected to slow …

Why Trump's slump is likely to last all year  —  The president is losing ground in polls, faces a worsening economy, and is watching Democrats unify behind Joe Biden ahead of schedule.  —  President Trump is in an increasingly precarious position for reelection as he struggles to maintain focus …

China didn't warn public of likely pandemic for 6 key days  —  In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people …

Morning Greatness: Trump Cuts Off WHO from the American Teat  —  Good Wednesday morning.  —  Here is what's on the president's agenda today:  — The president hosts a phone call with banking, financial services, food and beverage, hospitality, and retail industry groups

Trump wants to declare country open by May 1 — but the reality will be much slower  —  President Trump has all but decided to begin declaring the country ready to get back to business on May 1, two current and two former senior administration officials said, but a scramble is underway inside …

GOP congressman: Dying from virus is ‘lesser of two evils’ if we can save economy  —  Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN) said lawmakers like him need to ‘put on our big boy and big girl pants’ and end safety measures even as the virus continues to spread.  —  Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN) …

Trump Wanted a Radio Show, but Deferred to Rush Limbaugh  —  The president did not want to compete with Mr. Limbaugh, whose influence with his conservative base is powerful, according to White House officials.  —  On a Saturday in early March, Donald J. Trump, clad in a baseball cap …

Stacey Abrams On Voting Rights, COVID-19, And Being Vice President  —  “I would be an excellent running mate.”  —  Experienced politicians know there is a right way to answer questions about pursuing higher office.  Be demure.  Redirect.  Convey vague interest while insisting never to have given it serious consideration.

N.Y.C. Death Toll Soars Past 10,000 in Revised Virus Count  —  The city has added more than 3,700 additional people who were presumed to have died of the coronavirus but had never tested positive.  —  New York City, already a world epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak …

Coronavirus testing hits dramatic slowdown in U.S.  —  The number of coronavirus tests analyzed each day by commercial labs in the U.S. plummeted by more than 30 percent over the past week, even though new infections are still surging in many states and officials are desperately trying to ramp up testing so the country can reopen.

MLB players, team employees participating in coronavirus study  —  Employees of Major League Baseball teams are participating in a massive study that will test up to 10,000 people for coronavirus antibodies and should offer researchers a better sense of how widespread the disease …

Barr Pressed Australia for Help on Mueller Review as DOJ Worked to Free Its Hostages  —  DOUBLE TRACK  —  While his deputies finalized a plan with Australian officials to free two bloggers from a Tehran prison, Bill Barr had another request: help on his look back at the Russia probe.

Fox News Anchor: ‘Conservatives’ Heads Would've Exploded' if Obama Claimed ‘Total’ Authority  —  While Baier pointed out the rank hypocrisy, his Fox News colleague Brit Hume waved off Trump's comments as just another of the president's exaggerations.  —  Fox News anchor Bret Baier …

After the end of the world: the eerie silence of the Las Vegas Strip  —  The Las Vegas Strip looks like the morning after the end of the world.  —  On a recent day in late March, the strip was full of advertisements for things that read like transmissions from another planet where the air is easier to breathe.

Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period  —  1Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.  —  2Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Rita Wilson Shares How She and Tom Hanks Contracted Coronavirus, “Extreme” Chloroquine Side Effects  —  The actress and singer offered an update on her and her husband's condition more than a month after they both tested positive, and explained the origins of her “Hip Hop Hooray” …

Senator Richard Burr Sold D.C. Townhouse to Donor at a Rich Price  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Richard Burr …

Denial didn't get America past the Depression and it won't work for Trump on coronavirus  —  It's terribly risky in a pandemic to have a president who is anti-fact, anti-science and without empathy.  Bad leaders who ignore crises make them much worse.  —  In March, the president, said the worst would be over in 60 days.

A Time for Statesmanship  —  The president has got to make a decision.  —  “I'm going to have to make a decision, and I only hope to God that it's the right decision.”  -Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, Good Friday, 2020 President Trump was right to declare war …

Wisconsin's Election Was Not a Triumph for Democracy.  It Was a Tragedy.  —  No healthy democracy would force its citizens to jeopardize their lives to vote.  —  The story of Wisconsin's April 7 election is, in some ways, an inspirational one.  Republicans insisted on holding the contest …

Fixing College Corruption  —  America's colleges are rife with corruption.  The financial squeeze resulting from COVID-19 offers opportunities for a bit of remediation.  Let's first examine what might be the root of academic corruption, suggested by the title of a recent study …

McDonald's apologises after China store bans black people  —  US chain McDonald's has apologised after a sign telling black people they were banned from entering a branch in southern China prompted outrage online, following reports of discriminatory treatment towards Africans in the city.

Grassroots backlash grows against Whitmer's excessive stay-home order  —  Perhaps “the woman in Michigan” has let all the attention get to her head.  —  The fawning interviews and puff pieces from cable news networks and progressive media outlets happy to carry the Democratic Party's water …