US monitoring intelligence that North Korean leader is in grave danger after surgery  —  (CNN)The US is monitoring intelligence that North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, is in grave danger after a surgery, according to a US official with direct knowledge.  —  Kim recently missed the celebration …

'I'd Take Her In A Heartbeat': Joe Biden Says He Would Pick Michelle Obama To Be His Vice President  —  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Joe Biden says he would take Michelle Obama to be his running mate for the 2020 presidential election.  —  The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee told KDKA's Jon Delano …

‘Another nail in an almost closed coffin’: Trump faces his next coronavirus test  —  President Donald Trump's political fate now hinges on a simple premise: Everybody who needs a coronavirus test must be able to get a test.  —  More than five weeks into a devastating shutdown of the U.S. economy …

Trump says he'll ‘suspend immigration’ into the U.S.  —  President Donald Trump on Monday night said that he was suspending immigration into the U.S. because of the coronavirus pandemic.  —  “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs …

Yahoo News/YouGov coronavirus poll: Most Americans reject anti-lockdown protests  —  An overwhelming majority of Americans, Republicans included, are rejecting right-wing protests — encouraged by President Trump — to immediately “reopen” the country in the midst of the world's largest and deadliest

Smithfield Foods Is Blaming “Living Circumstances In Certain Cultures” For One Of America's Largest COVID-19 Clusters  —  The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus.  To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today.

U.S. Oil Costs Less Than Zero After a Sharp Monday Selloff  —  Many traders are betting that the coronavirus pandemic will run its course and demand for oil will jump later this year  —  U.S. oil futures plunged below zero for the first time Monday, a chaotic demonstration of the dwindling capacity …

28,000 Missing Deaths: Tracking the True Toll of the Coronavirus Crisis  —  At least 28,000 more people have died during the coronavirus pandemic over the last month than the official Covid-19 death counts report, a review of mortality data in 11 countries shows — providing a clearer …

Kentucky sees highest spike in coronavirus cases after lockdown protests  —  Kentucky experienced its highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases after protests broke out in the state to lift lockdowns, according to reports.  —  Gov. Andy Beshear announced there were 273 new cases Sunday …

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan credits his wife, Yumi, with helping secure coronavirus tests from South Korea  —  Maryland owes a debt of gratitude to the people of South Korea, Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Monday after securing 500,000 coronavirus tests from the country over the weekend.

Matt Drudge draws Trump's ire, setting off a potentially substantial split between the conservative media power player and the president  —  President Trump's on-again, off-again relationship with one of the most powerful figures in conservative media appears to be off again.

Iowa Sends National Guard Troops to Defend Meat Plants From Virus  —  (Bloomberg) — Hundreds of National Guard personnel are being activated in Iowa as coronavirus sweeps through meat-processing plants in a state that accounts for about a third of U.S. pork supply.

Anger mounts after corporations tap small-business relief funds  —  Congress is under increasing pressure to ensure an extension of the popular Payment Protection Program (PPP) gets desperately needed funds to the small businesses it's intended to help, not to big corporations.

Conservative activist family behind ‘grassroots’ anti-quarantine Facebook events  —  A family-run network of pro-gun groups is behind five of the largest Facebook groups dedicated to protesting shelter-in-place restrictions.  —  Protests against state stay-at-home orders have attracted …

Facebook Fails the Coronavirus Test  —  Instead of stifling protests against lockdowns, Facebook should treat political content dispassionately and allow users to curate their own experiences.  —  A scattering of protests aimed at state lockdowns erupted across the country last week …

Idaho state lawmaker faces criticism after comparing stay-at-home order to Nazi Germany  —  A Republican state representative from Idaho is facing criticism after she blasted Gov. Brad Little's (R) stay-at-home order in a recent interview and compared the mandates categorizing certain workers as nonessential to those of Nazi Germany.

Alex Rodriguez, Jennifer Lopez Retain JPMorgan to Raise Money for Mets Bid (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Retired baseball star Alex Rodriguez and his fiancé, recording artist and actor Jennifer Lopez, have retained JPMorgan Chase to raise capital for a possible bid on the New York Mets, people familiar with the matter said.

Officials knew coronavirus could spread at the Houston Rodeo and proceeded with the event anyway  —  The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the city's largest annual event, attracting 2.5 million people and generating nearly $400 million.  But officials pushed forward with this year's 20 …

Two-thirds of voters back vote-by-mail in November 2020  —  In a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 58 percent want election rules changed permanently.  —  WASHINGTON — A majority of voters — 58 percent — favor nationwide reform of election rules that would allow all eligible voters …

Female world leaders hailed as voices of reason amid the coronavirus chaos  —  Silveria Jacobs is not messing around.  —  When coronavirus cases started increasing in the Caribbean nation of Sint Maarten, the 51-year-old prime minister delivered blunt instructions.  —  “Simply.  Stop.

Powerless to help, Donald Trump worries about incompetent pandemic leadership  —  Why was nobody doing anything?  That was the question President Trump kept asking himself, over and over, as he gazed at the United States' response to the covid-19 pandemic.  —  “The states have to step up their TESTING!” he tweeted.

Man Who Called Ohio's Lockdown Order ‘Bullshit’ Has Succumbed To COVID-19  —  John McDaniel railed against Ohio's Gov. Mike DeWine's lockdown order on social media.  Weeks later he contracted the virus.  A few days ago he died.  —  In March, John McDaniel called Ohio's shutdown order of non-essential businesses “madness.”

USC-LA County Study: Early Results of Antibody Testing Suggest Number of COVID-19 Infections Far Exceeds Number of Confirmed Cases in Los Angeles County  —  USC and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released preliminary results from a collaborative scientific study …

China: U.S. a ‘Primitive Society,’ ‘American Democracy Is Dying’  —  China's state-run Global Times propaganda newspaper began the week on Monday with columns proclaiming the end of American democracy and declaring that Washington was “no match for China” in fighting diseases.

New York Won't Return to Normal Anytime Soon  —  New York City Council member Mark D. Levine wants to prepare the public for a new normal … can say with the certainty of hindsight that, yes, we should have shut New York City down quicker.  I think all of us were slow in reacting to this threat in one way or another.

The culture of corona  —  On smoke, mirrors & glimpses of truth.  —  Every thing was believed to be poisoned . . . the waters of the wells, the standing corn in the fields, and the fruit upon the trees.  It was believed that all objects of touch were poisoned; the walls of the houses …