More deaths, no benefit from malaria drug in VA virus study  —  A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals.  There were more deaths among those given hydroxychloroquine versus standard care, researchers reported.

Trump (the Company) Asks Trump (the Administration) for Rent Relief  —  The president's family business pays at least $3 million a year to the federal government for the lease on its D.C. hotel, which is all but empty because of the virus.  The next monthly payment is coming due.

Barr Threatens Legal Action Against Governors Over Lockdowns  — Businesses need ‘more freedom,’ the attorney general says  — Trump has undercut his guidance on how states should reopen  —  The Justice Department will consider taking legal action against governors who continue …

Senate Intel report confirms Russia aimed to help Trump in 2016  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday reaffirmed its support for the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election with the goal of putting Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus this winter will likely be worse  —  Even as states move ahead with plans to reopen their economies, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday that a second wave of the novel coronavirus will be far more deadly …

Director of U.S. agency key to vaccine development leaves role suddenly amid coronavirus pandemic  —  WASHINGTON — Rick Bright, one of the nation's leading vaccine development experts and the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, is no longer leading the organization, officials told STAT.

At least 7 new coronavirus cases appear to be related to Wisconsin's election, Milwaukee health commissioner says … (Photo: MIKE DE SISTI / MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL)  —  Officials have identified seven people who appear to have contracted COVID-19 through activities related to the April 7 election …

‘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's crisis mismanagement alienating seniors  —  Older voters have been a pivotal part of the president's base.  But they're beginning to turn on him over the coronavirus.  —  A fundamental rule of politics is the party that's divided is the one that's losing.

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 …

Trump's Coronavirus Task Force Increasingly Ignores Trump  —  The president encouraged protests against his own administration's public health policies.  And his team greeted it with a collective shoulder shrug.  —  As the country enters its second month of a social lockdown and shuttered economy …

Senate passes $484 billion deal to bolster small businesses and hospitals  —  UPDATE:  —  The Senate has approved a nearly half a trillion dollar coronavirus aid bill, sending the legislation to the House for passage later this week.  —  The bill includes $380 billion for small businesses …

Bitter Taste For Coffee Shop Owner, As New $600 Jobless Benefit Closed Her Business  —  Audio will be available later today.  —  $600 per week.  —  That's what the federal government is now offering to people who've lost their jobs because of the coronavirus.

GOP Texas Lieutenant Governor Says We Need to Take Risk to Get Back to Work: ‘There Are More Important Things Than Living’  —  The lieutenant governor of Texas, who was criticized last month for saying it was worth risking lives to return to work if that meant saving the economy, has doubled down on his comments.

House Republicans declare war on recess  —  PANDEMIC PROTEST — Republicans have been calling to reopen the economy — and now, they're demanding to reopen Congress.  A group of House Republicans traveled back to D.C. early and are planning to seek recognition on the floor during today's pro forma session.

De Blasio's social distancing tip line flooded with penis photos, Hitler memes  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio's critics let him know how they really felt about his ordering New Yorkers to snitch on each other for violating social-distancing rules — by flooding his new tip line with crank complaints including …

Michigan Governor Whitmer Awards Coronavirus Contract to Dem Consulting Firm  —  Michigan Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer has handed over control of the state's new contact-tracing operation to one of her own campaign vendors and one of the left's biggest technology firms.

Some Democrats are bothered nominee is an older white man - and they solidly back Biden in November  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has the backing of the overwhelming majority of Democrats and Democratic-leaning registered voters …

The coming GOP plot to sabotage a Biden presidency  —  We are in the midst of the most significant national crisis most of us will ever see.  By the time it's over, Americans' feelings about government will be transformed, as they come to understand that the question isn't whether government should be …

Coogan's Is Closing.  This Is the New York That We're Losing.  —  It was an Irish pub in Upper Manhattan that pulsed with the heartbeat of the world.  It shut its doors because of the virus lockdown, and now they won't reopen.  —  One month ago, to meet the last payroll before the pandemic shut …

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 …

These U.S. citizens won't get coronavirus stimulus checks — because their spouses are immigrants  —  She works as a film producer and her small business has ground to a halt, forcing her and her husband to eat red beans and rice most nights, scramble to find small business loans and apply for medical assistance for their two children.

Hospital analysis: Nearly half of COVID-19 patients are obese  —  Americans' addiction to greasy junk food and heaping meal portions, disparities in access to healthy food and sitting for hours on end have made us especially vulnerable to COVID-19.  —  The United States has more obese people …

Federal documents: more than 300,000 likely to die if restrictions are lifted  —  Federal health officials estimated in early April that more than 300,000 Americans could die from COVID-19 if all social distancing measures are abandoned, and later estimates pushed the possible death toll even higher …

GOP lawmakers ask Supreme Court to block Tony Evers' order to stay home  —  MADISON - Republican leaders of the state Legislature took Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to court Tuesday to stop his administration from keeping businesses and schools closed through May in an effort to slow the spread of a deadly virus.

The deep-seated fear driving Trump's invented and exaggerated popularity rankings  —  It's just so obvious.  —  In a pair of tweets Tuesday morning, offered alongside complaints about a TV show being mean to him and the “fake news” more generally, President Trump tried to assure the world …

The Quiet Hand of Conservative Groups in the Anti-Lockdown Protests  —  Groups in a loose coalition have tapped their networks to drive up turnout at recent rallies in state capitals and financed lawsuits, polling and research to combat the stay-at-home orders.

Volunteers in Coronavirus Response Ruffle Some at FEMA  —  Some private-sector employees helped source supplies, but communications prompted concerns  —  WASHINGTON—White House senior adviser Jared Kushner in March launched an effort under the government's emergency powers …

Meet the Man Judging the Hell Out of TV Pundits' and Politicians' Homes  —  Room Rater is the latest and maybe best piece of flamethrowing from an anti-Trump Twitter provocateur  —  A former travel photographer and White House staffer under Bill Clinton, Claude Taylor is now best known as one of Twitter's foremost Trump antagonists.