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.

CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus is likely to be even more devastating  —  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 dire …

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.

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.

NIH Panel Recommends Against Drug Combination Promoted By Trump For COVID-19  —  • The group of experts, assembled under the agency run by Dr. Anthony Fauci, warns that using a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin could result in potential toxicities.  —  SHOTS - HEALTH NEWS

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 passes $484 billion coronavirus deal after weeks of deadlock  —  After two weeks of stalemate and days of frenetic negotiations, the Senate approved a nearly $500 billion coronavirus aid bill on Tuesday afternoon with the House set for passage later this week.

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.

Milwaukee Common Council votes to mail absentee ballot applications to city's registered voters  —  The Milwaukee Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday to create a program under which all of the city's approximately 300,000 registered voters would receive an application for an absentee ballot in the mail.

Trump to halt most green cards, with notable exceptions  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday will unveil an order to temporarily block most people from receiving permanent work visas in the United States, according to a person familiar with the plan.  —  But the order, issued as a pause lasting …

In front of White House, nurses read names of colleagues killed by coronavirus  —  Registered nurses gathered Tuesday in front of the White House to read the names of health-care workers who have died fighting the coronavirus pandemic.  —  Wearing masks and standing six feet apart …

Secret Recording Reveals NRA's Legal Troubles Have Cost The Organization $100 Million  —  Audio will be available later today.  —  The National Rifle Association's legal troubles have cost the powerful gun rights group $100 million, according to a recording of the group's board meeting obtained by NPR.

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 …

Mike Bloomberg invested over $20 million in Hawkfish weeks after he dropped out of the 2020 primary  — The eight-figure spend by Mike Bloomberg in March shows that Hawkfish has a ton of financial reserves that could be of help to any campaign that signs up for its services.

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.

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 …

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 …

Georgia faces pressure to reconsider its reopening  —  Georgia is coming under pressure to reconsider its plans to begin allowing some businesses to open at the end of the week, even as the state has seen an uptick in coronavirus cases.  —  GOP senators, former Trump administration officials …

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 on reports of Kim Jong-un in critical condition: “I wish him well”  —  President Trump responded to unconfirmed reports that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is in “grave” condition following surgery, telling reporters at a press briefing Tuesday: “I just hope he's doing fine.

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.

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.

Michigan Governor Whitmer Awards Coronavirus Contract to Dem Consulting Firm  —  UPDATE 6:45 p.m.: After publication of this article, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration announced that the contract was being rescinded.  Read more here.  —  _  —  Recent Stories in Coronavirus

Justin Trudeau Is Calling For A Ban On All “Assault-Style Weapons” Following The Rampage In Canada  —  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pledging to continue to push for stricter gun laws in the wake of the mass shooting in Nova Scotia that killed at least 23 people, the deadliest mass shooting in the country's modern history.

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.

The anti-lockdown movement: a very American protest amid coronavirus pandemic  —  In a country that treasures individual freedom, and where suspicion of the government is in its DNA, a nationwide lockdown in America was always going to be a tough sell.  —  There's a reason that a state …

Can Colleges Survive Coronavirus?  ‘The Math Is Not Pretty’  —  Toggle more options  —  Most campuses in the United States are sitting empty.  Courses are online, students are at home.  And administrators are trying to figure out how to make the finances of that work.

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 …