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.

McConnell slams brakes on next round of coronavirus aid  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is drawing a line: There will be no more attempts at long-distance legislating on the coronavirus.  —  In a telephone interview Tuesday after passage of a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill …

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.

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 Gretchen Whitmer's administration announced that the contract was being rescinded.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

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 …

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.

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

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.

Georgia leads the race to become America's No. 1 Death Destination  —  Whether you're going to heaven or hell, the old joke goes, you'll have to change planes in Atlanta.  —  But Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is proposing to offer a new nonstop service to the Great Beyond: He has a bold plan to turn his state into the place to die.

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.

The Death of the Department Store: ‘Very Few Are Likely to Survive’  —  Shuttered flagships.  Empty malls.  Canceled orders.  Risks of bankruptcy.  The coronavirus has hit the behemoths of the retail world.  —  American department stores, once all-powerful shopping meccas that anchored malls …

Nearly 25,000 email addresses and passwords allegedly from NIH, WHO, Gates Foundation and others are dumped online  —  Who posted them is unknown, but they immediately became fodder for right-wing activists attacking the organizations  —  Unknown activists have posted nearly 25,000 email addresses …

Southern governors create a Covid-19 coalition and experts fear a ‘perfect storm’  —  TALLAHASSEE — Republican governors across the Southeast are teaming up to reopen the region's economy, even as they lack the testing to know how rapidly the coronavirus is spreading.

Spectrum Employees Are Getting Sick Amid Debate Over Working From Home  —  More than 230 workers at Charter Communications, the cable and internet giant known as Spectrum, have tested positive for Covid-19, as employees question how many of them must work in the office.

How reports of Kim Jong Un's health spread and what they tell us about what comes next for North Korea  —  While one of the world's youngest heads of state, Kim Jong Un is in poor health.  —  North Korea's young leader was absent from celebrations marking the country's most important holiday.

Donna Shalala failed to disclose stock sales in 2019 in violation of federal law  —  Miami Democratic Rep. Donna Shalala, the lone House Democrat on the committee set up to oversee $500 billion in taxpayer money being used for coronavirus-related payouts to large businesses …

Senate Republicans Contradict Trump on Russian Interference  —  But the biggest mysteries of the 2016 election remain unsolved.  —  In what amounts to a sharp rebuke to President Donald Trump's views on the subject, the Republican-chaired Senate Intelligence Committee released a 158-page report on Tuesday …

Despite scattered protests, most Americans support shelter-in-place: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bipartisan majority of Americans said they want to continue to shelter in place to protect themselves from the coronavirus, despite the impact to the economy …

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 …

Coronavirus pandemic brings Ben's Chili Bowl, iconic DC business, to its knees  —  The family owners wait for its government loan, but so far, nothing.  —  LIVE NOW  —  Sage Ali's family has been through a lot, seen a lot.  His parents, Ben and Virginia, lived through segregation and the strictures of Jim Crow.

Trump's immigration pause falls well short of full ban  —  On Monday night, President Donald Trump vowed he would suspend immigration into the United States during the coronavirus outbreak.  —  On Tuesday, he unveiled his plan.  It was far short of a full ban.

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.

This comes after a Louisville church filed a lawsuit against the state's stay-at-home orders.  —  Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) announced in a press conference Sunday that 273 new cases of COVID-19 had emerged, the highest Beshear has announced so far.  This brings the current state case count to 2,960 …

Why Is Harvard Getting $9 Million In Stimulus Money When It Has A $40 Billion Endowment?  —  Harvard is under attack for the $9 million in stimulus money it's getting from the federal government.  “America's Richest University Grabs Nearly $9 Million In Taxpayer Aid,” blasted a Huffington Post headline yesterday.

Internal Biden campaign rift opens over how to compete with Trump online  —  Joe Biden's campaign leadership is clashing over the future of its digital operation — a rift that comes as campaigning has moved largely online and as Biden faces a yawning deficit against President Donald Trump's massive digital operation.

Michael Moore's ‘Planet of the Humans’ asks: what if green energy cannot save the planet?  —  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As environmentalists celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day this week, a new documentary poses a sobering question.  —  What if wind farms, solar panels …

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.