Coronavirus Live Updates: Doctor Says He Was Removed From Federal Post After Questioning Controversial Treatment  —  The first known U.S. death from the illness came in early February in California.  An order by Trump will impose a 60-day halt in issuing green cards.  Some stability returned to the energy market.

Axios qualifies for PPP loan  —  Axios is among the small businesses that qualified for a PPP loan to protect existing jobs and help weather the coronavirus crisis.  —  Why it matters: We are in the somewhat unique position of being both a media company, which covers government and business …

Health Chief's Early Missteps Set Back Coronavirus Response  —  HHS Secretary Alex Azar waited for weeks to brief the president and oversold his agency's progress  —  WASHINGTON—On Jan. 29, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told President Trump the coronavirus epidemic was under control.

A mysterious blood-clotting complication is killing coronavirus patients  —  Once thought a relatively straightforward respiratory virus, covid-19 is proving to be much more frightening  —  Craig Coopersmith was up early that morning as usual and typed his daily inquiry into his phone.

A disturbing new study suggests Sean Hannity's show helped spread the coronavirus  —  Sophisticated new research links Hannity's coronavirus misinformation to “a greater number of Covid-19 cases and deaths.”  —  Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, media critics have warned that the decision …

Georgia Democratic lawmaker announces resignation week after endorsing Trump  —  A little more than a week after he announced that he was endorsing President Donald Trump, Democratic state Rep. Vernon Jones announced Wednesday morning that he would not complete his term.

Trump prepares to hit the road  —  President Donald Trump is eager to hit the road.  —  As his own health officials continue to warn against nonessential travel, Trump has privately urged aides over the past week to start adding official events back to his schedule, including photo ops …

CNN Boss Tells Staff They Will Not Return to Offices Until at Least September  —  STAY AT HOME  —  CNN won't send staffers back into its offices until at least September.  In an internal email obtained by The Daily Beast, network chief Jeff Zucker told staff that the vast majority of company staff will …

Las Vegas mayor: Reopen casinos, let the ones with the most infections then close  —  Standing in front of an empty storefront along Main Street, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman was beaming with optimism, believing that businesses would make it through the coronavirus pandemic.

The anti-quarantine protests seem spontaneous.  But behind the scenes, a powerful network is helping.  —  The ads on Facebook sounded populist and passionate: “The people are rising up against these insane shutdowns,” they said.  “We're fighting back to demand that our elected officials reopen America.”

Birx says Georgia residents ‘can be very creative’ about getting tattoos and haircuts while social distancing  —  Dr. Deborah Birx, one of the leading medical experts on President Trump's coronavirus task force, tried to reconcile the controversial order by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp reopening …

AP-NORC poll: Few Americans support easing virus protections  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite pockets of attention-grabbing protests, a new survey finds Americans remain overwhelmingly in favor of stay-at-home orders and other efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

States rushing to reopen are likely making a deadly error, coronavirus models and experts warn  —  By the end of the week, residents in Georgia will be able to get their hair permed and nails done.  By Monday, they will be cleared for action flicks at the cineplex and burgers at their favorite greasy spoon.

Congresswoman Donna Shalala Admits Mistake In Stock Sales & Apologizes  —  MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Miami Congresswoman Donna Shalala admits she made a mistake by failing to report at least a half dozen stock sales she made after being elected to the House in 2018.

McConnell Says He Favors Allowing States to Declare Bankruptcy  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday he favors allowing states struggling with high public employee pension costs amid the burdens of the pandemic response to declare bankruptcy rather than giving them a federal bailout.

Op-Ed: John Cho: Coronavirus reminds Asian Americans like me that our belonging is conditional  —  I called my parents a few nights ago to tell them to be cautious when stepping out of the house, because they might be targets of verbal or even physical abuse.  It felt so strange.  Our roles had flipped.

Opening up the economy won't save the economy  —  A customer waits for a takeout order at Kelly's Irish Times in Washington, DC, on March 24.  Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images  —  Trump and Republican governors can't make people eat at restaurants.

Washington has its cleanest spring air in 25 years: How air quality has improved during the coronavirus crisis  —  Washingtonians are breathing the cleanest spring air they have in decades, a likely side effect of orders to stay at home during the ongoing coronavirus crisis, along with favorable weather, air quality experts say.

Pentagon plans to dispatch Blue Angels and Thunderbirds in coronavirus response  —  The Pentagon is planning a multi-city tour of the U.S. military's top flight demonstration teams to “champion national unity” amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to defense officials and a memo obtained by The Washington Post.

Trump's Coronavirus Response May Be Turning Off Older Voters  —  Two of the political data points that currently spell bad news for Donald Trump are steadily worsening public assessments of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and Joe Biden's strong position among voters over 65 …

Top economist: US coronavirus response is like ‘third world’ country  —  Joseph Stiglitz attacks Donald Trump, saying US on course for second Great Depression  —  Donald Trump's botched handling of the Covid-19 crisis has left the US looking like a “third world” country and on course …

How Not to Celebrate Earth Day  —  Don't cheer the pandemic for giving the earth a ‘rest.’  —  For most Americans, it's just another day of anxiety-producing quarantine as the unemployment rates continue to skyrocket, and they wonder whether the coronavirus-induced recession is going to turn into a depression.

Coronavirus updates: World sees growing toll amid warnings of second wave  —  As the number of deaths blamed on the coronavirus now tops 45,000 in the United States and 180,000 worldwide, California officials say COVID-19 started claiming lives on American soil more than three weeks earlier than previously thought.

CHP bans protests at California Capitol after rally against Newsom's stay-at-home order  —  Following Monday's protest at the state Capitol where demonstrators defied Gov. Gavin Newsom's orders banning large gatherings, the California Highway Patrol says it will no longer issue permits …

As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleaner  —  An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth.  —  As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily.  Smog stopped choking New Delhi, one of the most polluted cities …

I live in Britain.  Thank goodness there's no Fox News here.  —  The United Kingdom and the United States are both hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic.  Both countries are run by populist blowhards whose larger-than-life hair and egos are inversely proportional to their regard for expertise.

Is Biden Gaining Older Voters, and Losing Young Ones?  —  Even modest differences could prove crucial in an election that begins with numbers and coalitions very similar to those in 2016.  —  After impeachment, a coronavirus pandemic and four years of tweets, the early national polls show …

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls For National Work Boycott Post-Coronavirus  —  Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for a national work boycott, saying when businesses re-open people should refuse to go back to work.  —  In the first episode of Seat at the Table …

Donald Trump and Cindy Adams reminisce about Miss Universe on birthday call  —  This is not to complain or moan.  This is just to tell a story.  Friday is my birthday.  This special age usually gets you a statue in Central Park.  I refused one because I hate pigeons leaving their opinions on me.

Chinese Agents Helped Spread Messages That Sowed Virus Panic in U.S., Officials Say  —  American officials were alarmed by fake text messages and social media posts that said President Trump was locking down the country.  Experts see a convergence with Russian tactics.

Five threats to US food supply chains  —  The coronavirus pandemic has upended food supply chains, led to closures of meat producing plants and left Americans with the unsettling experience of seeing empty shelves at supermarkets.  —  Coupled with the run on toilet paper that led to severe shortages …

Social Security and Medicare funds at risk even before virus  —  In this image provided by U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service, the website for HealthCare.gov is seen.  The Trump administration's opposition to “Obamacare” could become an obstacle to helping millions of uninsured people …

Jeffrey Sachs on the Catastrophic American Response to the Coronavirus  —  In the early nineties, the economist Jeffrey Sachs was known as a “shock therapist,” for advising the Soviet Union on its controversial transition to a free-market economy.  Since then, Sachs has shifted his focus …

Tyson Foods idles its largest pork plant after Iowa outbreak  —  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Tyson Foods suspended operations Wednesday at an Iowa plant that is critical to the nation's pork supply but was blamed for fueling a coronavirus outbreak in the community.

Trump (the Company) Asks Trump (the Administration) for Hotel 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.

Many small businesses say loans won't get them to rehire  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Some small businesses that obtained a highly-coveted government loan say they won't be able to use it to bring all their laid-off workers back, even though that is what the program was designed to do.