Lysol maker: Please don't drink our cleaning products  —  New York (CNN Business)The company that makes Lysol is urging customers not to consume its cleaning products after President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of injecting disinfectants to protect people from coronavirus.

Trump owes tens of millions to the Bank of China — and the loan is due soon  —  Donald Trump is warning “China will own the United States” if Joe Biden is elected president.  —  But Trump himself is tens of millions of dollars in debt to China: In 2012, his real estate partner refinanced …

Trump and the Coronavirus: A Sour President, Home Alone at the White House  —  As his administration grapples with reopening the economy, President Trump is worried about his re-election and how the news media is portraying him.  —  Trump Asks if Sunlight Can Kill Viruses.  ‘Not as a Treatment,’ Birx Says.

Trump approved of Georgia's reopen plan before bashing it  —  President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly told Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp that they approved of his aggressive plan to allow businesses to reopen, just a day before Trump pulled an about-face and publicly bashed the plan …

Black Leaders Want a Black Woman as Biden's Running Mate.  But Who?  —  Among black leaders close to Joe Biden, a commitment to selecting a woman is not enough.  They have publicly and privately pushed him to select a black woman to fuel black voter enthusiasm.

New HHS spokesman made racist comments about Chinese people in now-deleted tweets  —  WARNING: This story contains graphic language.  —  (CNN)The new spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services in a series of now-deleted tweets made racist and derogatory comments about Chinese people …

Whitmer extends stay-home order through May 15, eases rules  —  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday lengthened her stay-at-home order through May 15, while lifting restrictions so some businesses can reopen and the public can participate in outdoor activities like golf …

“Really Want to Flood NY and NJ”: Internal Documents Reveal Team Trump's Chloroquine Master Plan  —  Forget testing, ventilators, and PPE.  Donald Trump's big plan to beat COVID-19 involved distributing millions of doses of an unproven drug.  Behind the scenes, senior administration officials pushed hard …

No, Trump did not put a Labradoodle breeder in charge of COVID-19 response  —  Yes, the family of the HHS chief of staff sold fancy puppies, but that's not how he got the job, and in any case he wasn't in charge of the coronavirus task force, no matter what you've read online.

Fifty Thousand Americans Dead from the Coronavirus, and a President Who Refuses to Mourn Them  —  In just the past few days, President Trump has blamed immigrants, China, the “fake news” and, of course, “the invisible enemy” of the coronavirus for America's present troubles.

Small business loans to restart Monday, Rubio says  —  President Trump is expected to sign $320 billion in new funding into law on Friday.  —  Sen. Marco Rubio.  Mark Wilson/Getty Images  —  The Paycheck Protection Program small business rescue will likely restart April 27, Sen. Marco Rubio …

Moving Out and Not Coming Back  —  On the menu today: The possibility of another wave of Americans moving out of the big cities, the likelihood of some future pandemic further down the road, and how the Red America-Blue America divide is likely to be altered when we emerge from this crisis.

Giuliani Calls COVID-19 Contact Tracing ‘Ridiculous’: ‘We Should Trace Everybody for Cancer’ (Video)  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani appeared on “The Ingraham Angle” on Fox News Thursday night to talk about how New York governor Andrew Cuomo has handled the state's coronavirus response.

My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years.  Does the World Need It Anymore?  —  Forced to shutter Prune, I've been revisiting my original dreams for it — and wondering if there will still be a place for it in the New York of the future.  —  On the night before I laid off all 30 of my employees …

EXCLUSIVE: Dossier Author Testified His Emails Were ‘Wiped,’ He No Longer Has Documents Related To Primary Source  — Christopher Steele told a British court last month that he no longer has key documents related to his infamous dossier.  — The ex-spy said in a deposition that his email accounts …

Top Dem Operative David Brock Accused of Illegally Profiting From His Political Empire by Conservative Group  —  The complaint with the IRS, which comes from Patriots Foundation, details legally murky interactions between various entities in the Brock network.

Man Who Died Ingesting Fish Tank Cleaner Remembered as Intelligent, Levelheaded Engineer  —  In death, he has become famous as a cautionary tale about the risks of mindlessly following the armchair medical advice President Donald Trump has dispensed from the White House podium.

America is failing to handle its worst crisis in 80 years  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — The coronavirus pandemic has infected 878,000 Americans …

Amid Signs Coronavirus Came Earlier, Americans Ask: Did I Already Have It?  —  New revelations have left people wondering about ailments early this year.  Doctors are thinking back to unexplained cases.  Medical examiners are looking for possible misdiagnosed deaths.

Ecuador's Death Toll During Outbreak Is Among the Worst in the World  —  Ecuador took early aggressive measures to stop the coronavirus, but ended up becoming an epicenter of the pandemic in Latin America.  How?  We revisit the first confirmed case and what led to the disease's spread.

Facing the Coronavirus, Republicans Aren't So Pro-Life After All  —  People are disposable.  So is income.  For the ‘pro-life’ party, one is more important.  —  I look at the numbers every day, sometimes every hour, sometimes before dawn.  China is not to be trusted.  Nor is Russia.

McConnell to Every State: Drop Dead  —  Blocking federal aid is vile, but it's also hypocritical.  —  Covid-19 has killed tens of thousands of Americans, and will clearly kill many more.  The lockdown needed to contain the coronavirus is causing an economic slump several times as deep as the Great Recession.

EU's Barnier slams UK for lack of progress in Brexit talks  —  The U.K. cannot refuse to extend the Brexit transition period and at the same time slow down discussion on “important areas,” EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said at a press conference Friday after the second round of negotiations on a future EU-U.K. trade deal concluded.

Violent Threats, Hate Mail Hit Raleigh Church For Holding Services With Under 10 People  —  'It's great that dog grooming, gin, guns, and garden supplies are essential,' says Pastor Kevin Martin, chuckling at the irony, ‘but the body and blood of Christ are not.’

Save your bacon: A real meat shortage looms with virus shutdowns  —  Americans could start to see shortages of pork, chicken and beef on grocery shelves as soon as May as major packing plants swept by the coronavirus remain shuttered and the nation's massive stockpiles of frozen meat begin to dwindle.