White House weighing plan to replace Azar  —  White House officials are weighing a plan to replace Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, according to four people familiar with the discussions.  —  Among the names on the short list to replace Azar are White House coronavirus coordinator …

Kim Jong Un's train spotted at coastal resort, intel reports scotch death rumors  —  TOKYO — Evidence that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is still alive and in the coastal resort of Wonsan is mounting, as satellite images showed his train apparently traveled there in the past few days …

13 hours of Trump: The president fills briefings with attacks and boasts, but little empathy  —  President Trump strode to the lectern in the White House briefing room Thursday and, for just over an hour, attacked his rivals, dismissing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as a …

Perfect storm: Lombardy's virus disaster is lesson for world  —  ROME (AP) — As Italy prepares to emerge from the West's first and most extensive coronavirus lockdown, it is increasingly clear that something went terribly wrong in Lombardy, the hardest-hit region in Europe's hardest-hit country.

USDA let millions of pounds of food rot while food-bank demand soared  —  Tens of millions of pounds of American-grown produce is rotting in fields as food banks across the country scramble to meet a massive surge in demand, a two-pronged disaster that has deprived farmers of billions of dollars …

Seattle's Leaders Let Scientists Take the Lead.  New York's Did Not  —  The initial coronavirus outbreaks on the East and West Coasts emerged at roughly the same time.  But the danger was communicated very differently.  —  The first diagnosis of the coronavirus in the United States occurred …

Exclusive: Coronavirus caused heart to rupture in nation's first known victim, autopsy shows  —  The Santa Clara woman whose death from COVID-19 is the earliest so far known in the United States suffered a massive heart attack caused by coronavirus infection, signs of which were found throughout her body …

A Labradoodle breeder, an internet thug and a college senior walk into the White House  —  Michael D'Antonio is the author of the book “Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success” and co-author with Peter Eisner of “The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence.”

'We're basically ill-prepared': Hobbled House majority frets about its effectiveness amid pandemic  —  House Democrats have blasted President Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic as inept and dangerous.  Party leaders insisted on the creation of a special committee to root out abuse …

Experts worry ‘quarantine fatigue’ is starting  —  Researchers tracking smartphone data say they recently made a disturbing discovery: For the first time since states began implementing stay-at-home orders in mid-March to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, Americans are staying home less.

Trump, Putin issue joint commemorative statement triggering concerns from government officials  —  President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a joint statement on Saturday commemorating the 75th anniversary of a World War II meeting of U.S. and Soviet troops at the Elbe river in 1945.

CNN ‘Larry King’ episode featuring Biden accuser's mother disappears from Google Play catalog  —  The 1993 episode of CNN's “Larry King Live” featuring an anonymous caller who was later identified as the mother of Biden accuser Tara Reade was no longer listed in Google Play's catalog late Saturday.

Statement From CEO Goli Sheikholeslami To The NYPR Staff On The Death Of WNYC's Richard Hake  —  It's with a heavy heart that I write to inform you that our beloved colleague and friend Richard Hake passed away suddenly on Friday at home.  We are in touch with his family, and the exact cause of death hasn't yet been determined*.

One Rich N.Y. Hospital Got Warren Buffett's Help.  This One Got Duct Tape.  —  The inequities of New York City's health care system are clear at a public hospital in a section of Brooklyn hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.  —  It has been hours since the 71-year-old man in Room 3 …

The Revenge of George Wallace  —  Wallace never won the presidency, but the base he mobilized has found a home in today's Republican Party.  —  Contributing writer at The Atlantic  —  T  —  he republican party has been taken over by an unscrupulous populist demagogue.

Democrats see Senate suddenly within reach, boosted by Biden's ascent  —  Joe Biden's unexpectedly rapid consolidation of the Democratic presidential nomination has upended calculations in both parties about the U.S. Senate landscape, with Democrats hopeful that Biden can actively help …

A Federal Bailout Won't Fix States' Finances  —  This contagion has nothing to do with coronavirus.  —  Bailing out the Illinois state pension system is the worst idea from a week in which we were discussing the health benefits of mainlining Lysol.  —  (Please do not mainline Lysol.  It will kill you.)

With rallies banned, Joe Biden welcomes voters to another kind of show  —  Gov. Jay Inslee told Joe Biden he had used a 30-mile bike ride to clear his head from “ludicrous noises out of the White House.”  Sen. Amy Klobuchar joked how her husband, after fully recovering from the novel coronavirus …

Hawaii's governor extends stay-at-home order until May 31  —  HONOLULU (AP) — Gov. David Ige on Saturday extended the state's state-at-home order and the mandatory quarantine for visitors through May 31.  —  “This was not an easy decision.  I know this has been difficult for everyone.

This Pandemic Is Over.  Let's Stop the Economic Suicide, and Get Back to Work  —  With the latest reports of plummeting death rates from all causes, this crisis is over.  The pandemic of doom erupted as a panic of pols and is now a comedy of Mash-minded med admins and stooges …

Tensions emerge between Republicans over coronavirus spending and how to rescue the economy  —  The economic havoc wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic is opening up a rift in the Republican Party — as the Trump administration and some GOP senators advocate for more aggressive spending …