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 …

N. KOREA DICTATOR KIM JONG-UN REPORTEDLY DEAD ... After Botched Heart Surgery  —  North Korea's Supreme Leader/dictator Kim Jong-un has reportedly died, or is on his death bed with no hope for recuperation — according to media outlets in China and Japan.  —  Amid reports China has sent …

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.

White House considering scaling back Trump's daily coronavirus briefings in coming weeks  —  Talk of cutting down the president's daily briefings heated up after he suggested injecting disinfectant as a potential virus treatment, but the decision ultimately rests with him.

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*.

“It was not a Confederate flag,” State Senator explains questionable mask  —  LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Friday afternoon during a senate vote at the capitol it was brought to our attention that one State Senator was wearing a mask that appeared to have the confederate flag on it.

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.

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.)

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 …

Trump expands battle with World Health Organization far beyond aid suspension  —  President Trump and his top aides are working behind the scenes to sideline the World Health Organization on several new fronts as they seek to shift blame for the coronavirus pandemic to the world body …

“Immunity passports” in the context of COVID-19  —  Scientific Brief  —  WHO has published guidance on adjusting public health and social measures for the next phase of the COVID-19 response.1 Some governments have suggested that the detection of antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 …

Biden's accuser says mother called into ‘Larry King Live’ in 1993 for advice after alleged sexual assault  —  (CNN)Newly surfaced video from 1993 appears to feature the mother of Tara Reade, a woman who accused presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden of sexual assault …

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 …

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 …

Tens of thousands of Californians escape their homes to open beaches during a heatwave despite Gov. Newsom's pleas for them to stay home as state reached 40,000 cases  — California recorded its deadliest day yet, with 115 fatalities in the 24 hours from Wednesday to Thursday

Detroit health care worker dies after being denied coronavirus test 4 times, daughter says  —  Kaila Corrothers said that when she thinks of her mother, Deborah Gatewood, there is one thought that lingers: “This did not have to happen this way.”  —  Deborah Gatewood had two years to go before she could retire from a Detroit hospital.

'That's the one there': A photo of a protesting nurse in Phoenix goes viral  —  He saw that the rally to reopen businesses shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic was transitioning from speeches at the plaza to a march to the Arizona state Capitol across the street.

I work at Smithfield Foods.  I'm suing them over putting our lives at risk for your dinner.  —  Meat processing plants can do more to protect us from the coronavirus  —  On the “cut floor” at Smithfield Foods, the meat processing company where I work in Milan, Mo., we use knives to butcher …

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 …