White House officials say Trump works so hard he often misses lunch  —  President Trump's schedule is so packed amid the coronavirus crisis that he sometimes skips lunch, his aides told The Post — refuting a report that the commander-in-chief spends his days obsessing over TV coverage and eating fries.

White House to shift to economic message on coronavirus  —  The White House plans to shift its coronavirus messaging toward boosting the economy and highlighting “success stories” of businesses, reducing its public emphasis on health statistics, according to two officials familiar with the planning.

How Las Vegas Became Ground Zero for the American Jobs Crisis  —  As the U.S. economy shut down, few places in America were hit harder and faster than Las Vegas.  —  When Valicia Anderson starts to count the people she knows in Las Vegas who have lost their jobs, she runs out of fingers fast.

Trump's Disinfectant Remark Raises a Question About the ‘Very Stable Genius’  —  The president has often said he is exceptionally smart.  His recent suggestion about injecting disinfectants was not.  —  President Trump's self-assessment has been consistent.  —  “I'm, like, a very smart person,” he assured voters in 2016.

Wait, how long are we supposed to stay in lockdown?  —  What are we waiting for?  The question can be posed in either a wild, irresponsible way — or a sane, measured way.  In New York, our “pause” will continue until at least May 15, and New Yorkers are asking, in a measured, sane way: What exactly are we waiting for?

Anna Wintour Made Condé Nast the Embodiment of Boomer Excess.  Can It Change to Meet This Crisis?  —  The theatrical flourishes and lavish lifestyles of the great media figures of a generation seem ill suited to the moment.  —  The coronavirus chased the fashion industry across Europe in February …

Nancy Pelosi endorses Joe Biden for president in video remarks calling him the ‘personification of hope and courage’  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed former vice president Joe Biden's White House bid on Monday, citing the Democrat's experience helping to pass the Affordable Care Act …

Global coronavirus death toll could be 60% higher than reported  —  Mortality statistics show 111,000 deaths in excess of normal levels across 15 countries analysed by the FT  —  The death toll from coronavirus may be almost 60 per cent higher than reported in official counts …

Why Trump went off on Brian Kemp  —  One of the more surprising recent political moments was when President Trump publicly lambasted Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.  It's rare — and politically damaging — for a Republican official to get steamrolled the way Kemp did last week.

People receiving stimulus checks get letter signed by President Donald Trump  —  Why millions still haven't received stimulus money  —  (CNN)If you're getting money from the federal government as part of the recent stimulus response to the coronavirus, you'll also get a letter from President Donald Trump explaining why.

To Pressure Iran, Pompeo Turns to the Deal Trump Renounced  —  The secretary of state is preparing an argument that the U.S. remains a participant in the Obama-era nuclear deal, with the goal of extending an arms embargo or destroying the accord.  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo …

'For black folks, it's like a setup: Are you trying to kill us?'  —  Fear and mistrust in rural Georgia as Gov. Kemp urges the state to reopen.  —  Sheryl Means already has lost so much to the invisible virus burning through her hometown.  Her mother and her aunt died within days of each other.

Is the talk about Kim Jong Un being sick — or worse — true?  Pyongyang is abuzz, too.  —  Where is Kim Jong Un?  Is the devious despot dead after heart surgery?  Is he lying in a vegetative state in a hospital bed?  Or is he happily chain-smoking at his beachfront palace in Wonsan?

We Still Don't Know How the Coronavirus Is Killing Us  —  We're committed to keeping our readers informed. … Over the last few weeks, the country has managed to stabilize the spread of the coronavirus sufficiently enough to begin debating when and in what ways to “reopen,” and to normalize …

Large, Troubled Companies Got Bailout Money in Small-Business Loan Program  —  Companies with accounting problems or in trouble with the government received millions in federal loans.  —  A company in Georgia paid $6.5 million to resolve a Justice Department investigation — and …

Public companies took far more small business loans than first thought — here's the latest tally  — Even as the U.S. small business relief program is set to reopen Monday with fresh funding, the full extent that public companies tapped the emergency facility is only now becoming clear.

Coronavirus Means the Era of Big Government Is...Back  —  History shows that national shocks—the Depression, World War II, the financial crisis—have a way of expanding the role of government in lasting ways.  This one is looking like no exception.  —  TEXT  —  RESPONSES

COVID-19 jobless rates will be comparable to Great Depression: Trump economic adviser  —  Kevin Hassett, the president's economic adviser, appeared on ABC's “This Week.”  —  The U.S. is going to see a jobless rate comparable to what happened during the Great Depression as it recovers …