Statement by Vice President Joe Biden  —  April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Every year, at this time, we talk about awareness, prevention, and the importance of women feeling they can step forward, say something, and be heard.  That belief — that women should be heard …

Pence staff threatens action against reporter who tweeted about visit to clinic without surgical mask  —  Vice President Pence's office has threatened to retaliate against a reporter who revealed that Pence's office had told journalists they would need masks for Pence's visit to the Mayo Clinic …

Internal GOP poll points to troubling signs for Georgia Republicans  —  An internal poll conducted for the Georgia House GOP Caucus points to troubling signs for Republican leaders: President Donald Trump is deadlocked with Joe Biden and voters aren't giving the White House …

Top HHS spokesman repeatedly directed sexually crude and sexist tweets at women  —  WARNING: This story contains graphic language.  —  (CNN)The top spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services repeatedly directed crude and sexist comments toward women in now-deleted tweets, a CNN KFile review finds.

Justice Dept. scrutinizes White House-connected doctor linked to disputed coronavirus treatment  —  Federal prosecutors are examining the communications of a New York family doctor who appears frequently on Fox News and has been in touch with the White House to tout an anti-malarial as a treatment …

Trudeau announces Canada is banning assault-style weapons  —  Move comes after murder of 22 people in worst mass shooting in Canada's history  —  Canada has banned assault-style weapons following the murder of 22 people in the worst mass shooting in the country's history, Justin Trudeau announced on Friday.

Trump Makes Push for Seniors as Coronavirus Crisis Erodes Support  —  President trails Joe Biden in polls among older voters, who are paying close attention to his handling of the pandemic—and watching his press briefings  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump has opened a new charm offensive aimed …

Expert report predicts up to two more years of pandemic misery  —  (CNN)The new coronavirus is likely to keep spreading for at least another 18 months to two years—until 60% to 70% of the population has been infected, a team of longstanding pandemic experts predicted in a report released Thursday.

History According to Trump: The President and the 1917 Pandemic That Wasn't  —  The U.S. leader, famously illiterate about history, eagerly promotes his place in it.  —  As the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted his Presidency, Donald Trump has often complained about the terrible hand that history has dealt him.

President Trump's Favorability Ratings Recede from March's Peak  —  New data from PRRI shows that President Donald Trump's favorability rating has dropped seven points over the last four weeks.  Today, just over four in ten (43%) Americans hold mostly or very favorable views of Trump …

Nearly seven weeks into the shutdown, here's why so many are still getting sick  —  The District, Maryland and Virginia have been shut down for weeks, their economies in tatters.  Large swaths of the population venture out only rarely, wrapped in masks and gloves.

DeVos sued for seizing student loan borrowers' wages during pandemic  —  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is continuing to garnish the wages of federal student loan borrowers who fall behind on payments even though Congress suspended the practice in the economic rescue package, according to a new lawsuit.

House panel demands that Bezos testify on whether Amazon misled Congress  —  The House Judiciary Committee today demanded that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testify on whether the company misled Congress about the data tactics it deploys against rivals, setting up a major potential fight with the company.

Florida stops releasing medical examiners' coronavirus death counts after they report higher total  —  Florida also excludes travelers and seasonal residents who died in the state, though medical examiners include them  —  Florida health officials have stopped publishing real …

Trump touted Google as a solution to coronavirus testing.  A month later, Verily has barely made a dent.  —  Verily, part of the same parent company as Google, has conducted tests in just a handful of cities.  —  President Trump's announcement in March that Google was developing a tool …

Amid a Rising Death Toll, Trump Leaves the Grieving to Others  —  President Trump has led no national mourning for the more than 63,000 Americans who have died from the coronavirus, emphasizing confidence about the future rather than dwelling on the present.

Andrew Cuomo may be the single most popular politician in America right now  —  Washington (CNN)Thrust into the national spotlight by his state's status as the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States, New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has rapidly become one of …

No, Michael Flynn wasn't ‘set up’  —  Attorneys for former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn claim that “stunning” new documents reveal the FBI “framed” and “set up” their client.  Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to FBI agents about his contacts with the Russian ambassador …

What VA isn't saying about hydroxychloroquine — and everything else related to coronavirus  —  The Department of Veterans Affairs has sidestepped questions about its response to the coronavirus, veteran service organizations and congressional committees have said, even as the number of deaths …

Public companies received $1 billion in stimulus funds meant for small businesses  —  Nearly 300 public companies have reported receiving loans.  Some have returned them.  —  Publicly traded companies have received more than $1 billion in funds meant for small businesses …

While Trump minimizes the toll, government orders 100,000 new body bags  —  Federal coronavirus response documents obtained by NBC News suggest the president's optimism about ‘Opening Up America’ is at odds with dire warnings from inside his administration.  —  WASHINGTON — The federal …

Has Gov. Cuomo found love during the pandemic?  He tells WINS anchor, 'I'm eligible'  —  NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to take in stride being one of the state's — if not country's — most sought-after bachelors.  —  During an interview Thursday with 1010 WINS' Susan Richard …

POLITICO Playbook PM: Jared's ‘Mission Accomplished’ moment  —  ONE MILLION INFECTED AND NEAR 60K DEAD ... JARED KUSHNER on “Fox and Friends” this morning: “Again, we're on the other side of the medical aspect of this and I think that we've achieved all the different milestones that are needed.