Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Administration Models Predict Near Doubling of Daily Death Toll by June  —  Tensions between Washington and Beijing escalated.  The Supreme Court heard a case remotely for the first time.  J. Crew filed for bankruptcy protection.

Exclusive: Internal Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus  —  BEIJING (Reuters) - An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could tip relations with the United States into confrontation …

Amazon VP Resigns, Calls Company ‘Chickenshit’ for Firing Protesting Workers  —  Tim Bray, a well known senior engineer and Vice President at Amazon has “quit in dismay” because Amazon has been “firing whistleblowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of Covid-19.”

Secretary of Senate says cannot comply with Biden request to release records on purported Reade complaint  —  DNC chair defends Biden, says sexual assault allegations would have surfaced during vice presidential vetting  —  The secretary of the Senate on Monday said her office cannot comply …

Why Congress is lagging on remote voting amid the coronavirus pandemic  —  Legislatures around the world have been experimenting with remote deliberation during the pandemic, but Congress still insists on in-person voting.  —  Why it matters: With social distancing rules in place …

3 Hospital Workers Gave Out Masks.  Weeks Later, They All Were Dead.  —  The coronavirus has taken a steep toll on the often-invisible army of employees who keep New York hospitals running.  —  They did not treat patients, but Wayne Edwards, Derik Braswell and Priscilla Carrow held …

Devin Nunes' lawyer facing prospect of sanctions after two recent, rare court warnings  —  The attorney representing Rep. Devin Nunes in six lawsuits has received two recent, rare warnings from judges that raise the prospect of courts sanctioning him.  —  People and organizations that Nunes' attorney …

Smart or Lucky?  How Florida Dodged the Worst of Coronavirus  —  Even though it's too early to draw clear conclusions, and the virus could flare again, there are lessons from its approach  —  MIAMI—When the coronavirus pandemic swept toward Florida, public-health professionals nationally warned …

THIRD Russian doctor plunges from Covid hospital window: Medic, 37, is now fighting for life... just days after warning of PPE shortages and being forced to work despite being infected  —  A third Russian doctor has plunged from a hospital window after complaining about medics facing intolerable coronavirus pressures.

Colorado man planning armed protest against state's coronavirus restrictions arrested for pipe bombs  —  Bradley Bunn first came to the attention of authorities on social media.  —  A Colorado man arrested after federal agents allegedly discovered pipe bombs in his home had also been helping organize …

Trump's latest coronavirus spin unmasks his extreme narcissism  —  President Trump has spent the past three years attacking U.S. intelligence officials as corrupt and traitorous.  He even hinted one official should perhaps be executed for telling the truth about his profound and likely criminal betrayal …

The Small-Business Die-Off Is Here  —  Outside of Boston, a marketing company is struggling to figure out how to cover its bills.  In Indiana, a dance studio is waiting on three emergency-loan applications.  In Baltimore, a deli is closed and desperate for help.

China was in violation of International Health Regulations.  What do we do now?  —  As we look towards a post-coronavirus world, we must seek accountability for the human toll and economic devastation that this virus has wrought … Given that China's negligence enabled the spread of COVID-19 …

Get ready to see the truly ugly face of Covid-19's impact on the economy  —  Editor's Note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services' morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 6 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need …

Against balancing  —  The New York Times' Editorial Board led on Sunday with this headline: “When Liberty and Health Collide”.  It's a good topic and I am glad that the Times is on it.  The pandemic has led governments at national, state and local levels to take measures that impose all sorts …

Before pandemic, Trump's stockpile chief put focus on biodefense.  An old client benefited.  —  After Robert Kadlec was confirmed as President Trump's top official for public health preparedness in 2017, he began pressing to increase government stocks of a smallpox vaccine.

How the coronavirus undid Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis  —  There was the time Gov. Ron DeSantis showed up at a coronavirus press conference in  —  a solitary rubber glove, proceeding to repeatedly touch his face with the other, ungloved hand.  And there was the time he went through heroic struggles in

Reopening states will cause 233,000 more people to die from coronavirus, according to Wharton model  —  New data from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that relaxing lockdowns across U.S. cities and states could have serious consequences for the country's

San Diego man wears KKK hood to supermarket after county orders public to wear face masks  —  Officials have condemned a man in California who was pictured wearing a makeshift Ku Klux Klan hood while shopping at a supermarket.  —  Pictures of the man wearing a white hood similar to one worn …

For the 5th time in two weeks, Trump tweaks projected death toll  —  When a president finds it necessary to revise a projected death toll five times in 13 days, there's a problem.  —  Two weeks ago today, Donald Trump said he believed the overall American death toll from the coronavirus could be as low as 50,000 people.

Inside Rev. Jesse Jackson's push for a natural gas pipeline  —  Breaking from other progressives, Rev. Jesse Jackson is calling to build a natural gas pipeline to serve an impoverished community near Chicago.  —  Why it matters: This is one example of the complex tug of war between energy affordability and tackling climate change.

Biden should step aside.  We can't sacrifice another woman for political gain.  —  The Democrats should drop Biden for the same reason the GOP should have dropped Kavanaugh.  —  It's a story we know all too well.  A woman says a politician hurt her.  He abused her.  She's coming forward now.

Iowa Races Closely Matched  —  PPP's newest Iowa poll finds that both the Senate race and the Presidential race in the state have tightened since the winter.  —  In the Senate race Joni Ernst leads Theresa Greenfield just 43-42, an indication that Iowa could make for another tough hold …

For Biden, clinching the nomination will have to wait until at least June  —  It's mostly a formality at this point, but it will take former Vice President Joe Biden at least until early June and possibly later to officially clinch the Democratic presidential nomination.

The six states at the center of the battleground map six months from Election Day  —  Six months from Election Day, most Americans have set aside a presidential campaign that's been upended by the worst pandemic in modern history.  —  While the coronavirus has tossed the mechanics of politicking …

Justice Thomas asks rare question during Supreme Court oral arguments, in teleconference session  —  Famously quiet Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday asked two questions during the court's remote oral arguments, marking just his third time speaking during the sessions in over a decade.

Oklahoma gov says state considering early start to next school year, on potentially intermittent schedule  —  Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said Monday that the state is considering beginning the next school year a “couple of weeks” early — on a potentially intermittent schedule …