Trump: Coronavirus briefings will return, blasts ‘angry’ CBS News reporter  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said Monday that “everybody” enjoyed his White House coronavirus briefings — including himself — and vowed they will be back, just not daily.  —  In an Oval Office interview …

Scientists say a now-dominant strain of the coronavirus appears to be more contagious than original  —  Scientists have identified a new strain of the coronavirus that has become dominant worldwide and appears to be more contagious than the versions that spread in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic …

Coronavirus News: Live Updates  —  Cases are growing by 2 to 4 percent daily, and more than 1,000 people have died each day for over a month.  At least 15 children in New York were hospitalized with an illness scientists worry might be linked to Covid-19.  Pfizer began human trials of a possible vaccine.

Kushner coronavirus effort said to be hampered by inexperienced volunteers  —  The coronavirus response being spearheaded by President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has relied in part on volunteers from consulting and private equity firms with little expertise in the tasks to which they were assigned …

MSU Poll: Bullock leads Daines in Senate contest  —  Bullock up 46-39; within margin of error  —  MT's U.S. Senate race attracting money from across the country.  —  HELENA — A new poll from Montana State University shows Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock leading Republican Sen. Steve Daines …

Trump says ‘bailouts’ unfair to GOP since states needing aid ‘run by Democrats in every case’  —  The president said in an interview that N.Y., Calif. and Illinois “have been mismanaged over a long period of time.”  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says it would be unfair to Republicans …

Biden's campaign to feature his letter exchanges with supporters in new digital series called ‘Sincerely, Joe Biden’  —  (CNN)After Susan Sahai watched Joe Biden's town hall for front line workers in the coronavirus crisis, she decided to write him a letter.

Fauci: No scientific evidence the coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab  —  In an exclusive interview, the face of America's COVID-19 response cautions against the rush for states to reopen, and offers his tips for handling the pandemic's information deluge.  —  SCIENCE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE

Democrats, Tara Reade and the #MeToo Trap  —  Don't compare the case against Joe Biden to the one against Brett Kavanaugh.  —  Here is one thing that Christine Blasey Ford and Tara Reade have in common: The Intercept reporter Ryan Grim was pivotal in publicizing their stories.

Trump's intel chief pick vows to ‘speak truth to power’  —  John Ratcliffe made the promise in his opening remarks at his confirmation hearing Tuesday.  —  John Ratcliffe, the Texas congressman whose bid to be director of national intelligence fell apart last summer amid evidence he exaggerated …

Barr urges Trump administration to back off call to fully strike down Obamacare  —  Washington (CNN)Attorney General William Barr made a last-minute push Monday to persuade the administration to modify its position in the Obamacare dispute that will be heard at the Supreme Court this fall …

Another 1,700 virus deaths reported in NY nursing homes  —  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is reporting more than 1,700 previously undisclosed deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities as the state faces scrutiny over how it's protected vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic.

Americans widely oppose reopening most businesses, despite easing of restrictions in some states, Post-U. Md. poll finds  —  Americans clearly oppose the reopening of restaurants, retail stores and other businesses, even as governors begin to lift restrictions that have kept the economy locked …

Two-thirds of Americans doubt the coronavirus death toll  —  Most Americans say they doubt the U.S. death count — but whether they think it's actually higher or lower depends on whether they're Democrats or Republicans, according to the latest installment of the Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index.

Coronavirus in the U.S.: An Unrelenting Crush of Cases and Deaths  —  While cities like New York have seen a hopeful drop in cases, upticks in other major cities and smaller communities have offset those decreases.  —  In New York City, the daily onslaught of death from the coronavirus has dropped to half of what it was.

Money for Welfare Instead Funded Concerts, Lobbyists and Football Games, Audit Finds  —  According to a state audit, Mississippi allowed tens of millions of dollars in federal anti-poverty funds to be used in ways that did little or nothing to help the poor.

States with few virus cases get big share of relief aid  —  Alaska, Hawaii, Montana and Wyoming are among the least-populated states in the U.S., and not surprisingly have the lowest numbers of residents who have tested positive for the new coronavirus.  But despite their small size …

The plan is to have no plan  —  “There is no genius there, only a damaged human being playing havoc with our lives.” … The plan is to have no plan, to let daily deaths between and one and three thousand become a normal thing, and then to create massive confusion about who is responsible …

U.S. companies cut thousands of workers while continuing to reward shareholders during pandemic  —  Five companies paid a combined $700 million to shareholders while cutting jobs, closing plants.  —  Since the coronavirus pandemic was declared, Caterpillar has suspended operations at two plants …

The President Is Unraveling  —  In case there was any doubt, the past dozen days have proved we're at the point in his presidency where Donald Trump has become his own caricature, a figure impossible to parody, a man whose words and actions are indistinguishable from an Alec Baldwin skit on Saturday Night Live.

President Inconsistent On Covid  —  Republicans believe Trump over Fox News on outbreak info  —  West Long Branch, NJ - President Donald Trump's job rating has ticked down again amid a sense he changes what he says about the coronavirus from day to day.  In fact, many Americans characterize …

‘Pelosi,’ by Molly Ball: An Excerpt  —  From an early age, Nancy D'Alesandro realized her mother never had much chance to be a person.  —  Annunciata Lombardi had always wanted more out of life.  After high school, she found work as an auctioneer, but she gave it up to get married at nineteen.

Coronavirus cuts ‘deep scars’ through meatpacking cities  —  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — As the coronavirus spread from the nation's meatpacking plants to the broader communities where they are located, it burned through a modest duplex in Waterloo, Iowa.  —  In the downstairs unit lived Jim Orvis …

Newspaper's Top Editor Is Now a ‘Homeless’ Blogger  —  A 54-year-old journalist lost his job running an Indiana newspaper, as well as the apartment that went with it.  He moved to a Motel 6.  —  On Wednesday he was laid off.  On Friday he was living in a Motel 6.

Trump and His Infallible Advisers  —  Beware men who never admit having been wrong.  —  “You have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down close to zero.”  —  We have contained this, and the economy is “holding up nicely.”  —  It's not nearly as serious as the common flu.

The President Should Resign  —  If Donald Trump really wants to do what is right for the American public, save lives, and save the economy, he should resign—soon.  —  Since about February 20, when the stock market began its plunge, the world has understood that the coronavirus outbreak was more than a regional concern.

Trump expects coronavirus vaccine by year's end — here's why that's unlikely  —  President Trump announced on “Fox News Sunday” that he believes there will be a way to prevent coronavirus infections by December.  “We think we'll have a vaccine by the end of this year and we're pushing very hard,” Trump

Woke Totalitarianism Wins A Big One  —  Some commenters on this blog think I'm way out of line saying that the totalitarian threat in the US comes much more from the left than the right.  Didn't I see the men with rifles in the Michigan statehouse?  (Yes, I did — and I criticized them.)