How Kushner's Volunteer Force Led a Fumbling Hunt for Medical Supplies  —  Roughly a dozen young, inexperienced workers were assembled to sort through tips on masks, gloves and other equipment.  Warehouses were running bare, and doctors fighting the coronavirus were forced to make their own protective gear.

Texas Governor Admits Dangers of Reopening State on Private Call With Lawmakers  —  “Pretty much every scientific and medical report shows that whenever you have a reopening... it actually will lead to an increase and spread,” Gov. Greg Abbott said.  —  During a private call on Friday …

'It's gone haywire': When COVID-19 arrived in rural America  —  DAWSON, Ga. (AP) — The reverend approached the makeshift pulpit and asked the Lord to help him make some sense of the scene before him: two caskets, side by side, in a small-town cemetery busier now than ever before.

Trump says coronavirus task force will keep working ‘indefinitely,’ with a focus on vaccines and reopening  — President Donald Trump said that the coronavirus task force will keep working “indefinitely,” a day after he and other officials suggested it would be phased out in the coming weeks.

Byron York's Daily Memo: EXCLUSIVE - DNI to Schiff: The transcripts are ready to release  —  Welcome to Byron York's Daily Memo newsletter.  —  Was this email forwarded to you?  Sign up here to receive the newsletter.  —  EXCLUSIVE — DNI TO SCHIFF: THE TRANSCRIPTS ARE READY TO RELEASE.

State health department tells university COVID-19 modeling team to stop work, limits data access  —  The Arizona Department of Health Services told a team of university experts working on COVID-19 modeling to “pause” its work, an email from a department leader shows.

The president is not well: The umpteenth reminders of Trump's mental state and the consequences  —  Every parent has warily confronted the hypothetical question: What would you do if you suspected your child was unwell?  —  Not physically, but emotionally unwell, or mentally unstable?

Trump touted reopening.  Privately, his team sounded alarms.  —  President Donald Trump boasted on May 1 that his success in responding to the coronavirus pandemic has made ventilator, test kit and mask shortages a thing of the past, and that much of the country is ready to quickly send people back to work.

Loeffler Got Lucrative Parting Gift From Public Company en Route to the Senate  —  The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, which her husband runs, changed compensation terms to give Kelly Loeffler, a top executive, awards worth millions of dollars as she left for Congress.

How ‘Never Trumpers’ Crashed The Democratic Party  —  Anti-Donald Trump activism among conservatives — known informally as the “#NeverTrump” movement — started in early 2016 as a way to stop the businessman from winning the GOP nomination.  It failed.  —  Even by the slightly broader standard …

What Is the Real Coronavirus Toll in Each State?  —  As the coronavirus pandemic cuts through the country, it is leaving behind large numbers of deaths that surpass those of recent history.  A New York Times analysis of state data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows …

The White House waves a white flag in fight against coronavirus  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — Let's be blunt about it: President Trump signaled Tuesday …

Where the virus is spreading fastest  —  In addition to keeping an eye on the tragic, and climbing, numbers of total coronavirus cases and deaths across the U.S., it's important to watch how those trends are playing out over time at the state level.  —  Why it matters: Rising, or falling …

Win Or Lose, Trump's Top Campaign Aides Are Raking In The Cash  —  His campaign chief bought a waterfront house with a yearly tax bill higher than the average Floridian's annual income, a $400,000 boat, a Ferrari, condos and more.  —  WASHINGTON ― The bad news for President Donald Trump …

Dallas salon owner jailed for reopening in violation of court order  —  Shelley Luther defied local and state orders and a judge's restraining order in operating her business during the coronavirus pandemic. … A Dallas salon owner will spend a week in jail after she was found in contempt …

Exclusive: Government scientist Neil Ferguson resigns after breaking lockdown rules to meet his married lover  —  Prof Ferguson allowed the woman to visit him at home during the lockdown while lecturing the public on the need for strict social distancing  —  The scientist whose advice …

Was Donald Trump Good at Baseball?  —  The president has long claimed he could have gone pro.  We looked into it.  —  In President Donald Trump's memory, he was a high school baseball star.  —  “I was supposed to be a pro baseball player,” Donald Trump wrote in 2004.

The inside story behind the Pentagon's ill-fated quest for a real life ‘Iron Man’ suit  —  On Dec. 8, 2012, members of the U.S. Navy's vaunted Naval Special Warfare Development Group, better known as SEAL Team 6, were deployed on an high-stakes nighttime raid with a simple goal: rescue a civilian doctor from the clutches of the Taliban.

A massive drop in car sales sparks new push in Congress to aid the auto industry  —  Since outbreak began, retailers have sold nearly 800,000 fewer vehicles than forecast, spurring some lawmakers to consider new federal incentives for buyers  —  A precipitous decline in car sales amid …

What's Behind South Korea's COVID-19 Exceptionalism?  —  On February 16, a Sunday, a 61-year-old woman with a fever entered the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu, South Korea.  She touched her finger to a digital scanner.  She passed through a pair of glass doors and proceeded downstairs …

Where Have the Paycheck Protection Loans Gone So Far?  —  The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a central piece of the CARES Act.  In the program's first round, $349 billion in forgivable government-guaranteed loans were extended to small businesses to cover costs related to payroll and utilities …

“Political Connections and Cronyism”: In Blistering Whistleblower Complaint, Rick Bright Blasts Team Trump's Pandemic Response  —  He was pressured to invest in drugs and vaccines that lacked scientific merit, because the people selling them had friends in the Trump administration …

Zoom Adds Board Member H.R. McMaster and Head of Global Public Policy and Government Relations Jonathan Kallmer to Leadership Team  —  Zoom announced today that it has appointed Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond “H.R.” McMaster as an independent director on Zoom's Board of Directors …

The Novel Coronavirus Praises The Plan to Reopen America  —  The following is a transcript of a press conference given by the coronavirus earlier this week.  —  Thank you all for joining me today.  I just wanted to tell you all what a great year it's been and what a huge success I am.

‘We Are Not Essential.  We Are Sacrificial.’  —  I'm a New York City subway conductor who had Covid-19.  Now I'm going back to work.  —  Ms. Gidla is an M.T.A. conductor and author.  —  When I heard that a co-worker had died from Covid-19 — the first in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority …

Irish Return an Old Favor, Helping Native Americans Battling the Virus  —  In 1847 the Choctaw people sent $170 to help during the potato famine.  Irish donors are citing that gesture as they help two tribes during the Covid-19 pandemic.  —  DUBLIN — More than 170 years ago …

This nursing home disaster is on you, Gov. Cuomo  —  Two weeks ago, Gov. ­Andrew Cuomo was first asked about his policy that forced nursing homes to admit ­patients infected with the coronavirus.  —  “That's a good question, I don't know,” the governor answered, turning to an aide.

The coronavirus has mutated and appears to be more contagious now, new study finds  — The coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China, has mutated and the new, dominant strain spreading across the U.S. appears to be even more contagious, according to a new study.

The Supreme Court weighs whether to make the Electoral College even less democratic  —  Hillary Clinton, the winner of the popular vote in 2016's presidential election, giving her concession speech.  Melina Mara/The Washington Post/Getty Images  —  The Court's “faithless electors” …

Betsy DeVos to issue Title IX rules on campus sexual assault this week  —  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos plans to release as early as Wednesday her much-anticipated final rules governing how schools must investigate sexual assault allegations, bolstering the rights of the accused, people familiar with the matter said.

In Dealing with Flynn, Comey's FBI Acted Like the KGB … Michael Flynn was vindicated last week.  While conservatives tend to be pro-law enforcement, here they are reminded of how the government's criminal justice apparatus can be abused.  The Russian collusion hoax weaponized …

Illinois Announces Phased Reopening And Its Largest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll  —  Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday his five-phase reopening plan, while the state saw its highest daily death toll from COVID-19.  —  Over the last 24 hours, 176 residents died …

Wisconsin's Supreme Court Is Going to Use Fox News Arguments to Undo the State's COVID-19 Restrictions  —  The Wisconsin Supreme Court's conservative majority looked poised on Tuesday to invalidate the state's COVID-19 safer-at-home rules limiting public gatherings and commercial activity.