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 …

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 …

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.

Whistleblower Alleges Trump Administration Ignored Dire COVID-19 Warnings  —  The complaint filed on Tuesday by Dr. Rick Bright described an administration that sputtered when the virus emerged.  —  The Trump administration was warned in late January that it had a critical shortage …

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 …

Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for non-surgical treatment  —  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is resting at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland following non-surgical treatment for a gallbladder condition, according to a statement.  —  The state of play: Ginsberg, 87 …

Trump Pivots to ‘Phase Two,’ Risking More Death to Save Economy  — White House may disband virus task force by end of month  — Americans remain worried about returning to work amid pandemic  —  President Donald Trump fixed his course on reopening the nation for business …

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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 …

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.

Trump's tax cut dreams hit Republican resistance  —  President Donald Trump's demands for the next coronavirus aid package are running into a stubborn obstacle: his own party.  —  Asked what he thought of a payroll tax cut, the subject of Trump's ultimatum for any new bill, Sen. Chuck Grassley didn't hesitate.

Judge Justin Walker Faces Scrutiny in Bid for Seat on Powerful Appeals Court  —  No stranger to partisan warfare at 37, Judge Justin Walker will go before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is considering him for a seat on the D.C. Court of Appeals.  —  WASHINGTON — In March …

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.

‘Live and Let Die’ blares as Trump tours mask factory, without mask  —  President Trump visited Honeywell's mask-making factory Tuesday, but the choice of music raised some eyebrows.  —  A clip posted to YouTube by the PBS NewsHour shows Mr. Trump walking through the Arizona facility without a mask to the song “Live and Let Die.”

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 …

Florida adds 113 coronavirus deaths, a new one-day record  —  The Sunshine State's death toll grows to 1,536 as it begins to reopen.  —  One day after reopening, Florida posted a record number of new deaths Tuesday from the novel coronavirus — 113, including 11 in the Tampa Bay region.

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 …

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 …

'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.

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 …

Biden: It is a priority to press Israel not to make the 2-state solution impossible  —  WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, said it is critical to Israel-Palestinian peace to press Israel not to take unilateral actions, a reference to reports that Israel may try to annex part of the West Bank.

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.

Glynn DA recommends grand jury review as video emerges of fatal shooting of unarmed black man  —  2 armed men — one a former district attorney investigator — claimed they were making citizen's arrest  —  BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A Brunswick district attorney on Tuesday recommended that a grand jury review …

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 …

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.

A US move to seek coronavirus pandemic damages from China might well trigger war  —  Mounting calls in the US to demand compensation for perceived Chinese missteps over Covid-19 have the support of both political parties and public opinion.  If Washington gave in, it would spell the end …

Coronavirus infects more than 1,600 workers at four Iowa meatpacking plants  —  Gov. Kim Reynolds announces new case numbers, strike teams and surveillance testing at meatpacking plants  —  More than 1,600 workers at four Iowa meatpacking plants have been infected with the coronavirus, state health officials reported Tuesday.

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.

Trump says Washington, DC, will never be a state — because of all the Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump says that Washington, DC, won't ever be a state because Republicans aren't “stupid” enough to add guaranteed Democratic seats in Congress.  —  “DC will never be a state,” …