Colorado GOP Chair Ken Buck pressured local official to submit incorrect election results  —  Fellow Republican says congressman tried to bully him into committing a crime  —  Colorado Republican Party Chair Ken Buck, a U.S. representative from Windsor, pressured a local party official …

Trump lashed out at me on Twitter.  It's because he knows the truth.  —  Americans died from covid-19 at the rate of about one every 42 seconds during the past month.  That ought to keep any president awake at night.  —  Not Donald Trump.  —  Just days ago, the president flipped …

On the Same Day Sen. Richard Burr Dumped Stock, So Did His Brother-in-Law.  Then the Market Crashed.  —  The brother-in-law, a Trump appointee, sold between $97,000 and $280,000 worth of stock.  Burr is under federal investigation over whether he traded on non-public information gathered through his work in the Senate.

‘What are we doing this for?’:  Doctors are fed up with conspiracies ravaging ERs  —  “I left work and I felt so deflated,” one doctor said about an effort to counter misinformation he saw on Facebook.  “I let it get to me.”  —  At the end of another long shift treating coronavirus patients …

Cuomo says it's ‘shocking’ most new coronavirus hospitalizations are people who had been staying home  — Early look at data from 100 New York hospitals shows that 66% of new admissions related to the virus are people who were at home, Cuomo said.  — He also said a majority of the cases …

Trump contradicts nurse in testy Oval Office exchange over coronavirus protective gear  — President Donald Trump contradicted a nurse who said that access to sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic “has been sporadic.”

AP Exclusive: Admin shelves CDC guide to reopening country  —  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A set of detailed documents created by the nation's top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders deciding when and how to reopen public places such as mass transit …

Germany and U.S. on Divergent Paths to Reopen  —  Online retailers, backed by Amazon, are beginning a campaign to press for billions of dollars to rescue the Postal Service.  Nearly one in five children in the U.S. are not getting enough to eat.  —  Here's what you need to know:

Top Republican fundraiser and Trump ally named postmaster general, giving president new influence over Postal Service  —  A top donor to President Trump and the Republican National Committee will be named the new head of the Postal Service, putting a top ally of the president in charge …

DOJ releases Mueller's marching orders  —  The Department of Justice has released a less redacted copy of a memo laying out the scope of former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) after the current and former Judiciary Committee chairmen requested it.

Georgia shooting case will go to grand jury as disturbing video surfaces online  —  A Georgia prosecutor on Tuesday said a grand jury should review the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed in February after being chased by two armed men who told police he looked like a burglary suspect.

Meet the 107-year-old woman who survived the coronavirus and Spanish flu  —  “It's remarkable,” Shapiro said.  “That's all I can say.  It's just unbelievable.  I think perhaps it's because of her art that she's still involved in.”  —  After Marilee Shapiro Asher was admitted to the hospital …

FDLE releases list of COVID-19 deaths.  Top medical examiner calls it a sham.  —  Acting under intense pressure from a coalition of Florida news organizations and open-government advocates, the state Wednesday evening released a list of every Florida fatality documented by a medical examiner resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.

Biden says he'll reverse DeVos rule bolstering protections for those accused of campus sexual assault  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that if he's elected president, he will reverse a rule issued by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos aimed at bolstering protections for students …

From a Miami condo to the Venezuelan coast, how a plan to ‘capture’ Maduro went rogue  —  Inside a glittering Miami high-rise, representatives of the Venezuelan opposition sat in a room adorned with samurai swords and listened to a pitch.  They had been appointed by opposition leader Juan Guaidó …

The Coming Post-COVID Anarchy  —  The Pandemic Bodes Ill for Both American and Chinese Power—and for the Global Order  —  In January and February of this year, there was audible popping of champagne corks in certain quarters of the U.S. foreign policy establishment.

Arizona halts partnership with experts predicting coronavirus cases would continue to mount  —  Hours after Doug Ducey, the Republican governor of Arizona, accelerated plans to reopen businesses, saying the state was “headed in the right direction,” his administration halted the work of a team …

Trump Wanted a Softball Interview.  ABC's David Muir Obliged.  —  Insiders were dismayed as the president—who asked for Muir over ABC's chief anchor George Stephanopoulos—seemed to steamroll the star newscaster.  —  With the sort of near-mystical media savvy on which Donald Trump built …

Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Filing of the Opening Briefs in California v. Texas  —  Today in our country, more than 1.2 million people have been infected with COVID-19.  More than 71,000 lives have been lost to this pandemic.  And millions more are facing enormous economic instability due …

Trump and some top aides question accuracy of virus death toll  —  President Trump has complained to advisers about the way coronavirus deaths are being calculated, suggesting the real numbers are actually lower — and a number of his senior aides share this view, according to sources with direct knowledge.

What Happened to Val Kilmer?  He's Just Starting to Figure It Out.  —  Cancer has taken his voice, but the unlikeliest movie star in Hollywood history still has a lot he wants to say.  —  It's hard to believe now, as I write this, but just two months ago, when we were allowed to roam free …

Trump vetoes resolution to curb war powers against Iran  —  President Trump on Wednesday vetoed a war powers resolution that would have curbed his ability to direct military action against Iran without Congress' authorization.  —  Why it matters: The bipartisan measure came after Trump ordered …

Sources say Russia probe transcripts affirm officials came up empty on collusion: ‘Schiff is in panic mode’  —  Rep. Adam Schiff refuses to release transcripts from House Intel Committee investigation of foreign meddling  —  EXCLUSIVE: Transcripts of House Intelligence Committee interviews …

Gateway Pundit Reporter Lavishes Praise on Unabomber: ‘A Brilliant Man’  —  Cassandra Fairbanks, a right-wing activist and writer at the pro-Trump blog The Gateway Pundit, approvingly read passages from the Unabomber Manifesto last weekend in a late-night live video on Twitter, where she has hundreds of thousands of followers.

Frontier Airlines is selling a social distancing upgrade for $39.  Democrats in Congress are appalled.  —  Starting Friday, customers will be able pay extra to guarantee a spot on the plane next to an open middle seat.  —  Democrats on Capitol Hill are blasting a plan by Frontier Airlines …

Shocking video shows white cop repeatedly beating a black man while another pins him to the ground ‘for not following social distancing rules’ - despite the officers not wearing masks themselves  — Footage from the incident on Tuesday afternoon shows a Jersey City police officer …

America's coronavirus divide is reflected in two New Mexico mayors.  One asked for a lockdown.  The other defied orders.  —  GALLUP, N.M. - Louie Bonaguidi had been mayor of this tiny city set among high desert buttes and Native American reservations for just a matter of hours last week when the governor called.

Nearly Half of Men Say They Do Most of the Home Schooling.  3 Percent of Women Agree.  —  A survey suggests that pandemic-era domestic work isn't being divided more equitably than before the lockdown.  —  Home schooling, the new parental chore brought about by coronavirus lockdowns …

Walla Walla County officials recall claims people were hosting coronavirus parties  —  Health officials in Walla Walla said people were intentionally exposing themselves to coronavirus, but have since walked back those claims. … Walla Walla health officials say some people …

Sinclair Agrees to Pay $48 Million Civil Penalty  — Full Title: Sinclair Agrees to Pay $48 Million Civil Penalty; FCC Penalty Will Be Largest Ever Paid by a Broadcaster  — Bureau(s): Enforcement, Media, Media Relations  —  The FCC announced the largest civil penalty involving a broadcaster in the agency's 86-year history.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Calls For ‘Immediate Release’ Of Jailed Dallas Salon Owner Shelley Luther  —  DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has called for the “immediate release” of a Dallas salon owner who was arrested and sent to jail for opening her business …

A tale of two parks: Enjoying the sun in wealthy Manhattan, social distancing under police scrutiny in the Bronx  —  Thousands of New Yorkers flocked to city parks all over the five boroughs last weekend to enjoy sunny spring weather and temperatures in the 70s.

Doctors lambaste federal process for distributing Covid-19 drug remdesivir  —  Hospitals and physicians around the country are sharply criticizing the federal government for the uneven and opaque way it is distributing its supply of the Covid-19 drug remdesivir.