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 …

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.

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:

Face masks make a political statement in era of coronavirus  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The decision to wear a mask in public is becoming a political statement — a moment to pick sides in a brewing culture war over containing the coronavirus.  —  While not yet as loaded as a “Make America Great Again” …

‘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 …

Coronavirus Task Force Gets Its ‘Mission Accomplished’ Moment  —  The White House shifts focus from public health to economics.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.  It is separate from the newsroom.

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.”

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.

EU-China ties vital amid global crisis  —  This year we celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the European Union and China, established on May 6, 1975.  It is an important milestone in an ever more important relationship between our union of 27 European states and China.

Travel From New York City Seeded Wave of U.S. Outbreaks  —  The coronavirus outbreak in New York City became the primary source of infections across much of the country by early March, researchers have found.  —  Munich  —  Paris  —  London  —  Rome  —  Barcelona, Spain  —  Rafina, Greece

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 …

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.

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 …

DOJ releases long-awaited Mueller scope memo, revealing the probe went beyond previously known mandate  —  The Justice Department on Wednesday released a mostly unredacted version of then-Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's August 2017 “scope memo” outlining the authority …

Smartphone data shows out-of-state visitors flocked to Georgia as restaurants and other businesses reopened  —  One week after Georgia allowed dine-in restaurants, hair salons and other businesses to reopen, an additional 62,440 visitors arrived there daily, most from surrounding states …

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 …

1 in 5 American workers has filed for unemployment benefits since mid-March  —  New York (CNN Business)No end is in sight for coronavirus-related job losses.  —  Another 3.2 million Americans filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits last week, after factoring in seasonal adjustments, the Department of Labor reported Thursday.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Most States That Are Reopening Fail to Meet White House Guidelines  —  More than half of U.S. states have begun to reopen their economies or plan to do so soon.  But most fail to meet criteria recommended by the Trump administration to resume business and social activities.

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 …

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.

Coronavirus survivors banned from joining the military  —  As the Defense Department negotiates its way through the coronavirus pandemic and its fallout, military entrance processing stations are working with new guidance when it comes to bringing COVID-19 survivors into the services.

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.

Trump's New Message: Time to Move On to the Recovery  —  The president's cure-can't-be-worse-than-the- disease logic is clear: As bad as the virus may be, the cost of the virtual national lockdown has grown too high.  —  WASHINGTON — Confronted with America's worst public health crisis in generations …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …