AP Exclusive: Top White House officials buried CDC report  —  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation's top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House …

Document reveals Secret Service has 11 current coronavirus cases, as concerns about Trump's staff grow  —  WASHINGTON—Multiple members of the U.S. Secret Service have tested positive for the COVID 19, the disease caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to Department of Homeland Security documents reviewed by Yahoo News.

Exclusive: Obama says in private call that ‘rule of law is at risk’ in Michael Flynn case  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama, talking privately to former members of his administration, said Friday that the “rule of law is at risk” in the wake of what he called an unprecedented move …

Glynn County commissioner says DA blocked arrests after fatal shooting  —  Glynn County Commissioner Peter Murphy on Friday said that he had determined that District Attorney Jackie Johnson's office refused to allow Glynn police to make arrests immediately after the Feb. 23 shooting death of Ahmaud Abery.

Trump made Florida his official residence.  He may have also made a legal mess.  —  For nearly a quarter-century, President Trump has envisioned boats docking at Mar-a-Lago, his swanky club set on 17 acres of prime real estate in Palm Beach, Fla., that rambles across manicured grounds between …

Joe Biden to scale up campaign as Democratic anxiety grows ahead of general election fight with Trump  —  The size of the campaign's digital team will double in the coming weeks.  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden has approved a series of new hires that will significantly expand …

No, Mike Pence Did Not Deliver Empty Boxes To A Nursing Home For A Publicity Stunt  —  BuzzFeed News has reporters across five continents bringing you trustworthy stories about the impact of the coronavirus.  To help keep this news free, become a member and sign up for our newsletter, Outbreak Today.

‘Finally, a virus got me.’ Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19  —  Virologist Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, fell ill with COVID-19 in mid-March.  He spent a week in a hospital and has been recovering at his home in London since.

Soaring joblessness could shake U.S. economy, politics for years  —  Eye on lessons from the Great Depression and 2008 crisis  —  The United States is facing a political and economic challenge like nothing it has seen in nearly 100 years.  —  Mass unemployment on a scale not seen since …

Lincoln Project called Facebook to dispute fact-check warning label on anti-Trump ad ‘Mourning in America’  — The Lincoln Project contacted Facebook to push the social media giant to remove a warning label it attached to the group's blistering “Mourning in America” ad.

I Just Flew.  It Was Worse Than I Thought It Would Be.  —  The cabin was restless.  It was a weekday afternoon in late April, and I was among dozens of people boarding an airplane that most of us had assumed would be empty.  Flight attendants were scrambling to accommodate seat-change requests.

Newsom warns defiant counties they could lose coronavirus cash for reopening early  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration sent a clear warning this week to rural counties defying his state's stay-at-home order to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus: Keep it up, and you'll lose disaster funding.

The Trump presidency thrives on norms  —  The main narrative of the Trump presidency has been about its hostility and indifference to norms.  But if we step back from the repeated shock at the administration's personal attacks, flouting of rule of law, and near-constant melding of campaigning and governing, a different picture emerges.

‘Plandemic’ Is Dangerous, Viral Nonsense  —  Judy Mikovits has an urgent story to tell.  In essence, it goes like this: Top government scientists are responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, and a lot else besides.  She knows because she was once one of them, before they tried to destroy …

Florida oncology network that bilked cancer patients gets $67 million in COVID-19 aid  —  A Fort Myers-based oncology network that was Florida's largest recipient of federal coronavirus relief dollars for healthcare facilities admitted last week to participating in a criminal conspiracy …

Defense Secretary Esper stood beside World War II veterans — without a mask  —  President Trump and Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper gathered with World War II veterans in Washington on Friday to mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe.  —  Trump greeted a rank of seven veterans …

Other countries are winning against the virus.  We are quitting.  —  Now is the spring of our disgrace.  —  Around the world, countries are winning the battle against the coronavirus and beginning a responsible return to work, school and leisure, confident that their governments have the deadly virus in check.

Robert Caro writes, and waits, during the COVID-19 outbreak  —  FILE - This May 21, 2019 file photo shows author Robert Caro at the 2019 PEN America Literary Gala in New York.  The historian discusses life during the pandemic and gives a progress report on his final Lyndon Johnson book …

Top career intelligence official departs ODNI  —  A top career official is leaving the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the agency confirmed on Friday.  —  Deirdre Walsh, who spent more than 10 years at ODNI — most recently as chief operating officer …

Arrested Dallas Hairdresser's GoFundMe Launched Before She Even Reopened  —  As far as PR stunts go, this one has been lucrative.  —  On Friday, Ted Cruz flew to Dallas for a haircut.  He hadn't been looking particularly shaggy, but as hair salons have become the latest front in the culture war …

WATCH NOW: Father Mark White receives no-trespass notice to stay off church property and out of his residences  —  Bishop Barry Knestout earlier this week had banned Father Mark White from performing the duties of priest in Martinsville and Rocky Mount, which means he is prohibited …