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 …

No one in this country is above the law.  The Supreme Court is about to teach that lesson.  —  Twenty-six years ago, I published my first op-ed. Entitled “'No Man in This Country ... Is Above the Law,'” it addressed news reports that President Bill Clinton planned to claim an immunity …

Georgia Killing Puts Spotlight on a Police Force's Troubled History  —  The shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery has renewed criticism of the police agency that released the two suspects.  They were charged by the state months later.  —  BRUNSWICK, Ga. — When the Glynn County Police Department arrived …

‘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.

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.

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 …

California Gov. Newsom formally endorses Biden for president  —  file photo, Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom formally endorsed Joe Biden for president on Friday, praising the former vice president for his “deep compassion and empathy” during a virtual high-dollar fundraiser …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

Newsom signs executive order to send every registered Californian a mail-in ballot  —  PHASE 3 COMING SOON?  Gov. Newsom teases next stage of reopening California businesses is closer than we thought  —  The election won't be vote-by-mail only; those who still want to vote in-person will be able to do so.

72 got COVID-19 after being at large event  —  MADISON, Wis. — More than 70 people who tested positive for the coronavirus since an April 24 rally at the Wisconsin state Capitol indicated they had attended a large gathering, but the state Department of Health Services cant' say if they were at the rally …

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 …

New Title IX regulations no longer require coaches to report sexual misconduct  —  The U.S. Department of Education, led by education secretary Betsy DeVos,  —  announced new Title IX federal regulations that change requirements on who must report sexual assault allegations and how institutions respond to those complaints.

California sheriff refuses to enforce state's coronavirus stay-at-home orders: 'Doesn't make sense anymore'  —  California sheriff says he can't enforce coronavirus orders making ‘criminals’ out of business owners  —  Riverside County, Calif. Sheriff Chad Bianco said Friday that he refuses …

Anxious About the Virus, Older Voters Grow More Wary of Trump  —  Surveys show the president's standing with seniors, the group most vulnerable to the coronavirus, has fallen as he pushes to reopen the country.  —  WASHINGTON — The coronavirus crisis and the administration's halting response …

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.

Richard Grenell, a True Hero of Our Times  —  You may have noticed, as a mere citizen of this country, there are many things you are not supposed to know.  —  You are not mature enough or intelligent enough to handle certain information.  You are in, in effect, a child in a supposedly democratic republic.

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.