Team Trump Wants Flynn Back for 2020, Sees Him as Its ‘Nelson Mandela’  —  Can a disgraced former national security adviser become a campaign MAGA hero?  We may soon find out.  —  With the Justice Department announcing Thursday that it would drop the case against Michael Flynn …

Exclusive: 1996 court document confirms Tara Reade told of harassment in Biden's office  —  A court document from 1996 shows former Senate staffer Tara Reade told her ex-husband she was sexually harassed while working for Joe Biden in 1993.  —  The declaration — exclusively obtained …

Political fantasy battles economic reality after tens of millions of jobs lost  —  The U.S. economy is sitting in its deepest hole since the Great Depression, with more than 33 million Americans losing their jobs in just seven weeks and an unemployment rate now at 14.7 percent …

I worked for Jared Kushner.  Of course he says his covid-19 failure is a success.  —  President Trump's son-in-law always casts himself as the genius cleaning up someone else's problems.  —  Jared Kushner's coronavirus response team, we learned this week, is fumbling because it's largely staffed with inexperienced volunteers.

Ahmaud Arbery Death Investigation  —  Glynn County, GA (May 7, 2020) - On May 7th, 2020, the GBI arrested Gregory McMichael, age 64, and Travis McMichael, age 34, for the death of Ahmaud Arbery.  They were both charged with murder and aggravated assault.  The McMichaels were taken into custody …

Discredited Doctor and Sham ‘Science’ Are the Stars of Viral Coronavirus Documentary ‘Plandemic’  —  Dr. Judy Mikovits is portrayed as a science genius in a conspiracy film about the coronavirus—but her own research history is dubious and the video is full of bizarre claims.

New Yahoo News/YouGov coronavirus poll: Almost one in five say they won't get vaccinated  —  As a number of states begin to reopen their economies, a clear majority of Americans believe they are moving too fast, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov coronavirus poll.  Even residents of the reopened states agree.

Scoop: Trump officials' dysfunction harms delivery of coronavirus drug  —  A complete breakdown in communication and coordination within the Trump administration has undermined the distribution of a promising treatment, according to senior officials with direct knowledge of the discussions.

'We're going to fill it': Republicans ready for any Supreme Court vacancy  —  Senate Republicans are quietly beginning to contemplate the possibility of an election-year confirmation battle for the Supreme Court.  —  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's hospitalization this week and the looming end …

Obama Defense Official Evelyn Farkas Admitted She Lied On MSNBC About Having Evidence Of Collusion  —  Former Obama administration defense official Evelyn Farkas testified under oath that she lied during an MSNBC interview when she claimed to have evidence of alleged collusion …

Pompeo changes tune on Chinese lab's role in virus outbreak, as intel officials cast doubt  —  After telling ABC News there was “enormous evidence,” he now says maybe not.  —  Secretary of State Pompeo is leaning even harder into his attacks on the Chinese government over the novel coronavirus pandemic …

I Hired a Team of Secret Shoppers to Find Out How Businesses Were Opening in Dallas.  It's Not Good.  —  I wanted to get an understanding of what opening meant to businesses around Dallas.  Were they opening?  What precautions were they taking?  Were employees in safe environments?

States face economic death spiral from coronavirus  —  Early numbers show how significantly the coronavirus is devastating states' revenue streams — and could force choices between raising taxes or gutting services and laying off public employees.  —  Why it matters: Even as some states …

Democratic senators propose $2,000 monthly payments to most Americans  —  A trio of Democratic senators are pitching a big idea: pay most American families thousands of dollars each month until the coronavirus's economic crisis subsides.  —  On Friday, Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) …

RNC launches ProtectTheVote website to highlight election integrity efforts amid coronavirus pandemic  —  The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Friday launched ProtectTheVote.com, a digital platform that the GOP says is part of its all-hands-on-deck effort to “protect against the Democrats' assault …

Sen. Martha McSally: Next coronavirus relief package should not be a ‘cash cow’ for mismanaged cities  —  Sen. Martha McSally won't commit to backing additional financial support for state and local governments during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying taxpayers should not bail them out for years of mismanagement.

How America Arrived at the Cruel New Normal  —  Column: Here comes the ‘dumb reopening’  —  Very soon, you and I will have to figure out how to navigate a semi-open America where coronavirus is a terrible fact of life.  The lockdowns and stay-at-home orders that state and city governments announced in March are breaking down.