Trump Met With GOP Lawmakers For An Hour.  Nobody Wore A Mask Or Stayed Apart.  —  Are these guys begging to get the coronavirus?  —  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump hosted nearly 20 House Republicans at the White House on Friday to talk about rebuilding the economy amid …

Little Richard, Founding Father of Rock Who Broke Musical Barriers, Dead at 87  —  Pianist-singer behind “Tutti Frutti,” “Good Golly Miss Molly” and “Long Tall Sally” set the template that a generation of musicians would follow  —  Little Richard, a founding father of rock and roll whose fervent shrieks …

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 …

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 …

South Dakota governor tells Sioux tribes they have 48 hours to remove Covid-19 checkpoints  —  (CNN)The governor of South Dakota has given an ultimatum to two Sioux tribes: Remove checkpoints on state and US highways within 48 hours or risk legal action.  —  Gov. Kristi Noem sent letters Friday …

The one Republican Senate candidate willing to call out Donald Trump  —  Few Republicans are willing to say a negative word about President Donald Trump.  —  John James — a rising star in the GOP who last year was floated to be Trump's ambassador to the United Nations …

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 …

It took 74 days for suspects to be charged in the death of a black jogger.  Many people are asking why it took so long.  —  BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The arrests of two white men in the fatal shooting of a black jogger did little to calm outrage in this coastal community Friday …

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 …

Why Is the Stock Market Rallying When the Economy Is So Bad?  —  Five reasons the stock market is soaring as the economy is floundering: from buoyant tech stocks to high earnings hopes to fear of missing out  —  The latest jobs report revealing record U.S. unemployment highlights …

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 real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months  —  When a group of schoolboys were marooned on an island in 1965, it turned out very differently from William Golding's bestseller, writes Rutger Bregman  —  For centuries western culture has been permeated …

Jim Bakker's Prepper Village Is Having the Worst Apocalypse Ever  —  Televangelist Jim Bakker once lauded the Morningside community he founded as a safe haven in “troubled times.”  But it's apparently not safe from Bakker's own legal woes.  —  Morningside USA was supposed to be apocalypse-proof.

There's One Big Reason the U.S. Economy Can't Reopen  —  Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers.  Find the collection here.  —  The United States is mired in one of the most immiserating peacetime moments in its history.

The Southern Democrat with the power to shut down Trump's convention  —  North Carolina Roy Cooper has got a doozy on his hands.  —  He's a Democratic governor, up for reelection in a Republican-leaning Southern swing state, pushing a go-slow approach to reopening the economy as protests intensify and neighboring states move quicker.

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.

Ousted government scientist who pushed back on Trump-touted coronavirus treatment speaks out  —  Rick Bright says he was removed from his position after he warned about deficiencies in the country's response to COVID-19.  —  Rick Bright, the government virologist who says he was removed …

‘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.

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.

Trump administration tightens visas for Chinese reporters  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists in response to the treatment of U.S. journalists in China, as tensions flare between the two nations over the coronavirus.

Outbreaks in Germany, S. Korea show the risks in easing up  —  ROME (AP) — South Korea's capital closed down more than 2,100 bars and other nightspots Saturday because of a new cluster of coronavirus infections, and Germany scrambled to contain fresh outbreaks at slaughterhouses …

Obama, Biden Oval Office Meeting On January 5 Was Key To Entire Anti-Trump Operation  —  Susan Rice's bizarre Inauguration Day email about that meeting helps explain the campaign of leaks, lies, and obstruction that followed.  —  Information released in the Justice Department's motion …

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 …

Fight Over Virus's Death Toll Opens Grim New Front in Election Battle  —  Elements of the right have sought to bolster the President Trump's political standing by turning scientific questions into political issues.  —  The claim was tailor-made for President Trump's most steadfast backers …

Rosie O'Donnell Reveals She's Helping Michael Cohen With His ‘Spicy’ Trump Tell-All Book  —  The comedy and TV legend—and Trump foe—talks to Marlow Stern about how she came to befriend Trump fixer Michael Cohen and help him with his juicy tell-all book.  —  On Friday afternoon, I had a fun …