In the early days of the pandemic, the U.S. government turned down an offer to manufacture millions of N95 masks in America  —  It was Jan. 22, a day after the first case of covid-19 was detected in the United States, and orders were pouring into Michael Bowen's company outside Fort Worth, some from as far away as Hong Kong.

Filing error adds to twists of Flynn case reversal  —  (CNN)The court filing on Thursday to drop former national security adviser Michael Flynn's criminal case used the attorney identification number for the previous US attorney, a technical error that adds to the twists of the dramatic reversal by the government.

Attorney who leaked Ahmaud Arbery ‘lynching’ video thought it would CLEAR his friends and says if jogger had ‘frozen’ he'd still be alive, as police debunk suspect's recent burglary claims  — Video that showed Gregory and Travis McMichael fatally shooting black jogger Ahmaud Arbery …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

Court Records: Biden Accuser Tara Reade was Charged with Check Fraud Days Before Leaving His Senate Office [UPDATE - Reade's Attorney Disputes Timeline]  —  According to California court records, Tara Reade — the woman who has accused former Vice President Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her 27 years ago …

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 …

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 …

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 …

As deaths mount, Trump tries to convince Americans it's safe to inch back to normal  —  In a week when the novel coronavirus ravaged new communities across the country and the number of dead soared past 78,000, President Trump and his advisers shifted from hour-by-hour crisis management …

Michael Caputo Releases Receipts, Shows Rep. Eric Swalwell Was Witness Tampering  —  Rep. Eric Swalwell might be in a bit of trouble, or at least he would be if he were a Republican.  —  Michael Caputo, a now cleared target of the Mueller investigation, has released text messages that purport …

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 …

Carnival Cruise Bookings Surge 600% After Announcing August Relaunch  —  Many eyes are on the cruise line industry as it reels from the impacts of coronavirus.  Earlier this week, Carnival Cruise Lines announced it was scheduling its return to the sea for August 1, 2020.

‘Lockdown protest’ couple film themselves wearing masks with SWASTIKAS on them while grocery shopping in the same California town where a man wore a KKK hood in another store  — Dustin Hart, who goes by Dusty Shekel on social media, posted a 14-minute clip of his encounter in a Santee Food 4 Less on Bit Chute

Royal Caribbean crew go on hunger strike until company proves it is sending them home  —  Fifteen crew members on Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas cruise ship say they are on a hunger strike until the company agrees to send them home.  —  After nearly two months stranded at sea since …

As Job Losses Mount, Lawmakers Face a Make-or-Break Moment  —  The United States just lost 20 million jobs.  The wrong federal response could make those layoffs a permanent fixture of the U.S. economy and sentence thousands of companies to bankruptcy.  —  WASHINGTON — As the nation confronts …

GOP lawmakers proposing new bill to limit powers of Ohio health director  —  Two Republican state lawmakers are proposing new legislation that would strip the state's health director position of much of its power to respond to a pandemic.  —  The bill is being proposed by state Reps. Ron Hood …

keyboard_arrow_down  —  To Army Special Forces veteran Drew White, the plan to take over Venezuelan oil fields after overthrowing the government — being pitched by a troubled fellow former 10th Special Forces Group soldier — seemed too far-fetched to be believed.

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.

Fact-checking Judy Mikovits, the controversial virologist attacking Anthony Fauci in a viral conspiracy video  —  In a video that has exploded on social media in the past few days, virologist Judy Mikovits claims the new coronavirus is being wrongly blamed for many deaths.

Trump Versus the Governors  —  At a press conference at the White House in March, President Donald Trump said that state governors seeking federal aid to fight the coronavirus needed to be nice to him.  “If they don't treat you right,” he told reporters, “I don't call.”