I left the Justice Department after it made a disastrous mistake.  It just happened again.  —  Jonathan Kravis was a federal prosecutor for 10 years.  —  Three months ago, I resigned from the Justice Department after 10 years as a career prosecutor.  I left a job I loved because I believed …

CEOs, Farm Bureau President Told To Remove Face Masks Before Meeting With Mike Pence  —  The vice president walked in soon afterward — without a mask — shortly after learning his press secretary had tested positive for COVID-19.  —  Four CEOs of food companies and the president …

Does Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis know what he's doing?  We're about to find out.  —  Florida Man is devil-may-care and slightly oafish, beloved but not admired, newsworthy above all.  Florida Man — christened as a meme in the previous decade but perhaps as old as the state itself …

Kamala emerges as early Biden VP favorite as sting of debate attack fades  —  Kamala Harris was written off as a possible vice presidential pick for Joe Biden last year after a cutting debate performance where she seemed to suggest he was racially insensitive.

Trump administration cuts funding for coronavirus researcher, jeopardizing possible COVID-19 cure  —  An American scientist who collaborates with the Wuhan Institute of Virology had his grant terminated in the wake of unsubstantiated claims that COVID-19 is either manmade or leaked out of a Chinese government lab.

Barack Obama on Michael Flynn  —  The lawyer President misstates the crime and the real threat to justice.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Barack Obama is a lawyer, so it was stunning to read that he ventured into the Michael Flynn case in a way that misstated the supposed crime and ignored …

Despite polling disadvantage, betting markets see Trump winning re-election  —  Even after the White House's delayed response to the coronavirus outbreak, unprecedented job losses and a bruising recession, investors and betting markets are still putting their money on President Trump to win re-election in November.

Biden Is Planning an FDR-Size Presidency He thinks he'll survive Tara Reade's accusation.  But he knows he can't be an average-Joe Democrat anymore.  —  When fourth-term senator Joe Biden built his Wilmington, Delaware, home in 1996, he had no plans to turn it into a backup office …

Ben Crump: Ahmaud Arbery killing reminiscent of lynching  —  Imagine for a moment that two black men with rifles jumped out of a pickup in a residential neighborhood and shot to death a white jogger because they suspected him of committing a crime.  —  Imagine the fury of justice that would rain down upon them.

Trump, Reagan, and “Mourning in America”  —  The Lincoln Project's “Mourning in America” ad has been the defining spot of the 2020 campaign.  —  The ad is a play on Ronald Reagan's classic 1984 reelection ad, “Morning in America.”  And it seems to have triggered President Trump.

Factories Close for Good as Coronavirus Cuts Demand  —  Some manufacturers that furloughed employees during lockdowns say plants won't reopen  —  Factory furloughs across the U.S. are becoming permanent closings, a sign of the heavy damage the coronavirus pandemic and shutdowns are exerting on the industrial economy.

The Supreme Court Can't Help Trump Now Without Hurting Itself  —  The conservative majority may want to contort the law so Trump can hide his taxes, but the legitimacy of the courts will take a hit if they do—especially if Biden wins the election  —  The Supreme Court is about to hear cases …

How the White House coronavirus response presents us with a false choice  —  Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States.  —  The coronavirus, to date, has taken the lives of more than 79,000 Americans.  One of every 5 U.S. workers has filed for unemployment …

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The Four Men Responsible For America's COVID-19 Test Disaster  —  The White House's inability to track the disease as it spread across the nation crippled the government's response and led to the worst disaster this country has faced in nearly a century  —  Dr. Robert Redfield …

Big Tech Has Crushed the News Business.  That's About to Change.  —  News organizations have long hoped that tech platforms would pay them for news.  Now regulators abroad are moving to make that happen.  —  It reads like a coroner's report on the news business, 623 pages filled with charts …

Take the Shutdown Skeptics Seriously  —  Should states ease pandemic restrictions or extend lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders into the summer?  That question confronts leaders across the United States.  President Trump says that “we have to get our country open.”

Why the U.S. isn't prepared to meet overwhelming demand for a coronavirus vaccine  —  Meeting the overwhelming demand for a successful coronavirus vaccine will require a historic amount of coordination between scientists, drugmakers and the government.  —  The nation's supply chain isn't anywhere close to ready for such an effort.

Mail-In Ballots Are a Recipe for Confusion, Coercion, and Fraud  —  So, naturally, Democrats are pushing to have them sent to every voter — or ‘voter.’  —  Enormous pressure is being mounted to use our current crisis as an excuse to transform how we vote in elections.

Castle Rock restaurant reopens to Mother's Day crowds in defiance of statewide public health order  —  A Castle Rock restaurant drew crowds Sunday when it reopened fully for Mother's Day in defiance of Colorado's public health order that limits restaurants statewide to takeout and delivery services.