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 …

Why Kamala Harris Isn't Clamoring to Be Biden's Running Mate  —  The California senator is considered a potential running mate for Joe Biden.  But unlike other possible contenders, she has avoided making a pitch for the ticket.  —  Six years ago, when President Barack Obama had to replace …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

RIP Democracy … Jack cable sat down at the desk in his cramped dorm room to become an adult in the eyes of democracy.  The rangy teenager, with neatly manicured brown hair and chunky glasses, had recently arrived at Stanford—his first semester of life away from home—and the 2018 midterm elections were less than two months away.

Coronavirus Stranded New Yorkers in Paradise.  What Now?  —  Some feel sheepish about their choice to retreat from stricken cities, for intervals that are stretching on.  Others have found it liberating.  —  The day before Megan LeCrone, a soloist dancer with the New York City Ballet …

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 …

New York City Medical Examiner Doing Limited Coronavirus Testing on Dead  —  Citing ‘unprecedented circumstances,’ office uses interviews to determine whether virus has caused home deaths

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 …

AP-NORC poll: Majority disapprove of coronavirus protests  —  A majority of Americans disapprove of protests against restrictions aimed at preventing the spread the coronavirus, according to a new poll that also finds the still-expansive support for such limits — including restaurant closures …

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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.

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.

‘Homicide report’ from shooting death seems to contradict Broward sheriff's statements  —  A 27-year-old police report documenting the details of the case against Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony — who as a 14-year-old shot and killed an 18-year-old in Philadelphia — confirms his acquittal of any crime in the incident.

No, Gov. Cuomo, no: Please don't reopen schools last  —  To all the women screaming, “I love you Andrew Cuomo, and I want to have your baby!”:  Would you mind asking him where that baby will go to school?  —  Millions of New York parents would like to know what, exactly, is the plan for the kids.

Biden campaign ramps up digital staff amid tech woes, Dem pressure  —  Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's campaign is beefing up its digital staff, just as it had been hit by a series of technical problems at a virtual event on Thursday — and amid alarm bells from Democratic allies …

Good Riddance to the Handshake  —  Editor's Note: This article is part of Uncharted, a series about the world we're leaving behind, and the one being remade by the pandemic.  —  In February 1958, Science Digest, inspired by the launch of Sputnik and the consequent hastening of the space race …