Kushner, Law Aside, Doesn't Rule Out Delaying 2020 Election  —  The opinion of a White House staff member has no bearing on when the election is held, but his comment played into the concerns of President Trump's detractors.  —  WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law …

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort released to home confinement amid coronavirus concerns  —  Manafort's lawyers had requested release, citing age, pre-existing conditions.  —  President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been released from prison to serve the remainder …

EXCLUSIVE: In court filing, FBI accidentally reveals name of Saudi official suspected of directing support for 9/11 hijackers  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI inadvertently revealed one of the U.S. government's most sensitive secrets about the Sept. 11 terror attacks: the identity …

U.S. judge puts on hold Justice Dept. move to dismiss Michael Flynn's guilty plea to hear outside groups' challenges  —  A U.S. judge on Tuesday put on hold the Justice Department's move to drop charges against Michael Flynn, saying he expects independent groups and legal experts to argue …

Team Trump Pushes CDC to Revise Down Its COVID Death Counts  —  The president and members of his task force are skeptical of the numbers and want the methodology changed.  —  President Donald Trump and members of his coronavirus task force are pushing officials at the Centers for Disease Control …

Howard Stern to Trump supporters: He hates you and so do I  —  Howard Stern says he and President Trump are both showmen who love a good time — and they both hate Trump supporters.  —  “One thing Donald loves is celebrities, he loves the famous,” Stern said on his SiriusXM show Tuesday.  “He loves it.

Republican Mike Garcia leads in race to fill Democrat Katie Hill's seat  —  Republican Mike Garcia jumped to an early lead Tuesday over Democrat Christy Smith in the runoff for a House seat in the Los Angeles suburbs, raising GOP hopes of flipping a blue California Congressional District for the first time since 1998.

Chinese, Iranian Hacking May Be Hampering Search for Coronavirus Vaccine, Officials Say  —  In a possible escalation, U.S. to accuse China of actions some officials consider attacks on American public health  —  WASHINGTON—Chinese and Iranian hackers are aggressively targeting American universities …

Who You Calling Sleepy Joe?:  Biden on His Youth Agenda, Internet Memes, and Fighting Trump From His House  —  “Young people want the truth,” says the presumptive Democratic nominee.  And “I sometimes say more than I mean, but no one doubts I mean what I say.”

Ocasio-Cortez is working with the Biden campaign on climate policy  —  Liberal leader Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is helping Joe Biden's presidential campaign develop proposals by serving on a climate policy panel that the former vice president created as part of a larger effort to woo the party's left wing.

A new internal GOP poll suggests tight prez, Senate races in Georgia  —  An internal poll conducted by a group backing Gov. Brian Kemp showed a deadlocked presidential race in Georgia and tight contests for both U.S. Senate seats, underscoring the challenges Republicans face keeping the state in the GOP column.

Trump's racism will bring his party down with him  —  President Trump can't help himself.  The former reality-TV host was warned by White House staff, his campaign team, financial contributors and Republicans on Capitol Hill that his afternoon news conferences were causing political damage.

Manhattan Faces a Reckoning if Working From Home Becomes the Norm  —  Even after the crisis eases, companies may let workers stay home.  That would affect an entire ecosystem, from transit to restaurants to shops.  Not to mention the tax base.  —  Before the coronavirus crisis …

With Obamagate, Trump returns to a favorite distraction tactic  —  Donald Trump launched his political career turbocharging the conspiratorial birther movement.  Now Trump is trying to keep his presidency afloat with another theory about his predecessor: Obamagate.

No, 68 Percent of Americans Did Not Say They Would Avoid ‘Normal Life’ Until There's a Coronavirus Vaccine  —  Two-thirds of Americans said they would not return to “normal life” until a vaccine becomes available for COVID-19, according to CNN.  —  The ramifications of this finding …

Armed militia helped a Michigan barbershop open, a coronavirus defiance that puts Republican lawmakers in a bind  —  OWOSSO, Mich. — Armed members of the Michigan Home Guard stood outside Karl Manke's barber shop, ready to blockade the door if police arrived.

Americans' expectations for safe public gatherings slip to July at the earliest, Post-U. Md. poll finds  —  As the coronavirus spreads across the country, Americans are curbing their expectations about when it will be safe for gatherings of 10 or more people, with about 2 in 3 adults now saying …

Small business used to define America's economy.  The pandemic could change that forever.  —  More than 100,000 small businesses have closed forever as the nation's pandemic toll escalates  —  The coronavirus pandemic is emerging as an existential threat to the nation's small businesses …

‘Faithless elector’: Supreme Court hears cases that could change presidential contests  —  If presidential electors are determined to be free agents, a handful — or even one in a close election — could change the outcome.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday takes up a …

As Coronavirus Restrictions Lift, Millions in U.S. Are Leaving Home Again  —  Where people started leaving home again  —  Percentage point change in the share of people staying home  —  Note: The map shows the change in the average share of people sheltering at home from May 1 to May 8 …

Republican voters give Trump and GOP governors cover to reopen  —  Republican voters have undergone a significant shift on the coronavirus in a few short weeks.  —  A month ago, half of GOP voters said they were more worried about public health than the economy.

Governor Inslee lays out statewide contact tracing plan for COVID-19  —  At his May 12 press conference, Governor Jay Inslee laid out the plans for the statewide contact tracing initiative.  —  “[The initiative] is robust, it is vigorous and it is comprehensive, and it needs to be all three to be successful,” Inslee said.

Despite Smears From NYC Leaders, Christian COVID-19 Clinic Discriminated Against Zero LGBT Patients  —  For all the fear and loathing in NYC by a small, politically motivated group, Samaritan's Purse's presence resulted in nothing more than 333 patients receiving excellent and needed medical care.

Trump approval dips amid mounting coronavirus death toll, trails Biden by 8 points: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - More Americans have grown critical of President Donald Trump over the past month as the death toll mounts from the coronavirus pandemic and he now trails Democratic …

All the Adam Schiff Transcripts  —  Newly released documents show he knew all along that there was no proof of Russia-Trump collusion.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Americans expect that politicians will lie, but sometimes the examples are so brazen that they deserve special notice.

CNN skips revived WH briefings after yearlong complaints demanding ‘transparency’  —  Ever since President Trump took office, one of CNN's longest-running complaints was that the White House had broken norms when it no longer held regularly-scheduled press briefings.

Trump presses immunity argument in Summer Zervos defamation case  —  NEW YORK — Lawyers for President Trump this week reiterated their argument that a defamation lawsuit from a woman who alleges Trump groped and kissed her without consent should be halted because the president is immune …

Latin America's Outbreaks Now Rival Europe's.  But Its Options Are Worse.  —  An analysis by The New York Times found some cities in Latin America have seen spikes in fatalities that match the worst of the pandemic elsewhere.  —  Deaths doubled in Lima, rivaling the worst month of the pandemic in Paris.

Inn at Little Washington Chef Will Fill His Socially Distanced Dining Room With Midcentury Mannequins  —  The three Michelin-starred destination will also have Marilyn Monroe masks.  —  A few weeks ago, the Inn at Little Washington sent out an email blast announcing that the luxury Rappahannock …

Think we have military primacy over China?  Think again.  —  Here's a fact that ought to startle every American who assumes that because we spend nearly $1 trillion each year on defense, we have primacy over our emerging rival, China.  —  “Over the past decade, in U.S. war games against China …

AP Exclusive: CDC docs stress plans for more virus flareups  —  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Advice from the nation's top disease control experts on how to safely reopen businesses and institutions in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic included detailed instructive guidance …

L.A. County could keep stay-at-home orders in place well into summer  —  Los Angeles County's stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer acknowledged during a Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.

Under fire, President Trump drops his Mar-a-Lago dock plan — for now  —  President Trump has temporarily withdrawn a controversial dock proposal at his Palm Beach resort that had raised larger questions about the legality of the change of his official residency from New York to Florida.