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 …

Joe Biden's running mate list is shorter than you might think — for now, at least  —  Washington (CNN)Joe Biden says he has his eye on a dozen women as potential running mates, but those close to him believe the list of top prospects is likely far shorter as a deep vetting process gets underway …

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 …

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 …

Whistleblower to warn of “darkest winter in modern history” without coordinated virus response  —  A top vaccine doctor who was ousted from his position in April is expected to testify Thursday that the Trump administration was unprepared for the coronavirus, and that the U.S. could face the …

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 …

Powell Says Washington Will Need to Spend More to Battle Downturn  —  ‘Reversal of economic fortune has caused a level of pain that is hard to capture in words,’ says Fed leader  —  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Congress and the White House will need to spend more money …

Trump has a major vulnerability.  Democrats should keep pounding it.  —  It may seem like grotesque malpractice — both from a political and a public health standpoint.  But it's true: Amid a pandemic that has killed more than 80,000 Americans, President Trump and many Republicans …

Time to explode the Andrew Cuomo myth  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo is an “authoritative voice” on matters related to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the New York Times.  Cable pundits have praised him.  And with Joe Biden struggling in his campaign for the White House and facing …

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.”

Aspen Institute think tank receives $8 million federal small-business loan  —  Decision to accept funds despite $115 million endowment and billionaire board members divides group's leadership  —  The Aspen Institute think tank accepted more than $8 million in federal small-businesses funds despite having …

Fox News Gives Digital Show to Alex Berenson, Coronavirus Truther  —  Public-health experts have taken issue with the former reporter's militantly contrarian takes on the pandemic, but he's found a home in the right-wing media ecosystem.  —  Fox News has launched a new one-off documentary …

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 …

The Cruelty of Conspiracy: A Personal Story  —  “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”  ― Mark Twain  —  I know that I should really be writing about the clash between Anthony Fauci and Rand Paul, the arguments in the Supreme Court …

We don't have a president, or a plan  —  A member of the Secret Service stands wearing a surgical mask as President Trump arrives for a news conference at the White House on May 11.  Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images  —  60 days into the coronavirus crisis, the White House does not have a plan …

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 …

Coronavirus likely forced 27 million off their health insurance  —  Roughly 27 million people have likely have lost job-based health coverage since the coronavirus shocked the economy, according to new estimates from the Kaiser Family Foundation.  —  Why it matters: Most of these people …

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 …

Combining Models, New Projection Puts U.S. Coronavirus Deaths At 110,000 By June 6  —  Toggle more options  —  More than 82,000 people in the United States have died of COVID-19 as of Tuesday.  How many more lives will be lost?  Scientists have built dozens of computational models to answer that question.

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.

Ocasio-Cortez Commits Re-election Gaffe, Losing a Progressive Ballot Line  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez needed 15 signatures to secure a Working Families Party ballot spot, but a court challenge left her short of the mark.  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …

High-risk states are seeing fewer new coronavirus cases  —  The first stages of reopening haven't produced a surge in coronavirus cases in most states — at least, not yet.  —  Yes, but: The reopening process is still in its early stages, so a second wave of infections still remains distinctly possible.

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 …

People's Republic of China (PRC) Targeting of COVID-19 Research Organizations  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing this announcement to raise awareness of the threat to COVID-19-related research.

Jewish State Not Feeling Blessed By ‘God TV’  —  Israel's media watchdog has launched an investigation into a US-based evangelical network following allegations that its programming violated law by seeking to promote conversions to Christianity.  —  International Christian network GOD TV …

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.

For some seniors, virus is shifting their views of Trump  —  WHY WE WROTE THIS … Loading...  As the debate over lifting lockdowns has intensified, President Donald Trump's eagerness to get the economy moving again seems to have put him at odds with many older voters.

Venezuelan Oil Company Sues Miami Ex-Congressman Over $50 Million Deal  —  Former Representative David Rivera of Florida, known as a strident anti-communist, had quietly been doing business with President Nicolás Maduro's socialist government.  —  MIAMI — Venezuela's state-run oil company …