As Florida re-opens, COVID-19 data chief gets sidelined and researchers cry foul  —  EDITORS NOTE: We chose to make this story broadly accessible because of the importance of its content.  But quality, fact-checked reporting isn't free.  Collecting and verifying news is a costly …

White House portrait ceremony may be the latest casualty of the political divide  —  Why traditional WH portrait unveiling may cease for now  —  WASHINGTON — It's been a White House tradition for decades: a first-term president hosts his immediate predecessor in the East Room for a ceremony …

Secretary of State: All Michigan voters will get absentee ballot applications at home  —  Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Tuesday all of Michigan's 7.7 million registered voters will be mailed absentee ballot applications so they can take part in elections in August and November without …

Judge Deals Setback to Trump Family: Ugly Pyramid Scheme Lawsuit Likely to Unfold in Public  —  A federal judge sitting in the Southern District of New York has refused to stay a lawsuit alleging that Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, and the Trump Corporation committed …

John Ratcliffe, Trump's pick for top intelligence post, clears divided Senate panel  —  Texas congressman John Ratcliffe (R) took a step closer to becoming President Trump's top intelligence adviser on Tuesday, after the Senate Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to move his nomination to the full Senate.

In Michael Flynn case, Judge Sullivan's gross overreach turns justice into mob rule  —  The case of former national security adviser Michael Flynn is rapidly moving from the dubious to the preposterous.  U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan is being widely applauded for resisting the dismissal …

POLITICO Playbook: Trump's hydroxychloroquine moment  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  IN SAYING HE IS INGESTING hydroxychloroquine against the advice of his government's experts and refusing to use a mask, President DONALD TRUMP has unleashed the wail of a siren to his base that he is in charge …

Trump says it's OK for Pompeo to have a paid government employee wash dishes if his wife or son isn't there  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump said Monday that he would prefer for government employees to wash Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's dishes if his wife or son was not there to do so.

Georgia Republicans cancel election for state Supreme Court, meaning governor can appoint a Republican  —  Republicans will control a seat on the state Supreme Court for an extra two years.  —  The state of Georgia was supposed to hold an election Tuesday to fill a seat on the state Supreme Court.

Covid Patients Testing Positive After Recovery Aren't Infectious, Study Shows  — Result is a positive sign for regions reopening economies  — Findings may also aid in the debate over antibody testing  —  Researchers are finding evidence that patients who test positive for the coronavirus …

New poll shows Sen. Martha McSally losing ground to Mark Kelly and that's not even the bad news  —  From the Republican uh-oh department: Arizona Sen. Martha McSally is sliding in the polls, dropping four percentage points in a month.  —  McSally now trails Democrat Mark Kelly by 13 points …

Georgia church closes two weeks after reopening as families come down with coronavirus  —  A Georgia church that reopened after shutting down due to the coronavirus has axed in-person services again in what they describe as “an effort of extreme caution” as several of their families have become infected by the deadly disease.

President Trump's senior advisers now predict swift economic recovery, despite warnings that major problems could persist  —  White House officials are optimistic the economy will come roaring back this year, but Fed officials have said the unemployment rate could soon jump beyond 20 percent

Powell, Mnuchin Set to Face Lawmakers Over Crisis Lending Programs  —  Congress approved $500 billion to backstop Fed lending programs and Treasury aid to distressed industries  —  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will appear by videoconference …

‘Hard stop’: States could lose National Guard virus workers  —  More than 40,000 National Guard members currently helping states test residents for the coronavirus and trace the spread of infections will face a “hard stop” on their deployments on June 24 — just one day shy of many members becoming eligible …

Biden's Most Ridiculous Veep Prospect  —  Stacey Abrams's foremost political achievement is making her Georgia gubernatorial loss into a cause célèbre among Democrats.  —  Stacey Abrams has another distinction to add to her resume — she's among the most preposterous potential vice-presidential candidates ever.

49 of 50 governors have better coronavirus poll numbers than Trump  —  Last week, President Trump responded to governors' positive coronavirus poll numbers by citing his own federal government's help.  —  “Remember this,” Trump tweeted, “every Governor who has sky high approval on their handling …

Nancy Pelosi: ‘Morbidly obese’ Trump shouldn't be taking hydroxychloroquine  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to President Trump as “morbidly obese” during an appearance Monday night on CNN and said he shouldn't be taking hydroxychloroquine to stave off coronavirus.

Liberal Media Hypocrisy Never Ends  —  If you watched CNN or MSNBC you'd probably think you're going to die.  Of course, if you watched either of those networks why wouldn't you want to?  If you read liberal columnists you'd likely believe President Trump is coming to get you, to personally give you coronavirus.

Enough with the QAnon and ‘Liberate’ tweets, Mr. Trump.  Coronavirus is lethal enough.  —  I have no hope that Donald Trump will ever behave like a president of all 50 United States.  But I ask one simple thing from him and his son: Please stop trying to get my fellow Americans killed.

Roanoke College Poll: Opinions of Virginians on politics in May 2020  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 12 percentage points (51%-39%) in Virginia according to The Roanoke College Poll.  Each is viewed favorably by 36 percent of respondents …

He thought the coronavirus was ‘a fake crisis.’ Then he contracted it and changed his mind.  —  A Florida man who thought the coronavirus was “a fake crisis” has changed his mind after he and his wife contracted COVID-19.  —  Brian Hitchens, a rideshare driver who lives in Jupiter …

‘No offense, but is this a joke?’  Inside the underground market for face masks.  —  Navigating a ‘sea of sleaze’ to get protective gear for U.S. health workers  —  Alexis Wong, a Hong Kong-based trader who's been exporting medical masks since the early days of the covid-19 crisis, says the business brings out every species of crook.