Can we stop pretending Trump is fit to be president?  —  At various times over the past three and a half years, many of us have asked what would happen if President Trump truly went over the edge or if his behavior became so frightening that his unfitness for the most powerful position on Earth could no longer be denied.

Donald Trump, the Most Unmanly President  —  So many mysteries surround Donald Trump: the contents of his tax returns, the apparent miracle of his graduation from college.  Some of them are merely curiosities; others are of national importance, such as whether he understood the nuclear-weapons briefing given to every president.

Trump threatens to pull Republican convention out of North Carolina  —  President Donald Trump on Monday morning threatened to move August's Republican National Convention out of North Carolina unless there are guarantees the state will let everyone attend.  —  “I love the Great State …

Beshear hanged in effigy as Second Amendment supporters rally at Capitol before Memorial Day  —  What started out as a freedom-loving celebration of the Second Amendment ahead of Memorial Day turned into Gov. Andy Beshear being hanged in effigy and protesters chanting outside the governor's mansion.

Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months  —  NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a veterans park near his Delaware home.  —  Since abruptly canceling …

Why Joe Rogan's Spotify Deal Matters  —  Talking to the podcasting king about his monster Spotify deal.  —  Ms. Weiss is an Opinion staff writer and editor, and the author of “How to Fight Anti-Semitism.”  —  When I saw the news that the king of all podcasting, Joe Rogan …

Trump Wants Schools ‘Opened ASAP’ After Watching Fox News Segment  —  ‘VERY GOOD INFORMATION’  —  “Schools in our country should be opened ASAP.  Much very good information now available,” Donald Trump tweeted on the eve of Memorial Day as the U.S. coronavirus death toll approached 100,000.

Wuhan Tests Nine Million People for Coronavirus in 10 Days  —  City used ‘sample pooling’ for mass-testing regimen after a handful of fresh cases sparked concern  —  HONG KONG—The central Chinese city of Wuhan said early Monday that it had collected coronavirus swab tests from more than nine million …

New Zealand leader carries on with TV interview during quake  —  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern barely skipped a beat when an earthquake struck during a live television interview  —  WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern barely skipped a beat …

Trump and the 2020 presidential race  —  The Star Tribune, MPR News and KARE 11 interviewed 800 Minnesota registered voters between May 18 and May 20.  Findings from questions about President Donald Trump's job performance and the 2020 presidential race are below.  Totals may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

Wealthiest Hospitals Got Billions in Bailout for Struggling Health Providers  —  Twenty large chains received more than $5 billion in federal grants even while sitting on more than $100 billion in cash.  —  A multibillion-dollar institution in the Seattle area invests in hedge funds …

By Air and Sea, Mercenaries Landed in Libya.  Then the Plan Went South.  —  A short-lived mission uncovered by U.N. investigators offers a glimpse into the world of those who have thrived off Libya's chaos.  —  CAIRO — Two former British marines piloted their boats, a pair of military-grade inflatables …

As Trump removes federal watchdogs, some loyalists replacing them have ‘preposterous’ conflicts  —  The political appointee President Trump installed last week to investigate waste, fraud and abuse at the Transportation Department is the same official in charge of one of the agency's key divisions.

Florida family grieves as Trump spreads debunked conspiracy theory to attack MSNBC host  —  A little after 8 a.m. on July 20, 2001, a couple arriving for an appointment opened an unlocked front door at an office in the Florida panhandle town of Fort Walton Beach and discovered a woman lying on the floor, dead.