Inside Trump's Failure: The Rush to Abandon Leadership Role on the Virus  —  The roots of the nation's current inability to control the pandemic can be traced to mid-April, when the White House embraced overly rosy projections to proclaim victory and move on.

Federal Officers Deployed in Portland Didn't Have Proper Training, D.H.S. Memo Said  —  Rather than tamping down persistent protests in Portland, Ore., a militarized presence from federal officers seems to have re-energized them.  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — The heavily armed federal agents facing …

What happens to John Lewis' seat in Congress after his death  —  Facing a tight legal deadline, Georgia Democrats are seeking online applications to succeed the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis.  —  The state party said Saturday that potential contenders must complete an application by Sunday evening …

Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing and CDC in upcoming coronavirus relief bill  —  White House posture angers some GOP senators who are trying to include billions of dollars in the bill  —  The Trump administration is trying to block billions of dollars …

With 4 in 5 Texans living in a “red zone,” coronavirus hot spots are moving targets  —  Early hot spots have been eclipsed by new regions in crisis.  Now that so much of Texas is battling major coronavirus outbreaks, some severely ill patients have to travel long distances to receive the care they need.

Fauci holds up New York as model for fighting coronavirus — ‘They did it correctly’  — National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci on Friday praised New York for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying the state did it “correctly.”

Face Masks Really Do Matter.  The Scientific Evidence Is Growing.  —  New research suggests that face coverings help reduce the transmission of droplets, though some masks are more protective than others  —  Face masks are emerging as one of the most powerful weapons to fight the novel coronavirus …

‘Superspreading’ events, triggered by people who may not even know they are infected, propel coronavirus pandemic  —  Most spread the virus to only a few people — or none at all.  But studies show a small percentage transmit it with alarming efficiency.  —  PLEASE NOTE

Senate Democrat's great-great-grandfather allegedly sheltered John Wilkes Booth  —  Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters has been promoting his racial sensitivity by hosting justice-reform panels and sponsoring a bill to raise awareness of African-American history.

Call it the cultural left.  Do not call it liberal.  —  Every day now, it seems, news outlets and social media are crackling with a debate over the value of free speech vs. the rooting out of systemic bias.  —  The latest volley concerns the Harvard professor Steven Pinker.

Conspiracy Theories, Denial, and the Coronavirus  —  Last Saturday marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Europe's worst massacre since the Second World War.  In 1995, in the final months of the war in Bosnia, eight thousand Muslim men and boys were killed in mass executions around the town of Srebrenica.

From ‘Sleepy Joe’ to a destroyer of the ‘American way of life,’ Trump's attacks on Biden make a dystopian shift  —  President Trump has launched a slash-and-burn campaign against an exaggerated caricature of his Democratic opponent, casting former vice president Joe Biden as a destroyer …

Trump Promotes Caricature of What Conservatives Want  —  A series of events during his White House tenure has made clear that Mr. Trump views the voters he calls “my people” through the lens of what he imagines they like.  —  Standing in the White House colonnade this week …

Joni Ernst: If Trump has a Supreme Court nominee, Senate should hold hearings  —  U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Friday that the Senate should hold hearings on any Supreme Court nomination President Donald Trump might make this year, even if he loses November's election.