Coronavirus
- Fact Check: A Blanket National Quarantine Is Likely Not Legal by Briaan Naylor (NPR)
- Pentagon Says FEMA Wants It To Find 100,000 Body Bags For Pandemic Fatalities by David Welna (NPR)
- Anthony Fauci To Receive More Personal Security After Threats: Reports by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
- What We Need to Understand About Asymptomatic Carriers if We’re Going to Beat Coronavirus by Caroline Chen (ProPublica)
- Georgia governor says he didn’t know asymptomatic people could spread coronavirus by Zack Budryk (The Hill)
- 74 journalism professors accuse Fox News of spreading coronavirus misinformation by Marty Johnson (The Hill)
- FBI Reports Staggering 3.7 Million Firearm Background Checks In March by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
- Here’s How Quickly Coronavirus Is Spreading in Your State by Chris Wilson (TIME)
- Opinion: Has Trump corrupted the coronavirus supply chain? Schiff wants to know. by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- Analysis: As exposed health care workers seek legal remedies, who’s liable for lack of personal protective equipment? by Darlene Ricker (ABA Journal)
- Four Measurable Ways the Coronavirus Is Changing the Planet by Marina Koren (The Atlantic)
- Analysis: Authoritarian Populists Have Six Classic Moves. Trump’s Response to COVID-19 Uses Five of Them. by Kristy Parker and Yasha Mounk (The Atlantic)
- Yale psychiatrist: Trump endangers lives by waging war on reality, not the coronavirus by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- Opinion: Our Dunning-Kruger president: Trump’s arrogance and ignorance are killing people by Chauncey DeVega (Salon)
- What Is Post-Traumatic Growth and Coping in a Pandemic? by Sheela Raja, Ph.D. (Psychology Today)
- Trump Congratulates Businesses for Helping Fight Coronavirus. But His Own Company Has Been Absent. by Peter Elkind (ProPublica)
- FEMA tells lawmakers most new ventilators won’t be ready until June by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Trump Asks Deutsche Bank and Palm Beach County to Give His Businesses a Break by Russ Choma (Mother Jones)
- Trump expands DPA order to cover 6 medical device suppliers by Gavin Bade (Politico)
- Why it can be so hard to tell if you have Covid-19 by Umair Irfan (Vox)
- Donald Trump’s Net Worth Reportedly Tanked by $1 Billion by Luke Darby (GQ)
- Trump again tests negative for coronavirus by Daniel Lippman (Politico)
Coronavirus: Face Masks
- Los Angeles mayor says all residents should wear masks by Justin Wise (The Hill)
- Coronavirus: Expert panel to assess face mask use by public by David Shukman (BBC)
- Trump set to urge Americans to wear face coverings when outside by Dan Diamond (Politico)
- Trump expected to recommend certain Americans wear masks to limit virus spread by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
Coronavirus: Cases / Deaths
- US coronavirus deaths top 5,000, with 1,000 in one day by Justin Wise (The Hill)
- Live updates: Coronavirus death toll passes 50,000 worldwide; U.S. unemployment claims explode by Rick Noack, Brittany Shammas, John Wagner, Alex Horton, Miriam Berger, Katie Mettler, and Siobhán O’Grady (Washington Post)
- Coronavirus: Confirmed global cases pass one million (BBC)
- 1 Million Coronavirus Cases Have Now Been Reported Worldwide by Bill Chappell (NPR)
Coronavirus: DNC
- DNC postpones presidential convention until August 17 by Alex Thompson (Politico)
- Democratic National Convention postponed to August as President Trump vows no delay for GOP by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- US DNC postpones 2020 convention due to coronavirus pandemic (Al Jazeera)
Coronavirus: New York
- New York’s Coronavirus Death Toll Doubled in 72 Hours by Robert Bumsted, Angela Charlton, Mark Sherman / AP (TIME)
- Coronavirus: New York will run out of ventilators within six days, governor warns (Independent)
- In Desperation, New York State Pays Up to 15 Times the Normal Prices for Medical Equipment by Lydia DePillis and Lisa Song (ProPublica)
Coronavirus: Unemployment
- Unemployment Filings Hit 6.6 Million, Doubling Last Week’s Record High by Neil Paine (FiveThirtyEight)
- Jaw-Dropping 10 Million Americans File for Unemployment in Two Weeks by Luke Darby (GQ)
- A Dismal Record: Nearly 10 Million Filed For Unemployment In Last 2 Weeks by Avie Schneider (NPR)
- ’No words for this’: 10 million workers file jobless claims in just two weeks by Rebecca Rainey, Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
Coronavirus: Relief / Stimulus Bill
- The Evil Tucked Into the $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Bill by Liz Theoharis, William J. Barber II (TIME)
- Nearly $3 Billion in Coronavirus Aid to Be Used to Shelter, Provide Testing to the Homeless by Kevin Freking / AP (TIME)
- Pelosi to form bipartisan panel to oversee $2 trillion coronavirus relief (Reuters)
- Coronavirus: US House to form coronavirus spending watchdog to ‘ensure taxpayers’ dollars’ are spent wisely by Griffin Connolly (Independent)
- Analysis: How the bailout could create another AIG scandal by Michael Grunwald (Politico)
- Pelosi announces new select committee to oversee coronavirus response, setting up clash with Trump over $2 trillion law by Erica Werner and Paul Kane (Washington Post)
- Opinion: We badly need another rescue package. Here’s what should be in it. by Paul Waldman (Washington Post)
- First stimulus payments expected to go out week of April 13 by Aaron Lorenzo (Politico)
Other News
- US sends warships to Caribbean to stop illegal drugs (BBC)
- Trump administration clamping down on exports to China: report by John Bowden (The Hill)
- Trump calls on Russia and Saudi Arabia to cut oil production by Ben Lefebvre (Politico)
- Saudi Arabia calls for emergency oil meeting, sending weak crude prices higher by Rania El Gamal, Vladimir Soldatkin (Reuters)
- Trump administration revokes reservation status for Mashpee Wampanoag tribe amid coronavirus crisis by Rory Taylor (Vox)
Opinion
- SCOTUS Comcast case is a serious loss for civil rights by Erwin Chemerinsky (ABA Journal)