Coronavirus
- After Deaths At Home Spike In NYC, Officials Plan To Count Many As COVID-19 by Gynne Hogan (NPR)
- Poll: Majority of Americans now disapprove of federal coronavirus efforts, Trump’s handling of crisis by Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Key U.S. coronavirus death projection revised down to 60,000 by Peter Szekely (Reuters)
- CDC Considers Loosening Guidelines For Some Exposed To Virus by AP (Huffington Post)
- Will Trump and His Enablers Ever Face Accountability for the Coronavirus Massacre? by David Corn (Mother Jones)
- Democrats propose bill to undo Trump move to sideline coronavirus oversight leader by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
- Opinion: There are no ‘America First’ solutions to global problems like pandemics by Max Boot (Washington Post)
- Opinion: The coronavirus is amplifying the bias already embedded in our social fabric by Michelle M. Norris (Washington Post)
- Federal Support Ends For Coronavirus Testing Sites As Pandemic Peak Nears by Jeff Brady (NPR)
- CDC Hospital Data Point To Racial Disparity In COVID-19 Cases by Allison Aubrey, Joe Neel (NPR)
- Democratic Senators Demand Answers on Trump’s Secretive Border Expulsions by Dara Lind (ProPublica)
- White House To Hold Briefing As Economic Relief Debate Escalates by Ohilip Ewing, Barbara Sprunt (NPR)
- Cuomo reports a new single-day record 779 NY coronavirus deaths by Nathaniel Weixel (The Hill)
- Fauci says the coronavirus is ‘shining a bright light’ on ‘unacceptable’ health disparities for African Americans by Jake Lahut (Business Insider)
- Analysis: Birx and Fauci reject Fox News-promoted theory that coronavirus deaths are inflated by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- Opinion: The Trump administration blames Covid-19 black mortality rates on poor health. It should blame its policies. by Sean Collins (Vox)
Coronavirus: Essential Workers
- Feds loosen virus rules to let essential workers return by Zeke Miller, Deb Riechmann, and Mike Stobbe (AP)
- White House Announces New Guidance For How Critical Employees Can Return To Work by Laurel Wamsley (NPR)
Coronavirus: WHO
- Under fire for COVID-19 response, Trump says ‘WHO really blew it’ (Al Jazeera)
- Coronavirus: Trump attacks ‘China-centric’ WHO over global pandemic (BBC)
- WHO responds to Trump’s threat to cut funding: ‘Now is not the time’ by Rory Sullivan (Independent)
- Trump scapegoating of WHO obscures its key role in tackling pandemic by Julian Borger (Guardian)
Coronavirus: Stimulus / Relief
- Democrats want additions to Trump’s $250bn emergency virus aid (Al Jazeera)
- Yes, Trump Hotels Do Appear to Qualify for Coronavirus Bailout Benefits. by Meg Cramer (ProPublica)
- For Millions of People, Relief From the COVID-19 Stimulus Package Remains Out of Reach by Alana Semuels (TIME)
- Coronavirus: Democrats want to double Trump’s $250bn relief package by Griffin Connolly (Independent)
- Opinion: Report: Ivanka Trump to Pause Guitar Lessons to Rescue Entire Economy by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- The U.S. Should Just Send Checks—But Won’t by Mehrsa Baradaran (Atlantic)
Coronavirus: Warnings
- Top Trump adviser Peter Navarro warned coronavirus could kill 1.2 million months ago in leaked memo by Igor Derysk (Salon)
- US intelligence warned in November that coronavirus spreading in China could be ‘cataclysmic event’: report by Justine Coleman (The Hill)
Coronavirus: Voting
- Trump: GOP should fight mail-in voting because it ‘doesn’t work out well for Republicans’ by Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Chaotic Wisconsin election signals virus-related voting battles ahead by Simon Lewis and Julia Harte (Reuters)
- New Jersey postpones primary elections until July by Bridget Bowman (Roll Call)
Coronavirus: Medical Supplies
- California to spend nearly $1B for 200 million masks per month by Carla Marinucci (Politico)
- Why Does the Trump Administration Keep Seizing Hospitals’ Coronavirus Supplies? by Luke Darby (GQ)
- GM Will Build 30,000 Ventilators For U.S. Government by Camila Domonoske (NPR)
- FEMA allows export of health protective gear despite emergency by Mark Bocchetti (Roll Call)
- HHS: Federal stocks of protective equipment nearly depleted by Michael Biesecker (AP)
Bernie Sanders
- Bernie Sanders Is Suspending His Presidential Campaign by Scott Detrow (NPR)
- Bernie Sanders suspends his presidential campaign by Holly Otterbein, David Siders (Politico)
- Opinion: We cannot rely on Trump. Congress must lead the way in this unprecedented crisis by Bernie Sanders (The Guardian)
- Sanders quits U.S. presidential race, setting up Biden battle with Trump by John Whitesides and Simon Lewis (Reuters)
Other News
- Trump’s New Press Secretary’s Troubling Remarks Are Coming Back To Haunt Her by Dominque Mosbergen (Huffington Post)
- ‘We won’t see coronavirus here’ … and other gems from Trump’s new press secretary by David Smith and Emily Holden (Guardian)
Analysis
- Trump, who has lied about voting for years, disparages voting-by-mail for self-serving reasons by Phillip Bump (Washington Post)