Coronavirus: WHO Funding
- Trump says US ‘halting funding’ to WHO over coronavirus response (Al Jazeera)
- Trump announces WHO funding is suspended and blames organisation for coronavirus deaths by John T Bennett (Independent)
- Trump says halting World Health Organization funding over its handling of virus (Reuters)
- Trump to halt WHO funding amid review by Morgan Chalfant, Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Trump’s halt to WHO funding prompts condemnation as coronavirus cases pass 2 million by Jeff Mason, Paulina Duran (Reuters)
Coronavirus: Trump Authority vs. Governors / NY / CA
- Coronavirus: Trump feuds with governors over authority (BBC)
- Trump Defenders Now Argue with Trump Saying He Has “Total” Authority by Luke Darby (GQ)
- FACT CHECK: Trump Doesn’t Have The Authority To Order States To ‘Reopen’ by Brian Naylor (NPR)
- Cuomo Threatens to Sue the Federal Government If Trump Forces Him to ‘Reopen’ New York by Paul Blest (VICE)
- Cuomo: ‘We would have a problem’ if Trump tries to reopen New York by Quint Forgey (Politico)
- Trump speaks of mutiny as Cuomo dismisses premature coronavirus reopening by Maria Caspani, Doina Chiacu (Reuters)
- ‘He basically declared himself King Trump’: Cuomo warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ if Trump doesn’t back down on reopening economy by Jake Lahut (Business Insider)
- Trump Falsely Claimed ‘Total’ Authority Over States — Now He’s Backpedaling by Alana Wise (NPR)
Coronavirus: California
- California’s six-phase plan to get back on its feet after coronavirus pandemic by Louise Hall (Independent)
- California Governor Outlines How The State Will Decide To Open Again by Merrit Kennedy (NPR)
- California governor dismisses sporting events, mass gatherings as unlikely without vaccine by Marty Johnson (The Hill)
- California, Oregon outline plans for reopening state economies by Nathaniel Weixel (The Hill)
Coronavirus: Reopening Economy
- Who Will Advise Trump On ‘Reopening’ The U.S.? White House To Set New Pandemic Council by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Fauci: ‘We’re not there yet’ on key steps to reopen economy by AP (Politico)
- Donald Trump Wants to “Reopen America,” but the U.S. Isn’t a Business by Lucy Diavolo (Teen Vogue)
- What we know — and don’t know — about Trump’s task force to reopen the economy by Emily Stewart (Vox)
- Analysis: The 4 plans to end social distancing, explained by German Lopez (Vox)
- Trump’s May 1 target too optimistic for U.S. coronavirus reopening, adviser Fauci says by Doina Chiacu and Maria Caspani (AP)
Coronavirus: Testing / Ending Social Distancing
- How Contact Tracing Works And How It Can Help Reopen The Country by Selena Simmons-Duffin (NPR)
- Most Americans won’t immediately venture out when social distancing ends by Katelyn Burns (Vox)
- Harvard Researchers Say Some Social Distancing May Be Needed Into 2022 by John Tozzi (Bloomberg)
- There’s Only One Way to Get the U.S. Back to Work: Testing, Testing and More Testing by Arthur Caplan, Robert Bazel (TIME)
- We need an “army” of contact tracers to stamp out COVID-19, experts say by Beth Mole (Ars Technica)
- The 4 plans to end social distancing, explained by German Lopez (Vox)
Coronavirus: Stimulus Checks
- How to get your stimulus check, and other key questions, answered by Li Zhou, Ella Nilsen (Vox)
- Debt Collectors Can Seize Your $1,200 Coronavirus Relief Check by Luke Darby (GQ)
- How to Access Stimulus Check Tracker: What to Know About Website by Jenni Fink (Newsweek)
- In unprecedented move, Treasury orders Trump’s name printed on stimulus checks by Lisa Rein (Washington Post)
- Trump’s Name Will Appear On Stimulus Checks by Carla Herreria Russo (Huffington Post)
Coronavirus
- Trump’s Monday Coronavirus Briefing Was His Most Deranged One Yet by Paul Blest (VICE)
- Why Did The World Shut Down For COVID-19 But Not Ebola, SARS Or Swine Flu? by Kaleigh Rogers (FiveThirtyEight)
- New York City to manufacture its own coronavirus testing kits by Erin Durkin, Joe Anuta (Politico)
- The Coronavirus Recession Could Be the Worst Downturn Since the Great Depression by Paul Wiseman, Martin Crutsinger / AP (TIME)
- Trump meets with recovered coronavirus patients by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Tax change in coronavirus package overwhelmingly benefits millionaires, congressional body finds by Jeff Stein (Washington Post)
- Fauci says the marathon White House coronavirus briefings can be ‘really draining’ and prevent him from getting back to work by Kayla Epstein (Business Insider)
- Has Trump finally met his match? The female reporters setting him straight by Poppy Door (The Guardian)
- US coronavirus death toll sees record single-day increase bringing total to over 25,000, says new tally by Oliver O’Connell (Independent)
- A timeline of the Trump administration’s coronavirus actions (Al Jazeera)
- We Cannot Hold an Election Without a Functional Post Office by Richard L. Hasen (Slate)
- Anthony Fauci, Lightning Rod by Peter Nicholas and Uri Friedman (The Atlantic)
- New York City’s COVID-19 Death Toll Soars Past 10,000 by Quil Lawrence (NPR)
- Trump announces hospital-led ventilator exchange program by David Lim (Politico)
- Supreme Court avoids one abortion battle, but new lawsuits are being filed by Robert Barnes (Washington Post)
Other News
- Trump administration declines to stiffen US clean air standards by Emily Holden (The Guardian)