Coronavirus: Reopening
- As coronavirus cases rise in U.S. hot spots, governors tell Trump it’s too soon to reopen America by Gabriella Borter, Doina Chiacu (Reuters)
- Poll: Majority fear coronavirus restrictions will be lifted too soon by David Cohen (Politico)
- Don’t reopen yet, governors tell Trump as coronavirus deaths cross 40,000 by Doina Chiacu and Barbara Goldberg (Reuters)
Coronavirus: Protests
- What the anti-stay-at-home protests are really about by Jane Coaston (Vox)
- Protests against stay-at-home orders are spreading despite most Americans’ fear of reopening by Riley Beggin (Vox)
- Trump’s ‘liberate’ tweets incite insurrection and flout federal law against overthrow of government: ex-DOJ official by Chantal da Silva (Newsweek)
- Pro-gun activists using Facebook groups to push anti-quarantine protests by Isaac Stanley-Becker and Tony Romm (Washington Post)
- Trump Defends Right-Wing Protesters Fighting Coronavirus Restrictions: ‘These Are Great People’ by Sanjana Karanth (Huffington Post)
Coronavirus: Testing
- Nancy Pelosi Went on Fox News and Said Trump Deserves an F on Coronavirus Testing by Edwin Rios (Mother Jones)
- Coronavirus Live Updates: White House Calls Testing ‘Sufficient’ but States Say They Need More by Staff (NY Times)
- Governors: Trump making ‘delusional’ comments on testing and restrictions by Richard Luscombe and Edward Helmore (The Guardian)
- Trump says there’s enough testing to reopen businesses. Governors say that’s “false” and “just delusional.” by Riley Beggin (Vox)
- Cuomo says state to test thousands for Covid-19 antibodies by Shannon Young (Politico)
- Trump invokes DPA for testing swabs, weeks after reported shortages by Alice Miranda Ollstein (Politico)
Coronavirus: Relief
- There’s No Real Oversight Of The $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Law by Kevin Robillard (Huffington Post)
- Coronavirus: Trump administration and Democrats close in on $450bn interim relief deal by Griffin Connolly (Independent)
- Secretary Mnuchin Claims Putting Trump’s Signature on Stimulus Checks Was His Idea, Not the President’s by Sanya Mansoor (TIME)
- Top negotiators see coronavirus aid deal as early as Sunday by David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt (Roll Call)
- Proposed Government Aid Package to Offer Billions for Small Businesses and Hospitals by Hope Yen, Lisa Mascaro / AP (TIME)
Coronavirus
- Health Officials Recommended Canceling Events with 10-50 People. Then 33,000 Fans Attended a Major League Soccer Game. by Ken Armstrong, David Gutmaan, Lewis Kamb (ProPublica)
- Coronavirus: Americans trust Dr Fauci and Andrew Cuomo far more than Trump, poll finds by Griffin Connolly (Independent)
- Detailed timeline of Trump’s failures shows how America’s coronavirus crisis was man-made by Dan Benbow (Salon)
- Americans at World Health Organization tranmitted real-time information about coronavirus to Trump administration by Karen DeYoung, Lena H. Sun, and Emily Rauhala (Washington Post)
- Opinion: Hold these Republicans accountable for deaths caused by recklessness by Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post)
- De Blasio to Trump: ‘Are You Telling N.Y.C. to Drop Dead?, Updates by Staff (NY Times)
- Coronavirus live – Trump declares US ‘king of ventilators’ as governors ask for more help by Bryan Armen Graham, Enjoli Liston, and Tom Lutz (Guardian)
- Global health crisis pits economic against health concerns by Will Weissert and Jill Colvin (AP)
- The Washington Post Just Poked a Bunch of Holes in Trump’s Weak Criticism of the WHO by Edwin Rios (Mother Jones)
- Donald Trump Just “Slammed” Nancy Pelosi With a Very Curious Set of Quotation Marks by Ian Gordon (Mother Jones)
- Trump administration will require nursing homes to report Covid-19 cases by Juan Perez Jr. (Politico)
- Trump says WHO didn’t share early information about Covid-19. A new report shows that’s not the case. by Riley Beggin (Vox)
Other News
- North Korea denies that Kim sent Trump ‘a nice note’ by AP (Politico)
- ‘They’re killing us,’ Texas residents say of Trump rollbacks by Ellen Knickmeyer (AP)