Coronavirus: Lockdown Protests
- Donald Trump Jr. Erupts As Facebook Cuts Dangerous COVID-19 Protest Posts by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- How Fox News Is Supercharging the Coronavirus Protests by Jeremy Schulman (Mother Jones)
- Coronavirus lockdown protest: What’s behind the US demonstrations? (BBC)
- Dr. Fauci Warns Protests May ‘Backfire’: Economy Can’t Recover Until People Do by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- Poll: Most Americans Think Trump’s Push to Open the Country ASAP Is Nuts by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
Coronavirus: Relief / Aid / Bill
- U.S. congressional leaders say near deal on more coronavirus funding by Susan Cornwell, Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
- Trump says he will discuss more coronavirus money for states after current bill passes (Reuters)
- GOP leaders tell Trump food stamp aid won’t be included in latest coronavirus relief bill: report by Roger Sollenberger (Salon)
- Bipartisan Deal Reached On $484 Billion More Coronavirus Aid by Kelsey Snell (NPR)
- US Senate may pass $500bn small business aid package today by Dominic Rushe (The Guardian)
- White House, Congress reach deal to replenish small business loan program by Morgan Chalfant, Brett Samuels, Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
- Senate passes $484 billion bill that would expand small business aid, boost money for hospitals and testing by
Erica Werner and Seung Min Kim (Washington Post) - Trump vows to bolster oil industry, but it isn’t asking for help by Elvina Nawaguna (Roll Call)
- Senate approves measure to replenish halted coronavirus small-business loan program by Christal Hayes (USA Today)
- Senate Approves $500B Coronavirus Aid Deal, Sending It to the House by Lisa Mascaro, Andrew Taylor (TIME)
- Senate passes $484B coronavirus relief package by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
- US Senate approves $484bn funding for small businesses, hospitals by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
- The New Coronavirus Relief Bill Is a Disappointment by Jordan Weissmann (Slate)
Coronavirus: Immigration
- Coronavirus Has Given Trump a New Excuse to Try to Ban Immigration by Tim Hume (VICE)
- Trump Plans to Halt Nearly All Legal Immigration Into the U.S. by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Trump claims he will temporarily suspend immigration into US due to coronavirus fears by Betsy Klein, Priscilla Alvarez, Kevin Liptak (CNN)
- Trump immigration order to last 30-90 days, apply to permanent immigrants, official says (Reuters)
- Farm workers to be exempt from Trump’s immigration ban by Liz Crampton (Politico)
- Trump says he will suspend immigration amid coronavirus crisis, leaving aides racing to make policy by Nick Miroff, Maria Sacchetti, and Tracy Jan (Washington Post)
- Trump announces temporary suspension of green cards by Tanvi Misra and Camila DeChalus (Roll Call)
- Trump Admin Blocks Undocumented College Students From Receiving Federal Coronavirus Aid Intended For Food, Housing by Christina Zhao (Newsweek)
- ‘Xenophobic scapegoating’: Trump plan to ban immigration slammed by News Agencies (Al Jazeera)
- Trump immigration ban to apply to those seeking permanent status (Al Jazeera)
- Trump’s immigration pause falls well short of full ban by Anita Kumar (Politico)
- Trump to suspend issuing green cards for 60 days by Brett Samuels, Rafael Bernal (The Hill)
Coronavirus: Testing
- There Are Not Enough COVID-19 Tests. There Are Also Too Many COVID-19 Tests. by Maggie Koerth (FiveThirtyEight)
- FDA authorizes first at-home coronavirus sample collection kit by David Lim (Politico)
- Maryland Buys 500,000 Test Kits From South Korea, Drawing Criticism From Trump by Brakkton Booker (NPR)
- Trump just said the US has done more coronavirus testing than the rest of the world. Not even close. by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
Coronavirus
- How Health Care Investors Are Helping Run Jared Kushner’s Shadow Coronavirus Task Force by Pema Levy (Mother Jones)
- Trudeau waits out Trump’s coronavirus provocations by Andy Blatchford (Politico)
- Trump coronavirus response feeds distrust in black and Latino communities by Laura Barrón-López (Politico)
- Federal Judge Orders ICE To Consider Releasing Detainees At High Risk For COVID-19 by Hannah Hagemann (NPR)
- Officials Link 7 Coronavirus Cases in Wisconsin to In-Person Voting by AP (TIME)
- Trump pledges financial aid to oil industry by Ben Lefebvre (Politico)
- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Heads to White House to Lobby for COVID-19 Help by AP (TIME)
- Could Trump delay the 2020 US election due to coronavirus? – video explainer by Adam Gabbatt, Jamie Macwhirter, Nikhita Chulani (The Guardian)
- What Happens If U.S. Reopens Too Fast? Documents Show Federal Coronavirus Projections by Liz Essley Whyte (NPR)
- Barr: Some governors’ action ‘infringes on a fundamental right’ during coronavirus by Justine Coleman (The Hill)
- Nurses protest at White House over lack of protective gear by J. Edward Moreno (The Hill)
- NIH Panel Recommends Against Drug Combination Trump Has Promoted For COVID-19 by Joe Palca (NPR)
- Analysis: In these states, pandemic crisis response includes attempts to stop abortion by Dan Keating, Lauren Tierney, and Tim Meko (Washington Post)
- Partisanship crowds into House’s proxy and remote voting debate by Katherine Tully-McManus (Roll Call)
- Coronavirus live news: UN warns of ‘biblical’ famine as Trump reveals 60-day immigration halt by Helen Sullivan (The Guardian)
- New York Gov. Cuomo Presses Trump for More Help on Coronavirus Testing in White House Meeting (TIME)
- Opinion: The Trump administration wants to use the coronavirus pandemic to push for more deregulation by Katelyn Burns (Vox)
- California reports highest one-day rise in coronavirus cases by J. Edward Moreno (The Hill)
- CDC To Fund 650 Health Experts To Help States Trace, Stop COVID-19 by Joe Neel, Rob Stein, Elena Renken (NPR)
- William Barr: Feds Could Challenge States If Stay-At-Home Orders Go ‘Too Far’ by Carla Herreria Russo, Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
Russian Interference
- Senate Intel report confirms Russia aimed to help Trump in 2016 by Martin Matishak, Andrew Desidero (Politico)
- Russia interfered in 2016 election to back Trump, not Clinton, new Senate intelligence report confirms by Griffin Connolly (Independent)
- Republican-Led Senate Panel Confirms That Russia Backed Trump in 2016 by AJ Vicens (Mother Jones)
- Senate panel confirms Russian interference in 2016 US election (Al Jazeera)
Other News
- ICE Has Access to DACA Recipients’ Personal Information Despite Promises Suggesting Otherwise, Internal Emails Show by Dara Lind (ProPublica)
- Here We Go: Trump Has Started Accusing the Dems of Stealing the 2020 Election by David Corn (Mother Jones)
- Trump says he wishes Kim well amid speculation about his health by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
Analysis
- The deep-seated fear driving Trump’s invented and exaggerated popularity rankings by Philip Bump (Washington Post)