Coronavirus: Aid / Relief
- Trump’s coronavirus rescue package must double to $4tn, says Nobel-prize winning economist by Ben Chu (Independent)
- House to pass $484 billion coronavirus aid package by Heather Caygle, Sarah Ferris (Politico)
- Congress Passes Latest Economic Relief Package to Confront Coronavirus by Susan Davis, Claudia Grisales, Kelsey Snell (NPR)
- US Congress gives final approval on $484bn relief package by William Roberts (Al Jazeera)
- Companies affiliated with major Trump donor showered with bailout cash — after he laid off 95% of staff by Brad Reed (Raw Story)
- Republicans block proposed increase in food assistance in coronavirus aid package by Daniel Villarreal (Newsweek)
- States, localities plead for COVID money, but McConnell says no by Jim Saksa (Roll Call)
Coronavirus: Unemployment
- Millions of Americans join unemployment line as coronavirus savages economy by Lucia Mutikani (Reuters)
- Coronavirus: US unemployment claims hit 26.4 million amid virus by Natalie Sherman (BBC)
- Unemployment claims top 26 million 5 weeks into pandemic by Rebecca Rainey (Politico)
Coronavirus: Cases / Deaths
- Trump Didn’t See It Coming: Coronavirus Deaths Increased Tenfold This Month by Domenico Montanaro, Elena Moore (NPR)
- Coronavirus Cases Are Still Growing In Many U.S. States by Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight)
- Analysis: Misunderstanding the math, Trump embraced a coronavirus death toll we’ll soon surpass by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
Coronavirus: Disinfectant
- Trump just mused about whether disinfectant injections could treat coronavirus. Really. by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- President Trump Wondered Out Loud If Injecting Disinfectant Could Cure COVID-19 by Madison Pauly (Mother Jones)
- Medical experts denounce Trump’s latest ‘dangerous’ suggestion to treat Covid-19 by David Smith (The Guardian)
- Trump Ponders Whether Light Or Disinfectant Injections Can ‘Cure’ Coronavirus by Carla Herreria Russo (Huffington Post)
Coronavirus: Reopening
- Poll: Large majority of Americans think it’s more important to stay home than return to work by Quint Forgey (Politico)
- 8 In 10 Americans Support COVID-19 Shutdown, Kaiser Health Poll Finds by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- ‘Complete disbelief’: Governors blindside front-line staff with abrupt reopening plans by Isaac Stanley-Becker and
Rachel Weiner (Washington Post) - It’s overhyped’: Trump mega-donor pushes to end Wisconsin’s stay-at-home order by Stephanie Kirchgaessner (The Guardian)
- Opinion: Trump’s reopening gambit bombs by Jennifer Rubin (Washington Post)
- Trump approved of Georgia’s plan to reopen before bashing it (Al Jazeera)
- Trump Reportedly Approved Of Georgia’s Reopen Plan Before Bashing It by Jonathan Lemire, Ben Nadler / AP (Huffington Post)
Coronavirus
- Trump Administration Details Plan To Pay The Uninsured’s COVID-19 Expenses by Jonathan Cohn (Huffington Post)
- Trump Administration Bars Most International Students From Receiving Coronavirus College Relief by Collin Binkley / AP (TIME)
- Two-thirds of US voters back mail-in presidential election in November despite Trump’s objections by Andrew Naughtie (Independent)
- US fears coronavirus and flu could collide in autumn after Centres for Disease Control and Prevention raises suspicion by Denise Grady (Independent)
- New York test of 3,000 people finds 14% with coronavirus antibodies by Barbara Goldberg, Nathan Layne (Reuters)
- Donald Trump Is Exploiting the Coronavirus Pandemic to Sell Campaign Swag by David Corn (Mother Jones)
- Trump’s immigration executive order: What you need to know (Al Jazeera)
- Study: Elderly Trump voters dying of coronavirus could cost him in November by Christopher Cadelago (Politico)
- Trump administration considers leveraging emergency coronavirus loan to force Postal Service changes by Jacob Bogage and Lisa Rein (Washington Post)
- Opinion: McConnell to Every State: Drop Dead by Paul Krugman (NY Times)
- Analysis: Contact-tracing apps could help contain COVID-19 but raise thorny legal and privacy issues by Matt Reynolds (ABA Journal)
- HHS doctor who claims he was ousted for questioning hydroxychloroquine will file whistleblower complaint by Christina Zhao (Newsweek)
- Trump administration chose ex-labradoodle breeder to lead coronavirus task force: report by Igor Derysh (Salon)
- Nursing Homes Ask States For Immunity From Civil Suits Amid COVID-19 by Ina Jaffe (NPR)
- Trump promotes theory suggesting sunlight can kill coronavirus by Brianna Ehley (Politico)
Other News
- Al Jazeera questions Trump on Iran’s military satellite launch by Kimberly Halkett (Al Jazeera)
- US announces millions in aid for resource-rich Greenland (BBC)
Analysis
- The Voters Trump Needs Most Right Now by Ronald Brownstein (The Atlantic)
Opinion
- Home Alone at the White House: A Sour President, With TV His Constant Companion by Katie Rogers and (NY Times)
- A Precedent Overturned Reveals a Supreme Court in Crisis by Linda Greenhouse (NY Times)
- 2020 was already expected to be a record year for election-related lawsuits—then coronavirus happened by Alexandra Hutzler (Newsweek)
- Welcome to Donald Trump’s reelection strategy by Fareed Zakaria (Washington Post)