Politics
Small Businesses Owned By Women And Minorities Are Struggling To Get Federal Loans During The Coronavirus Pandemic
The Small Business Administration was supposed to give guidance to lenders to prioritize underserved small businesses, but the agency’s inspector general found it did not.
Kadia Goba
Val Demings Is On Joe Biden’s VP List. She Says She Has The “Real Life” Experience For The Job.
"I believe my real-life, on-the-ground experience — dealing with real people, real families, real issues, critical issues, crisis management — would be a valued asset to Vice President Biden."
Henry J. Gomez
Joe Biden Told Charlamagne He "Ain't Black" If He's Having Trouble Deciding Whether To Vote For Him Or Trump
The presidential candidate had a tense interview on The Breakfast Club.
Ryan Brooks
Trump Wants To Hold The G7 Summit In Person But He Didn’t Ask Other World Leaders About The Idea Before Tweeting It
Gathering for the G7 summit when the world is tiptoeing out of coronavirus lockdowns: an “awkward proposition to deal with.”
Alberto Nardelli
Tara Reade Stood Apart In Joe Biden's 1990s Senate Staff
People who worked for Biden in 1993 say they’re skeptical of Reade’s allegations — but they also barely knew her. Inside an office culture 27 years later.
Ruby Cramer
Qatar Has Made Its Coronavirus Contact Tracing App Mandatory
Citizens and residents will be required to download the Ehteraz app when “leaving the house for any reason.”
Megha Rajagopalan
Trump's Attack On Vote-By-Mail Plans In Key 2020 States Is "Misinformation," A Top State Official Says
“There is so much misinformation in those tweets that I don't know how to weigh any of it other than to simply just cut through and speak the truth,” Michigan’s secretary of state said.
Miriam Elder
Scientists Studying The Coronavirus Say Some States Are Censoring Them
State officials in Florida, Arizona, and Georgia have reportedly been censoring scientists or providing questionable COVID-19 case data while pushing for early reopenings.
Dan Vergano
The Coronavirus Has Tanked Carbon Emissions. It’s Not Nearly Enough To Prevent Climate Disaster.
Choosing whether to embrace green policies to lead the economic recovery will be a make-or-break moment for the climate crisis, experts say.
Zahra Hirji
Trump Said He's Taking Hydroxychloroquine To Try To Prevent COVID-19 In Spite Of An FDA Warning
“I happen to be taking it," said the president to a stunned audience on Monday.
Amber Jamieson
Trump Said If Mike Pompeo's Wife And Kids Aren't Around To Wash His Dishes, A Staffer Can
"I would rather have him on the phone with some world leader than have him wash dishes — because maybe his wife isn't there or his kids aren't."
David Mack
Did You Get A Letter From Trump About Your Coronavirus Stimulus Check? Tell Us What You Think.
We want to know if the coronavirus stimulus check, and a letter about it from the president, changed how you think about Trump and the government.
Ryan Brooks
JetBlue’s Founder Helped Fund A Stanford Study That Said The Coronavirus Wasn’t That Deadly
A Stanford whistleblower complaint alleges that the controversial John Ioannidis study failed to disclose important financial ties and ignored scientists’ concerns that their antibody test was inaccurate.
Stephanie M. Lee
Joe Biden’s Campaign Is “Bullish” On Beating Trump In Arizona
Biden’s campaign is targeting Arizona, Texas, and Georgia as states it can win back from Trump in November.
Henry J. Gomez
Going To Court Without A Lawyer Was Always Hard. The Pandemic Has Made It Much Harder.
With courthouses still closed, judges and legal aid groups fear people who can’t afford lawyers are being shut out of the civil justice system altogether.
Zoe Tillman
Sen. Richard Burr, Who Is Under Investigation For Selling Stocks After A Coronavirus Briefing, Is Stepping Down From A Key Committee Post
"We agreed that this decision would be in the best interests of the committee and will be effective at the end of the day tomorrow," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday.
Emma Loop
A Court Fight Over Whether Trump Can Profit From His Hotel While He's President Is Back On
A federal appeals court ruled that a panel of judges was wrong to take up a Trump appeal and dismiss the case. Trump plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Zoe Tillman
As Salons Reopen During The Coronavirus Pandemic, Hairstylists Want A Beauty Industry Bailout
"I want to see them considering the beauty industry as a real industry worth saving," said Mercedes Ortiz-Olivieri, who owns a salon in Washington DC.
Stephanie K. Baer
What You Learn When You Read Obituaries
If you read little details about people, you rightly see how big their lives were and how unfathomably awful the coronavirus pandemic really is.
Katherine Miller
Nixon And Clinton Lost When They Went To The Supreme Court To Shield Their Records. Trump Is Hoping For A Different Result.
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday about whether Congress and state prosecutors have the power to demand Trump’s tax returns and other financial records.
Zoe Tillman
Democrats Want $3 Trillion In New Coronavirus Relief. Republicans Say It’s Too Soon To Do More.
The two parties are miles apart on what to do in the next wave of coronavirus relief. Republicans say they do not expect anything to pass for a long time.
Paul McLeod
Anthony Fauci And Rand Paul Had A Tense Exchange During A Coronavirus Hearing
Fauci also warned Paul not be "cavalier" in thinking children are "completely immune" from the harmful effects of the coronavirus.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Democrats Are Pleading With The Trump Administration To Update Voting Safety Guidelines During The Coronavirus Pandemic
27 Democrats, led by Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Patty Murray, told the CDC that guidance issued in March is not enough.
Dominic Holden
Dr. Anthony Fauci Said Reopening The Country Early Could Lead To Avoidable "Suffering And Death"
The nation's top infectious disease official warned lawmakers that if states proceed with reopening their economies early, "There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control."
Dan Vergano
As The White House Scrambles To Contain COVID-19-Positive Staffers, Donald Trump Is Changing The Subject To #Obamagate
In the face of a coronavirus outbreak that has now reached the White House, the president, his supporters, and Fox News are blustering about Barack Obama.
Ryan Broderick
Here’s What Public Health Experts Think Our Pandemic Summer Will Look Like
As fights over lockdowns reach a fever pitch, public health experts say loosening restrictions will lead to more deaths by summer.
Dan Vergano
Trump’s Health Secretary Says Workers’ Home Lives, Not Working Conditions, Are Responsible For Coronavirus Outbreaks In Meatpacking Plants
Alex Azar’s comments echo those from the meatpacking industry, who say outbreaks in their plants are not their fault.
Kadia Goba
Donald Trump Talked About How Much He Loved His Mom On Fox News As News Broke Of Historic Job Losses
Trump spent the morning where he feels most comfortable — obsessing over perceived personal enemies, rather than a pandemic and economic crisis he is unable to control.
Miriam Elder
Michael Flynn Admitted Lying To The FBI. The Justice Department Now Says That Doesn’t Matter.
The Justice Department filed papers on Thursday to drop the criminal case against Flynn, saying newly discovered evidence undercut the prosecution.
Zoe Tillman
A Florida Entrepreneur Bought Anti-Lockdown URLs To Raise Money. But He Got Death Threats.
Now Brad Lee Butcher is selling T-shirts.
Ryan Broderick
