White House snubs Azar, installs Trump loyalist Michael Caputo as HHS spokesperson (Politico)
The move comes amid White House anger over stories claiming the HHS chief had warned the president repeatedly about coronavirus.
‘Should have happened yesterday’: Republicans press Trump to restart economy (Politico)
GOP lawmakers are pushing Trump to move more quickly, even as health officials warn of ongoing danger from the pandemic.
As humans stay indoors, wild animals take back what was once theirs (WaPo)
It's not easy being a baby sea turtle, hatching into a human's world. Curious children, leashless dogs, oblivious joggers: The dangers are...
Coronavirus destroys lungs, but doctors are finding its damage in kidneys, hearts and elsewhere...
The new coronavirus kills by inflaming and clogging the tiny air sacs in the lungs, choking off the body’s oxygen supply until it shuts...
‘As dangerous as it sounds’: Reactions to U.S. plan to defund WHO during a...
President Trump's plan to put a hold on U.S. funding for the World Health Organization during a global pandemic "is as dangerous...
Criticized for pandemic response, Trump tries shifting blame to the W.H.O. (NYT)
The president said he would halt funding for the organization because it caused “so much death” in the way it “pushed...
‘It really is the perfect storm’: Coronavirus comes for rural America (Politico)
In rural Washington, hospitals are faltering, stores can’t get supplies and people are staying closer to each other than you’d think....
Homeless workers face the pandemic (Slate)
What do stay-at-home orders mean when there’s nowhere to stay?
Sylvester Miller, a 50-year-old with expressive brown...
Trump gets shredded for sticking his name on taxpayer-funded relief checks (Talking Points Memo)
In an unprecedented move, President Donald Trump successfully got his name stamped onto the COVID-19 relief checks that many Americans will soon be receiving.
‘Pretty catastrophic’ month for retailers, and now a race to survive (NYT)
March brought a record sales plunge as the coronavirus outbreak closed stores. A long shutdown could leave lasting changes in the...