This is what happens when the federal government abandons you (The Atlantic)
Local officials and health-care workers are losing faith in the national response, and struggling to improvise their own solutions.
U.S. ‘wasted’ months before preparing for virus pandemic (AP)
After the first alarms sounded in early January that an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China might ignite a global pandemic, the Trump...
The U.S. was beset by denial and dysfunction as the coronavirus raged (WaPo)
From the Oval Office to the CDC, political and institutional failures cascaded through the system and opportunities to mitigate the pandemic...
Jared Kushner and his shadow corona unit: What is Trump’s son-in-law up to? (The...
Jared Kushner has become a key gatekeeper for help tackling Covid-19 and that’s a big problem, critics say.
I spent a day in the coronavirus-driven feeding frenzy of n95 mask sellers and...
You never know what a new day will bring. What started as an early morning call with a friend to help get...
Bouie: The coronavirus test is too hard for Trump (NYT)
The list of presidential failures is long and varied. But when it comes to failure in the face of an external force...
Trump expands DPA, amid mounting pressure (Politico)
The order follows Trump’s decision on Friday to invoke the DPA.
President Donald Trump on Thursday invoked...
How John Bolton blew off senators who asked about global pandemics (Mother Jones)
In early May 2018, media reports noted that Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer, the top White House expert on global health security, had suddenly left the...