Acting DNI seeks to declassify any Obama officials involved in Flynn ‘unmasking’: Source  —  Grenell visited the Justice Department last week over the matter.  —  Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has sought to declassify a list of former Obama administration officials …

Unreleased White House report shows coronavirus rates spiking in heartland communities  —  President Trump's claim that cases are falling everywhere is contradicted by his own task force's report, obtained by NBC News, showing the virus spreading far from the coasts.

Coronavirus Live Updates: Fauci to Warn Senate of ‘Needless Suffering and Death’  —  The risks of reopening the country too soon will be a focus of government hearings on Tuesday.  The White House's new mask requirement won't apply to President Trump.  —  RIGHT NOW Dr. Anthony S. Fauci …

Mark Meadows finds his inner pragmatist  —  Mark Meadows spent his entire congressional career trying to divorce the Republican Party from its moderate wing.  Now he's trying to make it work with centrist Republicans and even Democrats on Capitol Hill.  —  So far, as President Donald Trump's …

Trump abruptly ends briefing after contentious exchanges  —  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly ended his White House news conference Monday following combative exchanges with reporters Weijia Jiang of CBS News and Kaitlan Collins of CNN.  —  Jiang asked Trump why he was putting …

“Trump's Feeling Is, ‘Why Are We Losing Everywhere?’”:  With Advisers Feuding and Numbers Plummeting, Trump Eyes Campaign Shake-up  —  Brad Parscale (and his Ferrari) is in the hot seat.  Kushner is pushing for Nick Ayers, and against a Corey Lewandowski return.  But whose fault are the disastrous swing state numbers?

Trump's tweets are a strategy of distraction to obscure a policy of abdication  —  In the fourth month of the greatest crisis of his presidency, Donald Trump issued 126 tweets or retweets during a single Sunday.  —  Other than claiming “great marks” for handling the pandemic …

CNN Poll: Negative ratings for government handling of coronavirus persist  —  Three members of coronavirus task force in quarantine  —  (CNN)Most Americans (54%) continue to say the US government is doing a poor job preventing the spread of Covid-19, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.

Trump, RNC narrowly outraise Biden, Dems in April  —  President Donald Trump's political operation narrowly outraised Joe Biden in April, according to fundraising totals released Monday.  —  The Trump campaign and Republican National Committee raked in $61.7 million, they said late Monday …

Governor Suspends Castle Rock Restaurant's License After Mother's Day Opening Goes Viral  —  Gov. Jared Polis, calling the restaurant an “immediate health hazard,” has suspended the restaurant license of C&C Breakfast & Korean Kitchen in Castle Rock, a day after a video showing a packed dining room in defiance of public health rules.

Mitch McConnell Moves to Expand Bill Barr's Surveillance Powers  —  Welcome to the Trump-era Patriot Act: a law that protects politicians while giving the government greater knowledge of the websites you searched for and visited.  —  Days after the Justice Department controversially dropped charges …

As States Rush to Reopen, Scientists Fear a Coronavirus Comeback  —  Officials are under pressure to restart the economy, but many states are moving too quickly, researchers say.  The costs may be measured in lost lives.  —  Millions of working people and small-business owners who cannot earn money …

California coronavirus deaths hit stubborn plateau; experts fearful about future  —  Although some hope the worst of California's coronavirus crisis has passed, there are signs the pandemic in the Golden State has merely stabilized, and the worst may be yet to come.

Even finding a covid-19 vaccine won't be enough to end the pandemic  —  If coronavirus persists, the volume of vaccine available in coming years is expected to fall far short of global demand  —  Johnson & Johnson's race to manufacture a billion doses of coronavirus vaccine is ramping …

McConnell: Obama ‘should have kept his mouth shut’ on Trump's coronavirus response  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Monday that former President Obama should have held back from criticizing President Trump's handling of the coronavirus, calling the decision “a little bit classless.”

Doctors Without Borders dispatches team to the Navajo Nation  —  Doctors Without Borders is best known for sending medical professionals into international conflict zones in the midst of medical crises.  The organization has teams in Afghanistan, Iran, Sierra Leone, Venezuela and 66 other countries.

Supreme Court to hear clash over Trump tax, bank records  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up President Donald Trump's bid to keep his tax, bank and financial records private, a major clash over presidential accountability that could affect the 2020 presidential campaign.

The Indefensible Cult of Cuomo  —  To hear left-of-center opinion-makers tell it, the model of good governance in the pandemic has been set by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.  —  The Empire State governor regularly ranks at the top of lists—a journalistic convention that translates subjective insights …

Voters Sour on Biden as Reade Allegations Find Higher Platform  —  Despite dip in popularity, former VP's lead over Trump is virtually unchanged  — 48% of voters view Biden unfavorably, up 3 points since the surge of Tara Reade coverage, while 43% view him favorably, down 2 points since then.