I left the Justice Department after it made a disastrous mistake.  It just happened again.  —  Jonathan Kravis was a federal prosecutor for 10 years.  —  Three months ago, I resigned from the Justice Department after 10 years as a career prosecutor.  I left a job I loved because I believed …

White House spent the weekend scrambling as they did contact tracing for staffer who tested positive for coronavirus  —  Washington (CNN)Trump administration officials spent the weekend scrambling as they attempted to do contact tracing for Katie Miller, Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary …

Bill Gates Has Regrets  —  Years before the Covid-19 pandemic, the billionaire tried to warn global leaders of the threat from new infectious diseases.  Few listened.  ‘I feel terrible.’  —  TEXT  —  118 RESPONSES  —  Five years ago, Bill Gates warned that the biggest potential killer the world faced wasn't war, but a pandemic.

Why Kamala Harris Isn't Clamoring to Be Biden's Running Mate  —  The California senator is considered a potential running mate for Joe Biden.  But unlike other possible contenders, she has avoided making a pitch for the ticket.  —  Six years ago, when President Barack Obama had to replace …

Biden Is Planning an FDR-Size Presidency He thinks he'll survive Tara Reade's accusation.  But he knows he can't be an average-Joe Democrat anymore.  —  When fourth-term senator Joe Biden built his Wilmington, Delaware, home in 1996, he had no plans to turn it into a backup office …

Trump administration cuts funding for coronavirus researcher, jeopardizing possible COVID-19 cure  —  An American scientist who collaborates with the Wuhan Institute of Virology had his grant terminated in the wake of unsubstantiated claims that COVID-19 is either manmade or leaked out of a Chinese government lab.

Factories Close for Good as Coronavirus Cuts Demand  —  Some manufacturers that furloughed employees during lockdowns say plants won't reopen  —  Factory furloughs across the U.S. are becoming permanent closings, a sign of the heavy damage the coronavirus pandemic and shutdowns are exerting on the industrial economy.

RIP Democracy … Jack cable sat down at the desk in his cramped dorm room to become an adult in the eyes of democracy.  The rangy teenager, with neatly manicured brown hair and chunky glasses, had recently arrived at Stanford—his first semester of life away from home—and the 2018 midterm elections were less than two months away.

Does Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis know what he's doing?  We're about to find out.  —  Florida Man is devil-may-care and slightly oafish, beloved but not admired, newsworthy above all.  Florida Man — christened as a meme in the previous decade but perhaps as old as the state itself …

How the White House coronavirus response presents us with a false choice  —  Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States.  —  The coronavirus, to date, has taken the lives of more than 79,000 Americans.  One of every 5 U.S. workers has filed for unemployment …

Despite polling disadvantage, betting markets see Trump winning re-election  —  Even after the White House's delayed response to the coronavirus outbreak, unprecedented job losses and a bruising recession, investors and betting markets are still putting their money on President Trump to win re-election in November.

Barack Obama on Michael Flynn  —  The lawyer President misstates the crime and the real threat to justice.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Barack Obama is a lawyer, so it was stunning to read that he ventured into the Michael Flynn case in a way that misstated the supposed crime and ignored …

Coronavirus Stranded New Yorkers in Paradise.  What Now?  —  Some feel sheepish about their choice to retreat from stricken cities, for intervals that are stretching on.  Others have found it liberating.  —  The day before Megan LeCrone, a soloist dancer with the New York City Ballet …

The Supreme Court Can't Help Trump Now Without Hurting Itself  —  The conservative majority may want to contort the law so Trump can hide his taxes, but the legitimacy of the courts will take a hit if they do—especially if Biden wins the election  —  The Supreme Court is about to hear cases …

‘He has shrunk’: Lis Smith blasts former boss de Blasio's coronavirus response  —  Democratic political operative Lis Smith on Monday savaged her former boss, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, over his municipal coronavirus response, while offering effusive praise for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's leadership amid the public health crisis.

Gov. Whitmer becomes target of dozens of threats on private Facebook groups ahead of armed rally in Lansing  —  Dozens of angry Michiganders, fueled by conspiracy theories and disinformation about the coronavirus, are promoting violence and mobilizing armed rallies against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Facebook …

Do it yourself: Ikea masturbation video goes viral in China  —  Beijing (AFP) - Ikea has said it will take “more careful” security measures in its shops in China after an explicit video of a woman masturbating in one of its stores went viral online.  —  The pornographic clip shows …

AP-NORC poll: Majority disapprove of coronavirus protests  —  A majority of Americans disapprove of protests against restrictions aimed at preventing the spread the coronavirus, according to a new poll that also finds the still-expansive support for such limits — including restaurant closures …

Iranian warship hit by missile in training accident, killing 19 sailors  —  DUBAI (Reuters) - One Iranian warship accidentally struck another with a missile during an exercise, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15 others, Iran's navy said on Monday.  —  The incident took place during training …

George Soros: Coronavirus endangers our civilisation  —  The billionaire investor and philanthropist explains in an wide-ranging new interview how the Covid-19 pandemic puts everything about capitalism up for grabs, how Donald Trump is destroying himself and how the recent German constitutional court ruling …

Lebanon faces grave threat to stability as poverty mounts  —  TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — Living in a slum built precariously on the banks of a sewage-tainted river in Lebanon, Faiqqa Homsi feels her family being pushed closer and closer to the edge.  —  A mother of five, she was already struggling …

Meet the woman who spearheaded California's recent back-to-work protests  —  Anti-lockdown protests have simultaneously erupted all over California using the website wehaverights.com  —  A group calling itself We Have Rights has recently started organizing large back-to-work protests throughout California …

Trump, Reagan, and “Mourning in America”  —  The Lincoln Project's “Mourning in America” ad has been the defining spot of the 2020 campaign.  —  The ad is a play on Ronald Reagan's classic 1984 reelection ad, “Morning in America.”  And it seems to have triggered President Trump.