Sunday's Headlines: As feds play ‘backup,’ states take unusual steps to compete for scarce supplies
Multiple task forces, but still no clear plan to beat pandemic; Sidelined by pandemic, Congress cedes stage and authority to Trump; Databases show 1 in 10 hospitalized middle-aged coronavirus patients in U.S. do not survive; Kansas court strikes down GOP measure allowing in-person Easter church services; As Americans adapt to staying at home, a battle against loneliness and boredom; Why European unemployment isn't spiking as it is in the U.S.; Freeing inmates won't thwart the virus if we exclude those locked up for violence; I'm a doctor on Rikers Island. My patients shouldn't have to die in jail.; How to conduct coronavirus research at pandemic speed; I'm taking part in a coronavirus vaccine clinical trial. Here's what it's been like.; The high court has been siding with the rich against the poor since Nixon; Trump's attack on vote-by-mail is an attack on democracy; Democrats see the presidential race with a new sentiment: Optimism; Take Social Security early? Pandemic changes the math for some.; I work in a grocery store. Am I a hero now?
Amid a patchwork and often chaotic scramble for goods, states are pitted against each other and, often, against other countries or even the U.S. government. "You've got 50 states and the federal government all chasing the same companies. It's crazy," one Republican governor said.
By Annie Linskey, Josh Dawsey, Isaac Stanley-Becker and Chelsea Janes ●Read more »
A bureaucratic nesting doll of groups with competing aims and agendas has contributed to the Trump administration's often chaotic response to the crisis.
By Ashley Parker, Yasmeen Abutaleb and Josh Dawsey ●Read more »
Lawmakers are struggling to adapt to the country's new socially distanced reality. Millions of Americans are teleworking, but Congress and its rules are frequently out of step with modern technology.
The Democratic governor and GOP legislators clashed over limits on in-person church services in what some people in the state have called the "War over Easter."
Across the country, the homebound are finding ways to cope, creative sources of joy, or just mindless pursuits to make the days go by. They are also bickering with the kids, missing their parents, counting the Oreos left in the bag, counting the hours.
By Arelis Hernández, Lori Rozsa, Robert Klemko and Marc Fisher ●Read more »
Party leaders and supporters believe the divisions that damaged Hillary Clinton's run in 2016 have eased and voters will judge President Trump harshly.
Election 2020●By Michael Scherer, Sean Sullivan and David Weigel ●Read more »
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