Thursday's Headlines: As U.S.-China rhetoric on pandemic grows harsher, new risks emerge

Promise of 'Warp Speed' fuels anti-vaccine movement online; Trump escalates effort to discredit mail balloting, threatening funds to two battleground states; Rome's restaurants reopen. Will diners return? Or just delivery drivers?; As states reopen their economies, experts warn of chance of second wave in South; How many people are infected? A major study will attempt to provide an answer.; I believe in American exceptionalism. That's what makes this crisis so hard to accept.; Trump's signal is his noise. Stop trying to distinguish between the two.; Trump's medical judgment is wrong. The example he's setting is worse.; The shape-shifting genius of Obamagate; It's past time for Congress to give IGs and whistleblowers additional protection ; Texas's Republican leaders are fighting to keep voting unsafe; Mich. governor says state will seek 'legal recourse' over failed dam; Supreme Court for now stops House Democrats from seeing secret Mueller material; Reopening guidance for churches delayed after White House and CDC disagree; Lawmakers begin efforts to rework Paycheck Protection Program so businesses can have more flexibility; The challenges of voting by mail ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online The morning's most important stories, curated by Post editors.     As U.S.-China rhetoric on pandemic grows harsher, new risks emerge The battle over responsibility for the coronavirus spilled into new forums such as Taiwan. By Gerry Shih, Eva Dou and Anne Gearan ●  Read more »   Promise of 'Warp Speed' fuels anti-vaccine movement online Some of the same online activists who have clamored to resume economic activity are aligning themselves with a cause on the political fringe — preemptively forswearing a vaccine. By Isaac Stanley-Becker ●  Read more »   Trump escalates effort to discredit mail balloting, threatening funds to two battleground states The president took aim at federal funding for Michigan and Nevada, which have shifted plans in response to the pandemic. By Amy Gardner, Josh Dawsey, Jeff Stein and John Wagner ●  Read more »   Rome's restaurants reopen. Will diners return? Or just delivery drivers? Zia Rilla reopened as a trial for a few weeks, its owner said, to figure out whether the restaurant could be viable and whether the new Italy could feel like the old. By Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli ●  Read more »   As states reopen their economies, experts warn of chance of second wave in South With restrictions easing, people are moving again, and "there's a lot of tinder" out there. By Joel Achenbach, Rachel Weiner, Karin Brulliard and Isaac Stanley-Becker ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   How many people are infected? A major study will attempt to provide an answer. Blood from donors in 25 metro areas will be tested for disease-fighting antibodies. By Chelsea Janes ●  Read more »     Opinions I believe in American exceptionalism. That's what makes this crisis so hard to accept. By Joe Scarborough ●  Read more »   Trump's signal is his noise. Stop trying to distinguish between the two. By E.J. Dionne ●  Read more »   Trump's medical judgment is wrong. The example he's setting is worse. By Vinay Prasad and Ezekiel J. Emanuel ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The shape-shifting genius of Obamagate By Molly Roberts ●  Read more »   It's past time for Congress to give IGs and whistleblowers additional protection By Danielle Brian ●  Read more »   Texas's Republican leaders are fighting to keep voting unsafe By Editorial Board ●  Read more »     More News Mich. governor says state will seek 'legal recourse' over failed dam Federal regulators revoked the Edenville Dam's license to produce hydroelectric power in 2018 over whether it could handle big floods. Homes downstream were inundated by as much as nine feet of water Wednesday, and thousands were forced to flee the gushing floodwaters. By Jacob Carah, Frances Stead Sellers, Andrew Freedman and Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   Supreme Court for now stops House Democrats from seeing secret Mueller material Justices put on hold for now a lower-court ruling that granted the House Judiciary Committee access to some grand jury material. By Robert Barnes and Ann Marimow ●  Read more »   Reopening guidance for churches delayed after White House and CDC disagree Health experts say the lack of guidelines puts the most vulnerable at risk for contracting covid-19. By Lena H. Sun, Josh Dawsey and Michelle Boorstein ●  Read more »   Lawmakers begin efforts to rework Paycheck Protection Program so businesses can have more flexibility Democrats and Republicans are working to give companies more time to rehire workers as it has become clear that some firms are struggling with the rules. By Erica Werner ●  Read more »   The challenges of voting by mail How will we vote in November? A wrinkle in expanding coronavirus testing in the U.S. And a new outbreak in South Korea pushes its LGBTQ community into an undesirable spotlight. Post Reports | Listen Now ●  By The Washington Post ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Bold School for smart advice on how to get better with age, plus tried-and-true tips from our readers, every Monday and Friday for 12 weeks. Sign up »

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