Thursday's Headlines: Hispanics are almost twice as likely as whites to lose jobs amid pandemic
Arizona halts partnership with experts predicting cases would continue to mount; America's coronavirus divide is reflected in two New Mexico mayors. One asked for a lockdown. The other defied orders.; Kizzmekia Corbett, who is leading the vaccine search, spent her life preparing for this moment; Nursing home workers in Md. describe desperate conditions as the deadly virus spread; So many people are convinced that they had covid-19 already; Trump went ballistic at me on Twitter. Here's why he reacts with such rage.; Trump is pushing to reopen too soon. The consequences could be tragic.; If Trump ran the Manhattan Project, we'd all be speaking Japanese; Half a Congress isn't enough; Whether biking or shopping, just wear the mask; We cannot allow the normalization of firearms at protests to continue; Top GOP donor and Trump ally to be named postmaster general; IRS says $1,200 stimulus payments sent to dead people have to be returned; From a Miami condo to the Venezuelan coast, how a plan to 'capture' Maduro went rogue; Trump order to paint border wall black could cost hundreds of millions of dollars; How campaigns are adapting to coronavirus
A Washington Post-Ipsos poll found that 20 percent of Hispanic workers and 16 percent of black Americans report being laid off or furloughed, compared with 11 percent of whites.
The question of whether the country should continue to stay at home has spawned wildly different reactions, including in communities that aren't very far apart.
After some of her tweets were disliked by conservatives, the researcher scaled back her use of social media and stopped appearing on television. Her defenders say she was ridiculed for speaking the truth.
The facilities struggled with staff shortages, testing and protective equipment, and some managers played down the severity of outbreaks, employees from several centers said.
The selection of North Carolina businessman Louis DeJoy to run the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service would install a staunch ally of President Trump over an independent agency the president has long derided as a "loser," and likely give Trump more influence over how the Postal Service does business.
By Josh Dawsey, Lisa Rein and Jacob Bogage ●Read more »
The Venezuelan opposition entertained Special Forces veteran Jordan Goudreau's plan for regime change. Then the relationship fell apart. Goudreau went ahead anyway.
By Anthony Faiola, Karen DeYoung and Ana Vanessa Herrero ●Read more »
Military commanders and border officials consider the paint unnecessary, but the president seems convinced that it will absorb heat and deter climbers. According to government documents obtained by The Post, painting 175 miles of new fencing could cost anywhere from $500 million to $3 billion.
Michael Scherer describes how candidates have rewritten their campaign playbooks during the pandemic. Jessica Contrera asks how we weigh risk. And Emily Heil on the anxiety-filled hellscape that is the grocery store.
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