 Anthony S. Fauci, the nation's top infectious-diseases expert, gave a dire warning in a Senate committee hearing held as coronavirus infections surge in many parts of the United States. "We are now having 40-plus thousand new cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around. And so I am very concerned," Fauci said. CORONAVIRUS | LIVE UPDATES ● By Antonia Farzan, Rick Noack, Lateshia Beachum, Meryl Kornfield, Miriam Berger, Hamza Shaban, John Wagner, Brittany Shammas and Felicia Sonmez ● Read more » | | | | Joe Biden cited President Trump's declaration earlier in the outbreak that he was a "wartime president," saying, "It seems like our wartime president surrendered, waved the white flag and left the battlefield." By Annie Linskey ● Read more » | | | | Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell's cautious assessment of the economy comes as senior Trump administration officials enthusiastically tout the rebound. By Rachel Siegel and Jeff Stein ● Read more » | | | | With the deadline to apply for the program coming tonight, senators are considering how to use the funds to help small businesses. By Jonathan O'Connell, Erica Werner and Aaron Gregg ● Read more » | | | | Millions of workers are suffering from economic whiplash, thinking they were returning to work, only to be sent home as cases spike. By Eli Rosenberg and Abha Bhattarai ● Read more » | | | | How the lack of child care is destabilizing the economy even more. Why women are hurting the most in this economic downturn. And what it's like to join Alcoholics Anonymous over Zoom. Post Reports | Listen Now ● By The Washington Post ● Read more » | | | | Facebook's move came after federal prosecutors charged several adherents of the movement with crimes, including the murder of a security officer at a federal courthouse in Oakland, Calif. By Rachel Lerman ● Read more » | | | | New questions are hovering over coverage of breaking crime stories after incidents where cellphone video contradicted initial police accounts. By Paul Farhi and Elahe Izadi ● Read more » | | | Our social media feeds provide a replacement for the TV shows "Cops" and "Live PD" in the form of a more satisfying streaming saga of comeuppance. Critic's Notebook ● By Hank Stuever ● Read more » | | | | The state ended a tax-incentive program for those who fund scholarships for families to use at private schools because of state restrictions against public money going to religious institutions. Including religious schools in school choice programs has been a Trump administration priority. By Robert Barnes ● Read more » | | | | The judge says no copies of the book by Mary Trump, slated to be published July 28, should be printed until he has chance to hear arguments in the case brought by President Trump's brother. By Michael Kranish ● Read more » | | | | The recent release in Ukraine of audio clips of Biden suggests a new push by foreign forces to sway U.S. voters ahead of the 2020 election, one welcomed by President Trump's personal lawyer. Election 2020 ● By Paul Sonne, Rosalind Helderman, Josh Dawsey and David L. Stern ● Read more » | | | | A gifted comic improviser, actor, writer and director, Carl Reiner gained a national following in the 1950s opposite Sid Caesar on influential TV comedy programs. Carl Reiner | 1922–2020 ● By Adam Bernstein ● Read more » | | | | | | |
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