 |  | | The day's most important stories, curated by Post editors. | | | | | |  Minnesota prosecutors added a second-degree murder charge Wednesday against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and charged three more former officers in the death of George Floyd. "I strongly believe that these developments are in the interest of justice for Mr. Floyd, his family, our community and our state," State Attorney General Keith Ellison said. LIVE UPDATES ● By Allyson Chiu, Katie Shepherd, Lateshia Beachum, John Wagner, Felicia Sonmez, Reis Thebault, Brittany Shammas, Katie Mettler and Kim Bellware ● Read more » | | | | "The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort," Defense Secretary Mark Esper said. By Dan Lamothe and Missy Ryan ● Read more » | | | | For former U.S. intelligence officials, scenes of armed clashes and strongman poses are familiar signs of a fraying country. By Greg Miller ● Read more » | | | The chilling image speaks to how the military must think about the optics of its behavior. Perspective ● By Philip Kennicott ● Read more » | | | | The protests come after several hundred demonstrators descended on Washington on Tuesday, the largest and most boisterous crowd to gather in the nation's capital during protests over George Floyd's death in the custody of Minneapolis police. LIVE UPDATES ● By Patricia Sullivan and Dana Hedgpeth ● Read more » | | | | It matters whether police departments have encouraged officers to kneel, forbidden them to do so or given them the freedom to decide for themselves what's right. Perspective ● By Theresa Vargas ● Read more » | | | | Amid tumult, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) apologizes for calling black leaders "you people." By Annie Gowen ● Read more » | | | The University of Minnesota enrolled health-care workers and others exposed to the disease in the first randomized prevention study of the drug, which has been touted by President Trump. CORONAVIRUS ● By Laurie McGinley and Ariana Eunjung Cha ● Read more » | | | | Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has declined so far to authorize the convention, a gathering of 19,000 people, as the number of coronavirus cases in the country soars past 1.8 million. LIVE UPDATES ● By Antonia Farzan, Jennifer Hassan, Rick Noack, Miriam Berger, Marisa Iati, Felicia Sonmez and Candace Buckner ● Read more » | | | | Poor reporting of data, which initially masked the fact that the disease was disproportionately affecting black communities, remains a problem even as states move to reopen their economies. By Robert Samuels, Aaron Williams, Tracy Jan and Jose A. Del Real ● Read more » | | | | In some cases, a return to business does not look like a return to the way things were. By Miriam Berger ● Read more » | | | | The former deputy attorney general conceded that, in hindsight, he would not have signed off on continued monitoring of a former Trump campaign adviser. By Matt Zapotosky ● Read more » | | | | The president resubmitted his application to use a Florida address, as required by state law, and in March he voted by mail in Florida's Republican primary. Trump has recently made unsubstantiated claims about fraud in mail-in balloting. By Manuel Roig-Franzia ● Read more » | | | | Weeks ago, the presumptive Democratic nominee had offered himself as a pragmatist, unlike his socialist rival Bernie Sanders. But amid national upheaval, Joe Biden has pointed toward a transformational era in which government would play a bigger role in curing the country's public health, economic and racial woes. Election 2020 ● By Matt Viser ● Read more » | | | | What Joe Biden has to say about ongoing protests. How President Trump uses religion as a political tool. And protesters in their own words. Post Reports | Listen Now ● By The Washington Post ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | |
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