Saturday's Headlines: John R. Lewis, front-line civil rights leader and eminence of Capitol Hill, dies at 80
Covid deaths are rising in U.S. as some states set records daily; Rancor between scientists, Trump allies threatens virus response; State Department releases cable that launched claims that coronavirus escaped from Chinese lab; As India skyrockets past 1 million coronavirus cases, a mystery surrounds the death toll; Portland officials decry aggressive tactics of federal agents in their city; The Troll: A fake flag burning at Gettysburg was only his latest hoax; The Great American Crackup is underway; What we know about how you catch covid-19; The horror story of how the Trump administration has handled PPP loans; Relax! I know I grabbed you off the street, but I'm just a criminal, not a federal agent!; The white man's path is a rut for the rest of us; Five myths about McCarthyism; Biden warns Russia, China are engaged in election meddling; Treasury, SBA should forgo verifying how loans were spent, Mnuchin says; NFL will consider disciplining Washington but is not expected to force Daniel Snyder to sell; The pandemic from inside the world's largest medical complex
The Georgia Democrat spent three decades in Congress defending the crucial gains he had helped achieve for people of color. As a 1960s civil rights leader, he preached nonviolence while enduring beatings and jailings. Later as a member of Congress, he served as the conscience of the House Democratic caucus on many matters.
The full cable does not strengthen the claim that an accident at the lab allowed the virus to escape, nor does it exclude the possibility. However, skepticism of the accident theory has increased in the scientific community.
Experts say government data on deaths is certain to be incomplete in a country where a large majority of people die in rural areas and without attention, making them less likely to be tested. Already there are signs that coronavirus deaths are being missed or misreported.
A Post investigation identified the 38-year-old whose anonymous social media hoaxes have riled the far right and repeatedly duped partisan media outlets.
The presumptive Democratic candidate for president, citing intelligence briefings that he is now receiving, warned Friday night that Russia and China were both actively trying to sow doubt in the American electoral system.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's remarks before a House committee came as millions of small businesses wait to see whether their federal-subsidized loans will be forgiven.
Full emergency rooms. Expanded ICUs. Double shifts. 3 a.m. phone calls to patients' families. A look inside the hospitals at Texas Medical Center in Houston — the epicenter of the state's new surge in coronavirus cases.
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