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by Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Thomas Gibbons-Neff on April 8, 2020 at 10:03 am

Thomas B. Modly’s departure is the latest in a string of events that engulfed the Navy in a public relations disaster.

by Alan Rappeport on April 8, 2020 at 3:54 am

Brian D. Miller, the White House lawyer tapped to oversee Treasury’s $500 billion bailout, rebuffed a request for information during impeachment.

on April 8, 2020 at 3:12 am

We are still reviewing some of Trump's comments at the daily White House coronavirus briefing. We'll update this article with additional fact checks.

by Katie Rogers and Maggie Haberman on April 8, 2020 at 2:55 am

Kayleigh McEnany, his campaign spokeswoman, replaces Stephanie Grisham, who had the job for nine months, and will return to Melania Trump’s staff.

by Astead W. Herndon and Alexander Burns on April 8, 2020 at 2:35 am

Wisconsin’s primary showed an electoral system stretched to the breaking point by the coronavirus crisis, as people weighed the health risks against their desire to vote.

by The New York Times on April 8, 2020 at 1:49 am

The state was the first to hold a major election with in-person voting since stay-at-home orders were widely instituted because of the coronavirus.

on April 8, 2020 at 12:57 am

“If we're going to carry these ridiculous briefings, we need to give it context and we need to fact check a President who has trouble with the truth.” Trump ...

by Michael D. Shear on April 8, 2020 at 12:55 am

In effect, the president sought to blame the group for the very missteps and failures that have been leveled at him and his administration.

on April 8, 2020 at 12:45 am

Election experts say Trump is partially correct, that there is slightly more fraud in mail-voting than in-person voting. But they caution that both can be done ...

on April 8, 2020 at 12:45 am

"Mail ballots are a very dangerous thing for this country, because they're cheaters" said Trump, during Tuesday's daily White House briefing. "They're ...

on April 8, 2020 at 12:22 am

Did Trump Golf, Hold Rallies After Learning About COVID-19 Threat? 1 April 2020; Fact Check. After Sen. Mitch McConnell suggested the government's ...

by Nick Corasaniti on April 8, 2020 at 12:20 am

It’s Election Day in Wisconsin. But many voters told us about how they weren’t able to vote.

by Charlie Savage and Peter Baker on April 8, 2020 at 12:09 am

The official had been leading the office of the inspector general for the Pentagon. In removing him from that role, the president stripped him of his pandemic relief oversight duties as well.

on April 7, 2020 at 11:37 pm

Fact-Check: This 'AOC Quote' Is Fake News ... Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “The only reason Trump is keeping his campaign promises is to ...

by Astead W. Herndon on April 7, 2020 at 11:27 pm

Voters in Milwaukee and across the state braved long lines and a risk of illness. Many said they wanted their voices to be heard. But for some, the potential health risk was too great.

by Matt Flegenheimer on April 7, 2020 at 11:22 pm

Wisconsin voters may have risked their health to make it to the polls in a pandemic. But lately, it’s feeling as though 2016, not 2020, remains the most pivotal political moment.

by Emily Cochrane and Jim Tankersley on April 7, 2020 at 11:21 pm

Less than two weeks after enactment of a $2 trillion stimulus plan, the Trump administration is asking for a fresh infusion of funds to help businesses survive the economic damage of the coronavirus.

on April 7, 2020 at 11:15 pm

In a testy exchange with reporters, President Donald Trump questioned the political motivations of an administration inspector general, claiming that ...

on April 7, 2020 at 11:10 pm

Fact check: Trump again overstates U.S. testing capability. “America continues to perform more tests than any other nation in the world, and I think that's ...

on April 7, 2020 at 11:03 pm

Adds VIRUS OUTBREAK-TRUMP-FACT CHECK, VIRUS OUTBREAK-DRIVE-IN CHURCH, LIBYA, VIRUS OUTBREAK-TEXAS ABORTION, MEXICAN ...

by Jen Patja Howell on April 7, 2020 at 10:45 pm

The devastating effects of the coronavirus COVID-19 are being felt in nearly every corner of the world, with little regard for national borders or boundaries. In many ways, this makes it the exact […]

by Sean Quirk on April 7, 2020 at 10:41 pm

Washington and Beijing are using their militaries to signal that neither is letting down its guard on Taiwan and the South China Sea during the coronavirus pandemic. Soon after Taiwan’s Vice […]

on April 7, 2020 at 10:33 pm

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Tuesday that the United States would halt funding to the World Health Organization, the global health agency ...

on April 7, 2020 at 10:25 pm

Fact check: Trump again overstates U.S. testing capability. “America continues to perform more tests than any other nation in the world, and I think ...

by Reid J. Epstein on April 7, 2020 at 9:51 pm

Mask-wearing voters in endless lines. Five polling places instead of 180. Voting amid the coronavirus crisis is full of challenges — and connected to G.O.P. efforts to limit who gets a ballot […]

by Adam Liptak on April 7, 2020 at 8:58 pm

Some legal scholars said the decisions by the state and U.S. supreme courts could undermine confidence in the rule of law. Others said they were the product of judicial philosophy, not partisanship.

by Elaina Plott on April 7, 2020 at 8:58 pm

South Florida is in some ways an America as Mr. Trump would have it, where his Republican support extends beyond his base and includes admiration from immigrants and Jewish voters.

on April 7, 2020 at 8:48 pm

In March, Trump initially questionably claimed that he had inherited a faulty test ... source–>https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/politics/fact-check-trump- ...

on April 7, 2020 at 8:15 pm

Go to FactCheck.org and fact check her piece. There is not enough room here to discuss all I found. One example is her claim that President Trump cut ...

on April 7, 2020 at 8:15 pm

Analysis by Daniel Dale, CNN President Donald Trump has a long history of dubiously distancing himself from allies who have turned on him or found ...

by Katie Glueck on April 7, 2020 at 8:14 pm

The endorsement was another example of the strong backing Joseph R. Biden Jr. enjoys from African-American leaders and voters.

on April 7, 2020 at 8:03 pm

Trump's clear suggestion was that the flawed test had been left to him by President Barack Obama's administration. Facts First: The faulty initial test for ...

on April 7, 2020 at 7:52 pm

A Washington Post fact check found, “Under the auspices of a workforce policy advisory board co-chaired by Ivanka Trump, about 200 companies ...

by George Perkovich on April 7, 2020 at 7:28 pm

PDF Version. A review of Fred Kaplan, “The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War” (Simon & Schuster, 2020). *** “Nuclear books don’t […]

on April 7, 2020 at 6:33 pm

Trump's most recent financial disclosure forms lists holdings in the Dodge & Cox International Fund valued between $1,001 and $15,000. That means ...

on April 7, 2020 at 6:11 pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defending his administration's response to the coronavirus, President Donald Trump falsely asserted that travelers at U.S. ...

on April 7, 2020 at 6:11 pm

TRUMP: “You didn't tell me also that this inspector general came out of the Obama administration.” — news briefing Monday. THE FACTS: His claims are ...

by Alan Z. Rozenshtein on April 7, 2020 at 5:54 pm

Like governments around the world, the United States is struggling with the “coronavirus trilemma”: It wants to protect lives, ease social isolation, and protect privacy and civil […]

on April 7, 2020 at 5:22 pm

... editorial team always has and will continue to fact-check the appearances with our team of analysts and medical experts," an MSNBC spokesperson ...

by Stewart Baker on April 7, 2020 at 3:48 pm

Nate Jones and I dig deep into Twitter’s decision to delete Rudy Giuliani’s tweet (quoting Charlie Kirk of Turning Point) to the effect that hydroxychloroquine had been shown to be 100% […]

by Elliot Setzer on April 7, 2020 at 3:44 pm

Wisconsin’s in-person primary election will take place today after the state Supreme Court overruled the governor’s executive order to postpone the election, reports NPR. An hour later in […]

by Giovanni Russonello on April 7, 2020 at 3:24 pm

Democracy versus public health, and a broader voting rights battle: This is your morning tip sheet.

by Emilia Columbo on April 7, 2020 at 12:00 pm

African leaders, organizations and individuals are increasingly investing in Africa’s expanding technology sector, presenting U.S. policymakers with a unique opportunity to reframe the U.S. […]

by Peter Baker, Katie Rogers, David Enrich and Maggie Haberman on April 7, 2020 at 11:48 am

While Dr. Anthony Fauci has urged caution in using hydroxychloroquine, some doctors are prescribing it to patients who have the virus despite the fact it has never been tested for it.

by Maggie Haberman on April 7, 2020 at 11:42 am

A memo from Peter Navarro is the most direct warning known to have circulated at a key moment among top administration officials.

by Peter Nicholas on April 7, 2020 at 9:00 am

The president is inescapable right now. That’s by design.

by Glenn Kessler on April 7, 2020 at 7:00 am

Nearly 40 countries imposed travel restrictions on travel from China by the time the United States's restrictions were in place — but few were world economic powers.

by Maria Cramer, Michael Levenson and Neil Vigdor on April 7, 2020 at 2:21 am

Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean and her 8-year-old son drifted into the bay after paddling out in a canoe to retrieve a ball. Her body was recovered on Monday evening.

by Adam Liptak on April 7, 2020 at 12:46 am

The 5-to-4 ruling was the court’s first in a dispute arising from the coronavirus pandemic, and suggested it may struggle to maintain an image of nonpartisanship as election disputes arise this […]

by Elliot Setzer on April 6, 2020 at 8:36 pm

Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at 10:00 a.m.: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will hold a webinar on presidential leadership in times […]

by Lester Munson on April 6, 2020 at 7:23 pm

Fault Lines welcomes Farah Pandith, first-ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities and author of "How We Win: How Cutting-Edge Entrepreneurs, Political Visionaries, Enlightened Business […]

by Jordan Schneider on April 6, 2020 at 6:38 pm

What are the Chinese Communist Party's international propaganda goals? How is it faring in the battle to define COVID-19's winners and losers? Matt Schrader of the German Marshall Fund's Alliance for […]

by Jane Chong on April 6, 2020 at 5:06 pm

Editor's note: This article is part of a series of short articles by analysts involved in the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, among others, highlighting and commenting upon aspects of the […]

by Elliot Setzer on April 6, 2020 at 4:27 pm

President Trump on Saturday predicted that this coming week will be “one of the toughest weeks” of the COVID-19 pandemic, as data projects that the volume of cases in several U.S. regions […]

by Malcolm Jorgensen on April 6, 2020 at 12:00 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has the dubious honor of being among the most visible focal points for conflicted U.S. attitudes toward the international legal order. Tensions between the U.S. […]

by Russell Berman on April 6, 2020 at 9:00 am

How are people expected to vote if they’re not supposed to even leave their homes?

by Shan Wang on April 6, 2020 at 4:00 am

What is actually known about hydroxychloroquine, the drug the president is fixated on recommending for COVID-19. Plus: The pandemic seems to be hitting people of color the hardest.

by Chuck Todd, NBC News on April 5, 2020 at 3:58 pm

On a special edition of Meet the Press, Surgeon General Jerome Adams discusses new face mask recommendations. Gov. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) talk about the different […]

by Carter Malkasian on April 5, 2020 at 2:00 pm

Editor's Note: The U.S.-Taliban negotiations offer the possibility of a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, but many of the agreement's specifics remain elusive. Carter Malkasian, a former senior […]

by Paul Kane on April 4, 2020 at 9:47 pm

The two conservatives make no apologies for calling it the “China virus” and are careful not to rebuke Trump. But they call the clamor to reopen businesses while the nation is in the grip […]

by Quinta Jurecic on April 4, 2020 at 6:01 pm

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia unsealed a ruling denying Guantanamo detainee Saifullah Paracha's petition for habeas corpus. In the January decision, the court held that the […]

by Elliot Setzer on April 4, 2020 at 3:16 pm

Masha Simonova and Nathaniel Sobel analyzed the federal executive emergency authorities available to address the coronavirus pandemic. Manal Cheema and Ashley Deeks explained the legal basis for […]

by Jen Patja Howell on April 4, 2020 at 1:30 pm

Stephen Holmes is the Walter E. Mayer Professor of Law at New York University. With Ivan Krastev he is the author of "The Light that Failed: a Reckoning." Jack Goldsmith sat down with Holmes to talk […]

by Edward-Isaac Dovere on April 4, 2020 at 9:00 am

The coronavirus has forced the Democrats to change how they talk about policy.

by Edward-Isaac Dovere on April 4, 2020 at 9:00 am

Michigan’s governor joins The Ticket to discuss her state’s coronavirus response and her relationship with President Donald Trump.

by Vanda Felbab-Brown on April 3, 2020 at 5:56 pm

Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared in Order From Chaos. Possibly emerging as a result of wildlife trafficking and the consumption of wild animal meat, COVID-19 is influencing crime […]

by Elliot Setzer on April 3, 2020 at 4:53 pm

President Trump yesterday issued an order under the Defense Production Act to allow four companies to secure supplies they need to build ventilators, reports the Wall Street Journal. Yet the […]

by Robert Chesney, Steve Vladeck on April 3, 2020 at 4:27 pm

It’s not April Fool’s trick, we really are back with a new episode covering the latest in national security law news. Watch the video here, if you aren’t getting enough […]

by Tom Wheeler on April 3, 2020 at 3:47 pm

Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on TechTank. Working, studying, and playing at home during the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that residential internet usage has soared. According to one […]

by Kathy Gilsinan on April 3, 2020 at 3:45 pm

Even as it’s called upon to aid the coronavirus response across the country, the military is struggling to contain the disease among its own personnel.

by Elaine Godfrey on April 3, 2020 at 3:38 pm

They fear they could be denied lifesaving treatment if they end up in the hospital with COVID-19.

by Adam Harris on April 3, 2020 at 3:10 pm

After years of practice, it’s a skill I’ll never let go of.

by Stewart Baker on April 3, 2020 at 2:02 pm

In this bonus episode, we present a lightly edited interview about Israel’s technology- and surveillance-heavy approach to the COVID-19 pandemic. In it, Matthew Waxman, Liviu Librescu Professor […]

by Jakob Bund on April 3, 2020 at 12:00 pm

On the heels of the indictment of a China-backed hacking group in December 2018, Jack Goldsmith and Robert Williams presented a compelling case that U.S. attempts to leverage legal action against […]

by Kaila Philo on April 3, 2020 at 4:00 am

Their loved ones in China just endured the pandemic’s isolation, overwhelmed hospitals, and deaths. Plus: An unhealthy military, struggling to fight COVID-19.

by Jen Patja Howell on April 2, 2020 at 8:54 pm

On this episode of the Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Nate Persily, the James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. Persily is […]

by Elliot Setzer on April 2, 2020 at 5:09 pm

Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Nevada and Pennsylvania yesterday issued statewide stay-at-home orders, reports the Wall Street Journal. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had previously resisted calls to […]

by Uri Friedman on April 2, 2020 at 3:12 pm

The West has long stigmatized mask-wearing, unlike many Asian countries, where those who don’t wear masks during public-health crises are the ones who are stigmatized.

by Ronald Brownstein on April 2, 2020 at 9:00 am

And as long as they’re closed for business, the economy will remain stalled too.

by Vann R. Newkirk II on April 2, 2020 at 9:00 am

More young people in the South seem to be dying from COVID-19. Why?

by Christian Paz on April 2, 2020 at 4:00 am

Almost 10 million Americans have already filed for unemployment benefits. It didn’t have to be this way, Derek Thompson argues. Plus: COVID-19’s unique threat to the South.

by Robert Costa on April 1, 2020 at 11:24 pm

The Senate majority leader, in an interview, said talk of a fourth emergency aid package in response to the coronavirus pandemic was “premature.” The House speaker said, “The […]

by Elaine Godfrey on April 1, 2020 at 9:00 am

We may never know how many people the coronavirus kills: “It sounds like it could be totally obvious—just count body bags. It’s not obvious at all.”

by Adam Harris on April 1, 2020 at 9:00 am

After the rush for ventilators and protective equipment, local governments need to worry about insolvency.

by Christian Paz on April 1, 2020 at 4:00 am

What happens is local governments go bankrupt during the pandemic? Plus: How the new coronavirus behaves in air (the answer is very complicated).

by Peter Nicholas on March 31, 2020 at 1:06 pm

President Trump’s targets have been Democratic leaders. But the outbreak isn’t going to stay confined to Democratic states.

by Kaila Philo on March 31, 2020 at 4:00 am

When the coronavirus pandemic comes to Trump country, politicization can only last so long. Plus: What’s the deal with Oscar Health and COVID-19 testing?

by Robinson Meyer on March 31, 2020 at 2:40 am

The extent of Oscar Health’s work on coronavirus testing hasn’t been previously reported.

by Mike DeBonis on March 30, 2020 at 2:00 pm

The Senate Majority PAC is making outsize investments in North Carolina and Iowa, where GOP incumbents look vulnerable.

by McKay Coppins on March 30, 2020 at 9:00 am

Across the country, social distancing is morphing from a public-health to political act. The consequences could be disastrous.

by Meg Kelly, Sarah Cahlan, Elyse Samuels on March 30, 2020 at 7:00 am

Missteps in rolling out the coronavirus testing infrastructure went unaddressed by leaders at the highest level of government, leaving the country blind to the virus's spread.

by Christian Paz on March 30, 2020 at 4:00 am

There once was a time at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic when social distancing wasn't a polarized along party lines. That’s changing

by John Hendrickson on March 29, 2020 at 9:00 am

Undertakers are scrambling to adapt to the complexities of COVID-19.

by Paul Kane on March 28, 2020 at 10:47 pm

Once in the shadows of other leaders, Schumer ran point in negotiations with McConnell and Mnuchin on the $2 trillion emergency aid package that Trump signed into law Friday.

by Kevin Townsend on March 28, 2020 at 6:42 pm

Representative Grace Meng of New York shares the view from the floor of Congress—and from the epicenter of the pandemic.

by Kathy Gilsinan on March 28, 2020 at 1:00 pm

The Chinese Communist Party is trying to present itself as a global leader in pandemic response. If it declares success too early, it may lead the world back into disaster.

by Jeremy Raff on March 28, 2020 at 9:00 am

Karlena Dawson is at high risk of complications from COVID-19. Where she lives makes her even more vulnerable: a Seattle immigrant-detention center.

by Paul Kane on March 24, 2020 at 11:40 pm

Lawmakers have grown more bitter as they race to finish a $2 trillion emergency relief package and leave town amid worries about colleagues testing positive for the disease.

by Paul Kane on March 21, 2020 at 10:38 pm

Members of the Small Business committees — Rubio, Cardin and Velázquez — along with Collins have worked on a rescue package for U.S. workers.

by Paul Kane on March 19, 2020 at 1:49 am

Several Democrats have called for allowing lawmakers to work and vote from home, but so far, leaders have resisted despite fears that the virus could make the Capitol uninhabitable.