Donald Trump and Jared Kushner let the states fend for themselves, Republicans in Wisconsin fight Democratic efforts to make voting safer, and Bernie Sanders’s advisors encourage him to end his candidacy. Then Elizabeth Warren talks to Jon F. about her plans to fix our public health and economic crises, and how she’s thinking about the November election.

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Coronavirus

NYT : Official Counts Understate the US Coronavirus Death Toll

Politico : ‘There will be death’: Trump warns of ‘toughest week’ ahead

PBS : Trump says ‘toughest’ weeks ahead as coronavirus spreads

NYT : See Which States and Cities Have Told Residents to Stay at Home

ABC News : Competition among state, local governments creates bidding war for medical equipment

Marketplace : How did we end up in a ventilator bidding war?

Politico : Desperate lawmakers hunt for medical supplies as Trump takes hands-off approach

AP : U.S. ‘wasted’ months before preparing for virus pandemic

Politico : Despite expanded DPA, confusion reigns over coronavirus industrial response

Vox : America’s emergency medical stockpile is almost empty. Nobody knows what happens next.

Pro Publica : How Tea Party Budget Battles Left the National Emergency Medical Stockpile Unprepared for Coronavirus

USA Today : Trump hasn’t ordered any ventilators from GM, despite saying he was using wartime powers to force production

WaPo : Protective gear in national stockpile is nearly depleted, DHS officials say

NYT : Wartime Production Law Has Been Used Routinely, but Not With Coronavirus

NYT : We Need More From Washington

Boston Globe : In state’s intense chase for protective equipment, coronavirus isn’t the only rival — the feds are, too

Politico : Strategic National Stockpile description altered online after Kushner’s remarks

Politifact : Fact-checking Jared Kushner’s comments on the national stockpile

CNN : Kushner: The federal stockpile is ours, not the states’

CNN : Why these 8 Republican governors are holding out on statewide stay-at-home orders

NYT : Holdout States Resist Calls for Stay-at-Home Orders: ‘What Are You Waiting For?’

WaPo : ‘I just don’t understand why we’re not doing that’: Fauci calls for nationwide stay-at-home order, despite Trump’s resistance

ABC News : Trump resists a nationwide stay-at-home order. Fauci says ‘I don’t understand why’ some states not acting

USA Today : ‘This will blow over’: In states without stay-at-home orders, Americans celebrate freedom as death toll climbs

The Guardian : The US churches and pastors ignoring ‘stay-at-home’ orders

Bloomberg : Florida Follows Others in Allowing Church Amid Stay-Home Order

WaPo : New face mask guidance comes after battle between White House and CDC

CNN : CDC recommends Americans wear face masks voluntarily in public but some officials say they felt ‘pressured’ to draft new guidelines

The Guardian : ‘I’m not going to do it’: Trump rejects his own administration’s advice on masks

NBC News : CDC recommends people wear cloth masks in public – but Trump says he won’t

Vox : The CDC now recommends everyone use cloth masks in public

WaPo : Confirmed coronavirus cases top 300,000 in U.S. as Fauci stresses social distancing is ‘our most important tool’

WaPo : Social distancing works. The earlier the better, California and Washington data show.

CNN : Social distancing appears to be slowing the spread of coronavirus in some areas but crisis won’t end soon, officials say

LA Times : Social distancing may have helped California slow the virus and avoid New York’s fate

CNN : Fauci: We see “glimmers” that social distancing is working

NYT : Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest

The Hill : South Korea adding two weeks to social distancing efforts

WaPo : What we need to know before we can end social distancing

NYT : When Will Social Distancing Let Up?

The Atlantic : The Four Possible Timelines for Life Returning to Normal

Axios : Trump sees “sooner rather than later” return of pro sports

Mercury News : Coronavirus: Trump predicts fans in NFL stands by fall. Not in California, Newsom says

NYT : Democrats Postpone Convention, and a Test of Wills With Republicans Looms

Politico : Democrats postpone presidential convention until Aug. 17

Mediaite : Jake Tapper Directs Message to Trump on Shortages of Tests and Medical Supplies: ‘What’s the Plan?’

Politico : Social distancing guidelines will likely be in place beyond April, surgeon general says

Buzzfeed News : Social Distancing Might Stop. And Start. And Stop. And Start. Until We Have A Vaccine.

Vox : Social distancing can’t last forever. Here’s what should come next.