The Latest on Coronavirus

• CDC loosens guidelines for some exposed to virus to return to work (NBC News)

• IHME model revised again, cutting death projection by over 35% (National Review)

• CDC releases early demographic snapshot of worst cases, which skew toward those with underlying conditions, men, and African Americans (The New York Times)

• Over 300,000 people have recovered from coronavirus around the world (Newsweek)

• Ninety percent of federal PPE stockpile depleted amid pandemic (National Review)

Business & Economy

• A cumulative 16 million and counting: Weekly unemployment claims swell another 6.6 million (Fox Business)

• Americans could start receiving relief checks starting today (USA Today)

• The ethanol lobby, which is already subsidized up to its neck, asks for a coronavirus bailout (Washington Examiner)

Government & Politics

• Sen. Kelly Loeffler liquidates stocks amid uproar over possible insider trading (The Hill)

• Regulatory state: Thirty regulations that stymied Trump’s virus response (Washington Examiner)

• Drill, baby, drill: Trump signs executive order encouraging mining for minerals on the moon (Washington Examiner)

• Linda Tripp, whose taped calls with Monica Lewinsky led to Clinton impeachment, dies at 70 (The Washington Post)

Heartland

• Coronavirus was spreading in New York City weeks before first case, compounding the mayor’s lackluster response (New York Post)

• Kansas legislature cites constitutional rights in rescinding governor’s limit on religious gatherings (Washington Examiner)

• “We want to have some common approach to this across the state”: Arkansas blocks mayors from implementing stay-at-home orders (The Daily Wire)

World

• The U.S. also needs an exit strategy: Austria plans to begin loosening its lockdown (Axios)

• Nothing to see here… Official Chinese newspaper reports chance of 10,000-20,000 new cases in Wuhan. It’s quickly deleted. (The Daily Wire)

• Taiwan shows up China, sending hard-hit countries lifesaving coronavirus supplies (Fox News)

• Tone-deaf celebrities organize major benefit for China-complicit WHO (The Federalist)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: How Woodrow Wilson let flu deaths go viral in the Great War (RealClearInvestigations)

• Policy: Time for the U.S. to declare independence from China (Hudson Institute)

• Humor: Bernie Sanders drops out of race to spend more time with his many, many houses (The Babylon Bee)

• Related humor: Undaunted Sanders supporters announce they’ll continue presidential campaign without candidate (The Onion)

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