LIVEU.S. Health Officials Will Testify Over Government’s Virus ResponseDr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert, and Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the C.D.C., will speak before Congress today.They will likely be asked about whether they agree with President Trump, who last week claimed that the virus would simply “fade away.”New lockdowns were announced in Germany after an outbreak. The University of Michigan will no longer host a presidential debate. Here’s the latest.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
New Outbreaks Emerge as Americans Venture into Bars and ChurchesFor months, clusters often centered in nursing homes, prisons and food processing plants. With restrictions easing, new types of outbreaks are emerging.
Health Officials Had to Face a Pandemic. Then Came the Death Threats.State and local health officials have found themselves at the center of regular news briefings, making them targets for harassment and threats.
There’s a Reason President Trump Is Fighting Hard for ArizonaJoe Biden’s path to the White House could be through fed-up suburbanites and young Latinos.
How Joe Biden Is Catching Up to the Trump Money ‘Juggernaut’In May, Mr. Biden passed President Trump in fund-raising for the first time, with a surge in unexpected donations.Kriston Jae Bethel for The New York Times
Trump Suspends Visas Allowing Foreigners to Work in the U.S.The move is fiercely opposed by business leaders, who say it will block their ability to recruit critically needed workers from countries overseas.Doug Mills/The New York Times
G.O.P. Faces Risk From Push to Repeal Health Law During PandemicRepublicans and the Trump administration continue to press to end the Affordable Care Act even as more Americans are worried about health care coverage.
LIVEBusiness Updates: Markets Rise After Trump Reaffirms China Trade DealGlobal stock markets rose, following President Trump’s confirmation of the truce after a top adviser’s comments threw it in doubt. Here’s the latest.
Virus Cases Grow, but Some Police Officers Shed MasksIn recent days, officers without masks have been spotted on patrols and at protests in cities with mask requirements and social distancing rules.Joshua Rashaad McFadden for The New York Times
The N.Y.P.D. Spends $6 Billion a Year. Some Want to Cut $1 Billion.As calls to defund the police grow, officials and advocacy groups have proposed big cuts to the nation’s largest and most expensive police force.
Qualified Immunity Protection for Police Emerges as Flash Point Amid ProtestsThe Supreme Court developed the doctrine that serves as a shield for officers. A half-century later, it is at the center of the debate over policing.
A Multibillion-Dollar Opportunity: Virus-Proofing the New OfficeTech, catering and design companies are rushing to sell fever scanners, box lunches and floor-planning apps for social distancing. But will they work?
Are Companies More Productive in a Pandemic?Many claim their employees are hyper efficient while working from home. But there are social and emotional costs to ambition in isolation.Yann Bastard
Trump Didn’t ‘Send In the Troops.’ They Were Already There.Police today can turn out with more weaponry than our writer did in 1992, as a Marine deployed to a burning Los Angeles. What does it mean to project this much force at home?Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images
Erin Schaff/The New York TimesMichelle GoldbergAmerica Is Too Broken to Fight the CoronavirusNo other developed country is doing so badly.
Erin Schaff/The New York TimesGail Collins and Bret StephensJoe Biden Is Wondering Why John Bolton Suddenly Likes HimDefinitely won’t be the vice-presidential pick, though.
JPL-Caltech/NASAMars Is About to Have Its ‘Wright Brothers Moment’As part of its next Mars mission, NASA is sending an experimental helicopter to fly through the red planet’s thin atmosphere.
Desiree Rios for The New York TimesThe Pets Left Behind by Covid-19What happens to the dogs and cats of New Yorkers who become seriously ill?
Review: A Writer With a Ph.D. in Psychology Becomes a Poker ChampIn “The Biggest Bluff,” Maria Konnikova uses her own experience to examine how much of life is chance and how much is self-determined.
