Trump administration tries to play down coronavirus risks
Administration officials blamed Democrats and the media for hyping the virus crisis.
DHS employee went to work in Newark after China travel, in violation of quarantine period
The union filed complaints that the agency has placed staffers and the public at risk.
As coronavirus reaches Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country projects confidence
When Ebola swept across West Africa in 2014, Nigeria swiftly contained its outbreak. Officials say lessons from that time shape the urgent response to the coronavirus threat.
Election 2020
In Qala, Malta, three of the past four mayors include current mayor Paul Buttigieg, left, and Vince Buttigieg. (Joanna Demarco for The Post)
A bust of Anton Buttigieg, Malta’s second president, rests in the San Gejtanu band club in Hamrun, Malta. (Joanna Demarco for The Post)
A kiosk welcomes visitors to Hondoq Bay, a beach near the village of Qala. (Joanna Demarco for The Post)
In Malta, a land of 2,850 Buttigiegs, they’re rooting for Mayor Pete
For people in this Mediterranean nation, Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s surprise push through the Democratic primaries has stirred a kind of sporting pride — a sense that any Buttigieg beyond Maltese borders deserves support.
South Carolina Democratic Primary
Voters in South Carolina will go to the polls on Saturday. Fifty-four delegates are up for grabs.
Polls will close Saturday at 7 p.m. ET. Stay with The Post for live coverage of the results.
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- How the Democrats’ delegate math works
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Ratcliffe (R-Tex.) was put up for the same job last summer but withdrew amid questions about his qualifications and whether he had padded his résumé.
The ruling, if it stands, means the president’s former lawyer cannot be forced to appear on Capitol Hill. The White House had claimed top advisers such as McGahn are “absolutely immune from compelled congressional testimony.”
The company cut a key test short and used faulty software, setbacks that led to a flawed mission.
The agreement would let the United States keep a foothold in Afghanistan depending on the conditions on the ground, and carry out strikes against the Islamic State, which is also fighting the Taliban.
The entertainment giant has lived a charmed life for the past 10 years. But trouble could land in the form of coronavirus, accelerated cord-cutting, customer churn and rising costs of content, among other things.
In many Olympic sports, only the best of the best reach this stage. But the marathon trials allow top amateurs, including working parents and dedicated recreational runners, to run alongside the country’s fastest long-distance runners.
Freeman Dyson
1923–2020 Dyson helped crack the secrets of the subatomic world, tried to build a spaceship that could carry humans across the solar system and wrote elegantly about science and human destiny.
Perspective
Don’t be afraid to let children read graphic novels. They’re real books.
A librarian makes the case: Kids’ connection to comics helps create lifelong readers.
In Case You Missed It
Baseball teams put ads everywhere. This franchise is ditching them.
The Savannah Bananas are taking the advertisements off the outfield walls and out of the game programs and cutting sponsorship announcements between innings.
By The Way
River cruising in the U.S. is popular with boomers. But many people still don’t know it’s a thing.
Operators cater to travelers who want to rediscover America by water (and avoid long flights to Europe).
