Felicia Sonmez

Americans inch — and dive — toward each other as summer brings warm weather and uncertainty about the virus.

There have been more than 5 million coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide, including more than 1.5 million infections in the United States.

The number of confirmed coronavirus infections worldwide approached 5 million, with at least 1.5 million in the United States.

“I stand with Q and the team,” Jo Rae Perkins said in a primary-night video she posted on Twitter. She later backtracked slightly, saying that she does not believe “everything” from the conspiracy theory.

The process of reopening the U.S. economy will enter a new phase as Memorial Day weekend approaches. By Wednesday, all 50 states will have begun lifting restrictions put in place to combat the coronavirus outbreak.

“He is certainly within his authority,” the Senate majority leader told reporters Tuesday.

With no deaths in half of America's counties, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said it would be safe to reopen the country.

Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) said in a letter to President Trump that inspectors general “should be free from partisan political interference.”

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Sunday that the CDC’s early flawed coronavirus test kit “really let the country down.”

Demoted vaccine expert Rick Bright also told a House panel that federal officials responded indifferently in January when he raised concerns about shortages of medical materials.