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Justice Department is dropping case against ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn
After months of wrangling following the Russia investigation, prosecutors aren't going ahead with the case based on the former national security adviser's false statements to the FBI.
Trump administration buries detailed CDC advice on reopening
The report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was supposed to be published last Friday. A CDC employee tells The Associated Press that agency officials were told the report "would never see the light of day." The Trump administration has been closely controlling the CDC's release of information during the coronavirus pandemic.
Face masks make a political statement in era of coronavirus
The mask is increasingly a visual shorthand for a debate pitting those willing to follow health officials' guidance over the coronavirus and cover their faces against those who feel it violates their freedom or buys into a threat they think is overblown.
Deficit leaves lawmakers with painful math problem
Now that Minnesota lawmakers have a better idea of the budget problem they're facing, some want to take decisive action quickly to start closing the $2.4 billion projected deficit. But they also don’t know how federal assistance will shake out or how long the pandemic — and the economic fallout — will last.
As businesses reopen, a fight is brewing over worker safety lawsuits
Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell insists any coronavirus relief bill must protect employers from lawsuits filed by workers who get sick. Workers' rights advocates oppose such a move.