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For Autocrats, and Others, Coronavirus Is a Chance to Grab Even More Power
Leaders around the world have passed emergency decrees and legislation expanding their reach during the pandemic. Will they ever relinquish them?
By Selam Gebrekidan
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Behind Trump’s Reversal on Reopening the Country: 2 Sets of Numbers
An estimate of the number of possible deaths and polling that showed a cautious public changed, for now, the president’s approach to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman
CreditAl Drago for The New York Times
1. Trump Won the Internet. Democrats Are Scrambling to Take It Back.
  In the era of big data, memes and disinformation, the Democrats are trying to regain their digital edge as the president and his loyalists dictate the terms of debate.
  By Jim Rutenberg and Matthew Rosenberg
  CreditMaddie McGarvey for The New York Times
2. Days After a Funeral in a Georgia Town, Coronavirus ‘Hit Like a Bomb’
  A mourner came to Albany, Ga., to attend the funeral of a retired janitor. After a pause while the infections incubated, the virus swept through the community.
  By Ellen Barry
  CreditAudra Melton for The New York Times