President Trump and the First Lady have tested positive for COVID-19. Bloomberg and CNN have the latest updates. Zeynep Tufekci writes for the Atlantic that a more effective strategy for stemming the spread of COVID-19 is to focus on clusters of the virus, rather than each individual case. The Wall Street Journal has a collection of stories about how the coronavirus pandemic and economic recession are affecting women. One piece details a recent study that found a higher percentage of women than men are considering leaving the workforce. And the Washington Post is out with new analysis looking at how the economic recession has hit certain groups, like women, people of color, and younger people, much harder than others. Politico reports that the president’s calls for poll watchers has led to supporters showing up at election offices to observe people requesting or turning in their mail ballots. And Marketplace describes what happened when the Republican Party sent off-duty local law-enforcement officials to polling stations in majority Black and Latino communities in New Jersey in 1981. Vice celebrates an African giant pouched rat who saves human lives in Cambodia by detecting landmines, and was recently given an award for braver

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