Yuichiro Kakutani is a reporter at the Washington Free Beacon. He recently graduated from Cornell University, where he studied government and history. He previously served as editor for The Cornell Daily Sun. He's a proud New Yorker — and by that he means, New York City. He can be reached at kakutani@freebeacon.com.
A group of Republican lawmakers is pushing to hold China accountable for its propaganda campaign meant to obfuscate its responsibility for the outbreak and spread of the coronavirus. 
An Illinois Democrat who accused President Donald Trump of killing Americans by lying to the public about the coronavirus also spread pro-China misinformation about the deadly disease during a town hall with constituents. 
A Venezuelan Navy vessel opened fire on a German cruise ship but sank after it sustained "severe damages" while ramming the luxury liner on Monday morning. 
A U.S. intelligence report concluded that China lied about the impact of the coronavirus within its borders, under-reporting total case numbers and deaths in public figures, according to Bloomberg News. 
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden used his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to fundraise for a close union ally that is under investigation for misappropriating millions of dollars from firefighters' dues. 
One of Joe Biden's closest labor allies inappropriately siphoned nearly $1 million from a union pension fund as the labor group suffered from a "systemic misrepresentation in financial reporting," according to an internal probe obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. 
Thousands of rapid test kits purchased from China by European countries have proven to be defective, according to local reports. 
The Economist is running Chinese propaganda from an outlet that is violating U.S. law to spread the message that Chinese President Xi Jinping's has done a masterful job handling the coronavirus pandemic. 
China has accused U.S. leaders of racism for referring to the new coronavirus as the "Wuhan virus." But an examination of Chinese state-media reporters shows the term was used frequently in their coverage during the initial stages of the outbreak.
A labor group plans to line its pockets with donations sent to an emergency fund that claims to help service-sector workers affected by the coronavirus. 