Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, blasted Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler, who he accused of expressing "glee" over the growing unemployment amid the coronavirus outbreak in an apparent jab against President Trump. 

Following is a recap of major news at Hachette Book Group for the week of April 15-19, 2019: HBG Community Service Day: we had our second annual Community Service Day on Wednesday, and close to 600 HBG employees volunteered in a wide variety of activities – preparing food in community kitchens, delivering hot meals to homebound seniors, reading with children, repainting rooms in community centers, gardening in green spaces, caring for animals in rescue shelters, assisting with literacy and mental health awareness projects, creating handmade cards for hospitalized children, and much more. Bestseller news:  James Patterson’s The Fall of Crazy House (JIMMY Patterson) debuts at #4 on the New York Times YA Hardcover list. Also, debuting on the NYT lists are William W. Li’s Eat to Beat Disease (GCP) at #10 on the Advice, How-To, & Misc., and Miracle at St. Andrews by James Patterson & Peter de Jonge (LB) at #13 on the Print HC Fiction list. HBG’s distribution clients have a #1 bestseller with Jeff Kinney’s new addition to the Diary of the Wimpy Kid franchise, Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid (Abrams) at the top of the Middle Grade Hardcover list. And David Sax’s The Revenge of the Analog (PublicAffairs) makes a surprise appearance at #1 on the Washington Post bestseller list this week. LA Times Book Prize: Beth Macy’s Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America (LB) has won the 2018  for Science & Technology. Ondaatje Prize shortlist: Adam Weymouth’s Kings of the Yukon (LB) has been named to the Royal Society of Literature’s 2019  shortlist. The £10,000 prize is awarded annually to a book of the highest literary merit – fiction, non-fiction, or poetry – which best evokes the spirit of a place. The winner will be announced May 13. Major launch: Ali Benjamin’s highly anticipated The Next Great Paulie Fink (LBYR) went on sale this week with an interview on NPR’s Here & Now, coverage to come in The Denver Post, New York Times, People, and the Wall Street Journal, and a two-week national tour.

Simple cloth masks that cover the mouth and nose can prevent virus transmission by people who are infected but not symptomatic when they are out buying groceries or seeking medical care, according to memos obtained by The Washington Post.

President Trump ordered nearly 3,000 documents regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to be made public Thursday night; Eugene Scott of The Washington Post and Jill Colvin of The Associated Press join "Red & Blue" to discuss President Trump's announcement on the opioid crisis.

A new report alleges President Trump had contacts with former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn as recently as last month, in a recording obtained by The Washington Post, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said last year, "I think Putin pays" then-candidate Donald Trump.

The White House is denying a Washington Post report that President Trump shared classified intelligence with Russia's foreign minister and ambassador to the U.S. during a meeting last week., In his new book, "The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis--and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance," Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse says young people in the U.S. are failing to launch.

Piers Sellers, a British-born climate scientist turned NASA astronaut, dies at age 61 - Washington Post

A note from Karen Attiah, Washington Post Global Opinions editor:
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An iceberg over 100 square miles in size has broken off of the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica, The Washington Post reported.