First thing: More than a million Americans have caught the coronavirus

Almost 70 veterans have died in the worst known outbreak at a US long-term care facility. Plus, how Democrats can halt Trump's takeover of the judiciary

Good morning.

The number of Americans who have tested positive for coronavirus is now more than 1 million, while almost 60,000 people are confirmed to have died with the disease in the US. If those statistics are too vast to contemplate, then consider this one: at least 68 people have already died at a veterans' home in Massachusetts after contracting Covid-19, with dozens more infected - the worst known outbreak in a US long-term care facility.