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FILE - In this May 29, 2020 file photo, Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, speaks during a roundtable with industry executives about reopening country after the coronavirus closures, in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington. Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM. Smith, announced the decision and called for Congress to regulate the technology during a Washington Post video event on Thursday, June 11. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Microsoft joins Amazon, IBM in pausing face scans for police

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 5, 2018, file photo, Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress and a top official with the Democratic National Committee, files to run for Minnesota attorney general at the Secretary of State's office in St. Paul, Minn. Ellison is now the Minnesota attorney general who is taking over as lead prosecutor in George Floyd's death. Doing so is giving Ellison a national platform to talk about race in America. And while Ellison is careful not to talk about details of the criminal cases against four Minneapolis police officers, he's grabbing the opportunity to raise issues about police reform that he's worked on in the past. (Lacy Young//Minnesota Public Radio via AP, File)

For Ellison, Floyd case brings pressure — and opportunity

By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

Steven Mnuchin: ‘Definitely’ think we will need more economic rescue legislation

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, gives an opening statement during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed changes to police practices and accountability on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Washington. Floyd arrived on Capitol Hill the day after funeral services for his George Floyd, who has become a worldwide symbol in demonstrations over calls for changes to police practices and an end to racial prejudices. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP)

‘Stop the pain,’ George Floyd’s brother pleads with Congress

By LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

Mnuchin says businesses will need more help

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and JOYCE ROSENBERG - Associated Press

A cyclist pedals up a hill in Allentown, Pa., Friday, May 29, 2020. Allentown predicts a budget deficit of over $10 million, a number officials say could go higher if the economy doesn’t rebound quickly. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

‘We need help’: Small cities face fiscal calamity from virus

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM - Associated Press

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, rides on an escalator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Chuck Grassley blocks Trump nominees over firings of inspectors general

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

In this Aug. 23, 2019, file photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaks during a news conference in Des Moines, Iowa. King is on the outs with a significant bloc of his long-reliable conservative base, but not for almost two decades of incendiary utterances about abortion, immigrants and Islam. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Steve King loses primary vote for Iowa seat to Randy Feenstra

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. speaks during a news conference, Friday, May 1, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) ** FILE **

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Steve King’s primary defeat is victory against white supremacy

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Pelosi urges Trump to be ‘healer in chief’ as protests rage

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump departs after visiting outside St. John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. Walking with Trump are Attorney General William Barr, from left, White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien and White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Democrats say Justice Department whistleblowers to testify

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Runaway Spending Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Don’t let the COVID-19 pandemic justify run-away spending

By Richard Berman

FILE - In this May 3, 2020, file photo, light shines from inside the U.S. Capitol dome at dusk on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Congress confronts dual crises of protests, virus outbreak

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Indiana State Treasurer Kelly Mitchell stands by a campaign sign, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Westfield, Ind. Mitchell is a candidate for Indiana's 5th Congressional District. More Republican women than ever are seeking House seats this year after the 2018 election further diminished their limited ranks in Congress. But so far it appears that any gains this November could be modest. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

More GOP women seeking office, but winning still in question

By SARA BURNETT - Associated Press

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks at a rally for Joe Biden at his campaign office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. The Iowa Caucus will be held on Monday, Feb. 3. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette via AP) **FILE**

U.S. mayors plead for cash, COVID-19 help from federal government

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2019, file photo, California state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins of San Diego speaks on the floor of the Senate in Sacramento, Calif. The California Senate's plan to cover a projected budget deficit rejects Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed cuts to public education and health care programs. Newsom's plan would cut funding for public schools by about $8 billion. The Senate's plan would restore $2.7 billion of those cuts, the rest being deferred to future years. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Senate plan would reject most of governor’s cuts

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, April 2, 2020 file photo a sign explains the closure of a shop in the Pike Place Market in Seattle. As the coronavirus outbreak has caused record number of people to seek unemployment benefits Washington state officials said Thursday that impostors have used the stolen information of tens of thousands of people to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson,File)

Debate over $600 in jobless aid to intensify as claims rise

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press

In this April 23, 2020, file photo House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., walks to her office after signing the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, H.R. 266, after it passed the House on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi shelved a proposal for proxy voting this week after Republicans objected. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

GOP plan would block pay for lawmakers who don’t show for work during coronavirus pandemic

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Francis Thompson, D-Delhi, left, speaks with Rep. Gary Cater, D-New Orleans, on the House floor during a long day of bill debate, on Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

GOP pushes $300M in virus aid for Louisiana business grants

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press