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A man walks past a "we give up" sign outside Euro Treasures Antiques Friday, May 8, 2020, in Salt Lake City. Scott Evans is closing his art and antique store after 40 years. This year started out well for his business, then COVID-19 hit, along with shelter-in-place orders. With a drastic drop in customers, Evans says it was no longer cost effective to stay open. The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs vanished in the worst monthly loss on record. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

National Science Foundation ‘urgent’ coronavirus grants miss target

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 4, 2013, file photo, Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former Texas Rep. Johnson, a military pilot who spent years at a prisoner of war in Vietnam before serving more than two decades in Congress, died Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at age 89. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

Sam Johnson, ex-Texas GOP congressman and Vietnam POW, dies

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 4, 2013, file photo, Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former Texas Rep. Johnson, a military pilot who spent years at a prisoner of war in Vietnam before serving more than two decades in Congress, died Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at age 89. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Sam Johnson dies at 89

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

People cross as riot police stand guard during a protest in the Central district Hong Kong, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. U.S. Secretary of State of Mike Pompeo has notified Congress that the Trump administration no longer regards Hong Kong as autonomous from mainland China. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Mike Pompeo accuses China of stripping Hong Kong’s freedom and autonomy

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illinois Editorial Roundup:

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is shown here on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in this Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Chuck Grassley blasts Trump over IG firings

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Udall presents veterans’ oral histories Library of Congress

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In this June 29, 2019, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, western Japan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Donald Trump faces deadline to punish China aggression toward Hong Kong

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Michael McKenna is the president of MWR Strategies. He was most recently a deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the Office of Legislative Affairs at the White House. Mr. McKenna has joined The Washington Times as a columnist.

Michael McKenna, former Trump adviser, writes Washington Times column

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Kevin McCarthy touts special election House victories: ‘A whole different change is arising’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, speaks with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, at the start of a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, at the Treasury Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Jerome Powell, Steven Mnuchin: Federal Reserve, Treasury to use ‘full range of tools’ to aid economy

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Illustration on bailouts for state budgets by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Do not bailout states for years of fiscal mismanagement

By Kay C. James

Roger Stone, a longtime Republican provocateur and former confidant of President Donald Trump, waits in line at the federal court in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Roger Stone accuses Steve Bannon of lying under oath about Trump campaign and WikiLeaks

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 16, 2019, file photo a citizen candidate holds an American flag and the words to The Star-Spangled Banner before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami field office in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) ** FILE **

Citizenship agency faces ‘drastic’ coronavirus cash crunch, begs Congress for $1.2 billion

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Agency cites ‘staggering’ cost of reining in US wild horses

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his Statehouse office in Madison, Wis. Evers' administration overstepped its authority when it unilaterally extended the governor's stay-at-home order through the end of May, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, May 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Evers calls resignation request for health leader ‘insane’

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican, has blasted as "inadequate" a Jan. 8, 2020 briefing by Trump administration officials regarding the Jan. 3 strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Mr. Lee says he is now ready to support a Democratic bill to curb the president's war-fighting authority. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate approves FISA amendment allowing applications to be scrutinize by legal analysts

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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Liability protections a must in a pandemic world

By Brian Finch

Vasi's Cafe is shown closed in St. Clair Shores, Mich., Friday, May 8, 2020. Many restaurants have closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Coronavirus stimulus can’t save manufacturing, hospitality, restaurant sectors, economists say

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2020, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos pauses as she testifies during a hearing of a House Appropriations Sub-Committee on the fiscal year 2021 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Trump administration is barring most international students and all students who entered the U.S. illegally from receiving emergency college grants approved by Congress as part of a $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package. DeVos issued the restriction in new guidelines released Tuesday, April 21, 2020, telling colleges how to distribute more than $6 billion in grants meant to help students cover unexpected costs triggered by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Education Department targets employers over wage garnishment

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press