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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

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, second from left, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., second from right, prior to a meeting between President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, May 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Steven Mnuchin voices deficit concerns as Nancy Pelosi eyes spending

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

54,000 still getting pay held over student debt, filing says

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. As President Donald Trump tries to moves on from the coronavirus, Congress is rushing to fill the void and prepare the country for the long fight ahead. “This is going to be on us,” said Sherrill, D-N.J. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

As Trump pulls back from virus, Congress races to fill void

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2019, file photo the U.S. Capitol building is illuminated by the rising sun on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, FIle)

Freshmen lawmakers face major challenges on Capitol Hill

By Gabriella Muñoz - 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**

Ocasio-Cortez frustrated with congressional ‘abdication’ on legislating coronavirus packages

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 11, 2014, file photo, Danny Joe delivers mail in the rain in San Bruno Calif. (AP Photo/Alex Washburn, File)

GAO says Post Office ‘unsustainable,’ urges congressional action

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, talks with Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense Spectrum Policy and the Impact of the Federal Communications Commission's Ligado Decision on National Security during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP)

Some senators may be rethinking virus testing for lawmakers

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 1996, file photo, President Bill Clinton gestures while giving his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill, in Washington. When he stood before Congress in 1996 and declared “the era of big government is over,” Clinton gave voice to a doctrine that permeated Democratic politics for more than two decades. Government, while necessary, shouldn't be celebrated if the party wanted to win elections. The coronavirus is changing that. Democrats are enthusiastically embracing the idea of a robust role for government in American life, abandoning concerns they might alienate the relatively narrow slice of independent voters. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson, File)

Democrats make case for role of government in virus response

By BILL BARROW and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 23 2019, file photo, a woman paints some signs before pasting them on buildings in the streets of Paris. As families across the country and the globe hunker down at home, there's another danger, also insidious if less immediately obvious, that worries advocates and officials: A potential spike in domestic violence. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

Strict stay-at-home orders put domestic violence victims in tougher situation, say police, advocates

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, talks with Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense Spectrum Policy and the Impact of the Federal Communications Commission's Ligado Decision on National Security during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP)

Some senators now want lawmakers tested for coronavirus

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo, Hawaii state Department of Health microbiologist Mark Nagata demonstrates the process for testing a sample for coronavirus at the department's laboratory in Pearl City, Hawaii. An Associated Press analysis shows that some of the least-populated states, such as Hawaii, with relatively few coronavirus cases received an out-sized proportion of the $150 billion in federal money that was designed to address virus-related expenses. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, File)

States with few virus cases get big share of relief aid

By GEOFF MULVIHILL - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 9, 2020, file photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate is set to resume Monday, May 4. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Senate reopens despite risks as House preps more virus aid

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Screen grab taken from video issued by Britain's Oxford University, showing a person being injected as part of the first human trials in the UK to test a potential coronavirus vaccine, untaken by Oxford University in England, Thursday April 23, 2020. Two volunteers have received the first vaccine trial against the COVID-19 Coronavirus on Thursday. (Oxford University Pool via AP)

Coronavirus vaccine in 2020 ‘pretty good’ Oxford University professor says

By Ryan Lovelace, David Sherfinski and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A man wearing a mask depicting American flags jogs past the U.S. Capitol Building, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Washington. The U.S. House of Representatives has canceled plans to return next week, a reversal after announcing it a day earlier. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chris Smith, other lawmakers target China over coronavirus pandemic

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

On this June 12, 2019, file photo, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., listens to debate on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. Justin Amash officially becomes first Libertarian member of Congress

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this April 21, 2020, photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks with reporters after the Senate approved a nearly $500 billion coronavirus aid bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. On May 2, 2020, Mr. McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, issued a rare joint statement in which they politely declined President Trump's offer to furnish Congress with rapid-testing kits it could use to quickly screen legislators for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Pelosi, McConnell ‘respectfully’ reject administration offer on rapid testing

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Scientists examine hurdles to US plutonium disposal plan

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

In this Dec. 18, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn arrives at federal court in Washington. In reversal, U.S. prosecutors no longer oppose prison time for Flynn. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

The dishonest pursuit of Michael Flynn

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times