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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., listen as President Donald Trump speaks before he signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

McConnell: Impeachment ‘diverted attention’ from coronavirus

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 29, 2020, file photo, a bird flies among wind turbines near King City, Mo. The Trump administration is moving to scale back criminal enforcement of a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species. The former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told AP billions of birds could die if the government doesn't hold companies liable for accidental bird deaths. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Ex-wildlife chief: Trump rule could kill billions of birds

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

This Dec. 12, 2018, file photo shows traffic on the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles. The Trump administration announced new fuel efficiency standards on March 31, 2020, that roll back the aggressive plans made by the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) **FILE**

Trump administration officially rolls back Obama’s fuel efficiency rules

By James Varney - The Washington Times

This Dec. 12, 2018, file photo shows traffic on the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

New Trump mileage standards to gut Obama climate effort

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Virus relief plan gives Cook County reprieve on food stamps

By SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speaks with reporters about economic impacts of the coronavirus outside the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Steven Mnuchin wins praise for Coronavirus stimulus bill negotiations

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

File-This photo taken June 3, 2016, shows tourists lining up for photos at Delicate Arch in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. Utah's five national parks remain open but are adjusting their operations to stay within the public health guidelines for social distancing, even as three of the nation's most popular parks shut down Tuesday due to the coronavirus. (Ravell Call/The Deseret News via AP, File)

3 more national parks close to prevent coronavirus spread

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

In this March 15, 2020, file photo, people wait in a line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif. The coronavirus pandemic has much of the world contemplating an existential question amid a growing number of stay-at-home orders, with only &quot;essential&quot; service providers allowed to go to their jobs. As U.S. states enact sweeping stay-at-home orders, there is lots of agreement on what's essential, but some have their own notions. A few are eyebrow raisers. Among them are guns, golf and cannabis. Most lists, being compiled by governors and others, capture the basics of what's essential. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) **FILE**

DHS memo says gun stores ‘essential’ business as gun rights groups sue states closing them

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Rush Limbaugh reacts after first Lady Melania Trump presented him with the the Presidential Medal of Freedom as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. Second lady Karen Pence is at left and Kathryn Limbaugh is partially hidden. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Rush Limbaugh questions Trump’s coronavirus team: ‘How do we know they’re even health experts?’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Coronavirus rocks already strained ties between US and China

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

A few shoppers wander through the empty hallways of an outlet mall Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Lakewood, Colo. Many of the stores were closed in the mall because of the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A cruel paradox: Beating virus means causing US recession

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Washington, as President Donald Trump looks on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Administration announces 90-day delay for many tax payments

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with tourism industry executives about the coronavirus, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump mulls sending all who cross border illegally to Mexico

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Washington, as President Donald Trump looks on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Market likes what it hears from Washington

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) visited the Academy of Military Medical Sciences in Beijing to portray himself as a leader firmly in charge of a “people’s war” against COVID-19. (Associated Press photo) ** FILE **

‘Wake-up call’: Chinese control of U.S. pharmaceutical supplies sparks growing concern

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Friday, March 13, 2020, photo, Nic Talbott looks up from his computer at his home in Lisbon, Ohio. Talbott was participating in an Army ROTC program after an Obama administration policy permitted transgender people already serving in the military to be allowed to do so openly. The 2019 implementation of the Trump administration's reversal of the Obama policy barred people who have undergone gender transition, such as Talbott, from enlisting. Talbott is part of a pending lawsuit seeking to overturn the ban. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Dream of a lifetime: Transgender man yearns to join military

By DAVID CRARY and KEITH SRAKOCIC - Associated Press

President Donald Trump takes questions during a news conference about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, March 13, 2020, in Washington. Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, right listen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2020 file photo, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats controlling the House wrote HHS Secretary Alex Azar earlier this month to request funds to help speed development of a coronavirus vaccine, expand laboratory capacity, and beef up screening efforts at U.S. entry points. Azar is slated to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, and the U.S. response to the outbreak is sure to be a major topic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump scrambles to broaden coronavirus testing options

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 28, 2020 photo, Venezuelan Kamal Morales discusses the plight of his Venezuelan boyfriend Gustavo Acosta during an interview in New York. Morales' boyfriend has spent the past year moving around U.S. immigrant detention centers in the deep south after they crossed the Mexico-U.S. border together to apply for asylum. Morales’ own asylum request was rejected and he was ordered deported, but is currently living in New York while on parole. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Fleeing Maduro, Venezuelans find nightmare in Trump’s jails

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and GISELA SALOMON - Associated Press