FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor speaks at a White House coronavirus task force briefing in March. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
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Sen. Scott On How Pandemic Response Can Better Serve Poor People
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President Trump addresses reporters in the White House Rose Garden during the daily coronavirus task force briefing on April 14. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
United States Postal Service trucks are lined up in Miami Beach, Fla. The agency says without emergency funding from Congress, it could run out of money within months. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
Employees and family members protest outside a Smithfield Foods processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota last week. The plant has had an outbreak of coronavirus cases. Stephen Groves/AP hide caption
Sen. Klobuchar On Her Bill To Ensure Mail-In Voting Rights, And On Joe Biden
Coronavirus Updates: WHO Funding Held, Trump To Work 'In Conjunction With Governors'
Appointed Georgia Sen. Loeffler Under Fire For Stock Sales In Weeks Before Pandemic
A Close Look At President Trump's Assertion Of 'Absolute' Authority Over States
Customers wearing face masks line up in front of a DIY store in Innsbruck, Austria. The store reopened on Tuesday, after shuttering to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. ERrich Spiess/EXPA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption