Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The market is at the mercy of the virus."
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Ahead of a vote that could take place in the Senate as soon as Monday evening, civil liberties groups and federal lawmakers critical of mass surveillance spoke out against House-approved legislation that would reauthorize "abusive" and "dangerous" U.S. government spying powers that expired Sunday.
Fran Quigley
The fear and dysfunction associated with the coronavirus pandemic are unspeakably horrible, but they could spur the U.S. to once and for all eliminate the for-profit infection that sickens our health care system. (Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Sandra Fulton
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks during a news conference following a weekly policy luncheon on April 2, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We should delay these elections until people's legitimate fears are allayed."
Jon Queally, staff writer
"This is what happens when federal government is hollowed out over decades."
Julia Conley, staff writer
At least two Senate Republicans said publicly after lawmakers began considering the House coronavirus relief bill that bolder initiatives offering direct assistance to Americans during the coronavirus pandemic should be included in a relief package.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Do we want to go the direction of South Korea and really be aggressive and lower our mortality rates? Or do we want to go the direction of Italy?"
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Humane policies are popular policies."
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Eileen Appelbaum
U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) makes a statement at the U.S. Capitol March 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. Speaker Pelosi spoke on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act that the House will vote later on. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
After compiling a list of at least 113 U.S. cities and eight states that have paused water shutoffs for nonpayment amid the global coronavirus pandemic, the advocacy group Food & Water Action on Monday called for a national ban on disconnections and service restoration plan so that no one in the country is without access to water during these dangerous times.
Shannon Liss-Riordan
The Uber phone app is shown as cars drive by in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Mark Warner / CC 2.0)
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Leonardo Flores
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, President Donald Trump and U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien. (Photo: Getty Images)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This is why so many people through many centuries fall in love with Italy."
Derrick Z. Jackson
The heads of Walmart, Walgreens, Target, and CVS, with a combined 2019 net income of $20 billion, stepped forward to proclaim that they would each do their part in this emergency. (Photo: The White House)
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Norway is correct... the U.S. is a poorly developed country."
Deepa Kumar, Patrick Barrett
Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Bernie Sanders participate in the fifth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia on November 20, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
Jonathan Kanter, Adam Kuczynski
Looking out for one another will continue to be key. (Photo: Hinterhaus Productions/Stone Collection via Getty Images)
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. stressed the importance of such programs in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.