Trump And Biden Have 'Very Friendly' Call On Virus Response A White House adviser suggested Joe Biden call the president instead of criticizing him in public, and both sides characterized Monday's call positively. Asma Khalid
Coronavirus Updates: Projecting The Curve, Government Responses NPR science and politics correspondents relay the latest updates in the United States response to the coronavirus epidemic. Richard Harris
Economic Relief Provision For Churches Raises Debate Over Church-State Separation Under one provision of the CARES Act, churches and other religious organizations will be able to apply for emergency loans. Critics see the provision as further weakening church-state separation. Tom Gjelten
Already Under Strain, Election Offices Falter As Pandemic Worsens Full-time election workers in New York, New Jersey and Washington, DC have fallen will with COVID-19 all while trying to make plans for carrying out upcoming elections under challenging conditions. Pam Fessler
Congressional Leaders Divided On Next Steps To Confront Coronavirus Threat Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell agree that Congress will have to pass more legislation to combat the pandemic, but they disagree on what to do next, and when. Susan Davis
Biden: The Democratic Convention May Need To Be A Virtual Event This Year The party's nominating convention had already been delayed a month, with a possible format change. Bobby Allyn
Week In Politics: Daily Doses Of Contradiction And Confusion President Trump's renewed calls to get the economy moving still fly in the face of what his health advisers are urging. Meanwhile, the pandemic reboots the vote-by-mail fight, and Wisconsin votes. Mara Liasson
Trapped By The Coronavirus Pandemic, Congress Tries New Ways Of Legislating From Home Congress left for an extended recess as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and may not return for several weeks. Lawmakers say their days have turned into a blur of conference calls and video chats. Claudia Grisales
Federal Efforts On Coronavirus Relief As the economy reels from record unemployment and states continue to increase their social distancing guidelines, the federal government is working to implement relief measures. Jon Hamilton
Jared Kushner's Role In Coronavirus Response Draws Scrutiny, Criticism The president's son-in-law and senior adviser has emerged as a key figure in the Trump administration's response to the outbreak. Franco Ordoñez