Evening Edition: Trump declares a national emergency
U.S. markets surge after wild day of trading; Trump administration to partner with private sector to set up drive-through testing; Trump declines to endorse House coronavirus relief bill as Democrats plan vote Friday; Why is it so hard to get a coronavirus test in the U.S.? ; Amid outbreak, a thin line between prudence and panic; Biden ad manipulates video to slam Trump; U.S. counters Iraq's condemnation of U.S. airstrikes on Iran-backed militia facilities; A white Republican mayor seeks the truth about Tulsa's race massacre a century ago; Young Americans say billionaires do more harm than good, study shows; Mandy Moore thought her career was over. Now she's living out her music dreams.
Concerns about the coronavirus rippled across the globe, as schools closed to millions of students; more events were canceled, more landmarks shuttered; and the Group of Seven leaders planned a virtual crisis conference.
The Dow shot up nearly 2,000 points, about 10 percent. The Standard & Poor's 500 and Nasdaq also surged more than 9 percent. It was Wall Street's biggest rally since 2008.
The package negotiated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin includes paid sick leave, unemployment insurance, and money for food stamps and other food security programs.
By Erica Werner, Mike DeBonis and Paul Kane ●Read more »
Neena Satija explains what went wrong with coronavirus testing in the United States. And Brady Dennis on the effect the outbreak is having on carbon emissions.
Post Reports | Listen Now●By The Washington Post ●Read more »
As Tulsa prepares to dig for mass graves, Mayor G.T. Bynum says the city must confront the 1921 race massacre that left as many as 300 black people dead.
Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered●By DeNeen L. Brown ●Read more »
After falling into personal and professional doldrums, the onetime teen-pop star has re-emerged as the star of a hit TV show and a songwriter to be reckoned with.
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