Novel coronavirus

Test troubles cloud Trump recovery effort

By Matthew Perrone, Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press

The United States is struggling to test enough people for the novel coronavirus so officials can track and control the spread of the disease.

Pence says coronavirus testing is highest priority, as governors ask for more federal help

By Daniel Bush

In an interview Friday with the PBS NewsHour, Vice President Mike Pence said the federal government is pushing to expand testing by working with states and private labs that have a “significant amount of unused testing capacity."…

Hope finds a foothold on Wall Street, stocks rally worldwide

By Stan Choe, Damian J. Troise, Alex Veiga, Associated Press

U.S. stocks joined a worldwide rally and closed out their first back-to-back weekly gain since the market began selling off two months ago.

Banksy is working from home too. And he's creating rats

By Wyatt Mayes

The coronavirus pandemic has forced many people to stay home to limit the spread of the virus. The phrase “work from home” is inescapable as COVID-19 upends daily lives, even for the likes of Banksy.

WATCH: World Bank president pledges to try to cushion virus' economic blow

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

World Bank President David Malpass stressed that his agency was well aware of the rising threat from a health crisis that is expected to plunge the global economy into the deepest recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Pro-Trump protesters push back on stay-at-home orders

By Sara Burnett, Brian Slodysko, Associated Press

In places like Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia, small-government groups, supporters of President Donald Trump, anti-vaccine advocates and others have united behind a deep suspicion of efforts to shut down daily life to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Senators urge anti-bias police training over mask fears

By Aaron Morrison, Associated Press

Democratic lawmakers want police departments to be vigilant about any racially biased policing during the coronavirus pandemic, as people in communities of color express fears of being profiled while wearing masks or other face coverings in public.

As $2 trillion in coronavirus aid starts to flow, oversight still lags

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Congress created at least four different bodies to help prevent fraud and abuse as the government doles out a massive amount of money to businesses, states and individuals. But none of those bodies has been set up yet.

U.S.-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan

By Daria Litvinova, Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press

A U.S.-Russian crew landed safely Friday in the steppes of Kazakhstan following a stint on the International Space Station and was greeted with extra precautions due to the coronavirus.

WATCH: Trump pushes states to lift virus restrictions during briefing

By Zeke Miller, Matt Sedensky, Associated Press

A day after laying out a roadmap for gradually reviving economic activity, President Donald Trump urged his supporters to “LIBERATE” three states led by Democratic governors Friday. Watch his daily briefing here.