President Donald Trump wore a mask during his visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Saturday. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
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Packages of Goya Foods Inc. corn meal sit in a box at the company's production facility in Secaucus, N.J., in 2018. Timothy Fadek/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Fort Madison, Iowa, in January. Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images hide caption
House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer walks through Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top government health officials testify before the Senate health and education committee on Tuesday. Kevin Dietsch/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks back to his office after delivering opening remarks at the U.S Capitol on Wednesday. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., attends a press conference Friday on Capitol Hill. Pelosi told NPR that she agreed with Joe Biden that mask usage should be mandated on the federal level. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
Nancy Pelosi Calls Trump 'Cowardly' For Not Wearing Mask, Supports Federal Mandate
Vice President Pence holds a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing Friday at the Department of Health and Human Services. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images hide caption
In an NPR interview, U.S. Attorney General William Barr defended the Justice Department amid accusations of political interference, including recently in the case of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Eman Mohammed for NPR hide caption
Attorney General Barr Says DOJ Acts Independent Of Trump's Interests
The scaled-down Democratic National Convention will no longer be held at the Fiserv Forum, but instead include events at the convention center in downtown Milwaukee. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda hold a joint press conference Wednesday in the Rose Garden of the White House. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Joe Biden and Barack Obama during a signing ceremony in 2016. The former president took part in a virtual fundraiser Tuesday for his former vice president. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Trump speaks during a Students for Trump event at the Dream City Church in Phoenix on Tuesday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
During a campaign rally over the weekend, President Trump used the term "kung flu" to describe the deadly coronavirus pandemic, to cheers from the audience. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., pictured last week, acknowledged how differently he, as a white man, views his interactions with police than do African Americans. Erin Schaff/The New York Times/Pool via AP hide caption