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Thursday

Navy medical and support personnel staff the USNS Mercy, but the hospital ship belongs to the Navy's Military Sealift Command and is run by a crew of civilian mariners. The ship headed to the Port of Los Angeles on March 23 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Mike Blake/Reuters hide caption

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Civilian Mariners Say Strict Navy Coronavirus Restrictions Are Unfair

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Wednesday

President Trump signs the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act last week. The law added billions for loans for small businesses through the PPP. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Loopholes In Small Business Relief Program Allow Thriving Companies To Cash In

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Monday

The Internal Revenue Service headquarters was photographed on April 27, 2020 in the Federal Triangle section of Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Coronavirus Payments To Poor Are Vulnerable To Fraud

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Saturday

Los Angeles city attorney Mike Feuer has taken action against several companies selling supposed treatments or "at-home" test kits for the coronavirus. Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty hide caption

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Wednesday

Emergency medical workers transport a patient at the Cobble Hill Health Center on April 18, 2020, in Brooklyn, New York. The nursing home has had at least 55 COVID-19 reported deaths. Justin Heiman/Getty Images hide caption

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In New York Nursing Homes, Death Comes To Facilities With More People Of Color

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A Bank of America sign is displayed at a branch in New York on April 10, 2020. Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Small Business Rescue Earned Banks $10 Billion In Fees

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Tuesday

Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association, stands onstage during the NRA's annual meeting in Indianapolis on April 26, 2019. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Secret Recording Reveals NRA's Legal Troubles Have Cost The Organization $100 Million

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Sen. Richard Burr "has relatively lousy performance over the broad period," according to a Dartmouth professor who reviewed his trading history. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

When Lex Frieden broke his hip, a Texas hospital decided against an operation. Frieden, a quadriplegic since 1967, would never walk, so the surgery wasn't necessary, the doctors reasoned, a decision that left him with lasting pain. Mack Taylor / Houston METRO hide caption

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People With Disabilities Fear Pandemic Will Worsen Medical Biases

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Monday

President Trump speaks during a news conference about the coronavirus pandemic in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 13. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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A Month After Emergency Declaration, Trump's Promises Largely Unfulfilled

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Sunday

Due to the coronavirus, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine has recommended suspending new treatments. Morsa Images/Getty Images hide caption

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Women 'Falling Off The Cliff Of Fertility' As Pandemic Puts Treatments On Hold

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Tuesday

Glenn Fine, then acting inspector general at the Department of Defense, testifies during a 2017 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Fine was the defense department's acting inspector general until April 6, when President Trump replaced him. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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In Another Pushback Against Oversight, Trump Removes Pandemic Inspector General

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Friday

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address at the state Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., in January. Justice and his family own coal mining companies that have agreed to pay the government more than $5 million in delinquent mine safety fines, the Justice Department says. Chris Jackson/AP hide caption

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Thursday

A Pier 39 employee wears protective gear while cleaning a sidewalk in San Francisco, Calif., on March 16, the day the county announced a local shelter-in-place order. On March 19, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a shelter-in-place order for the entire state. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Want To See What Your City's Pandemic Plan Says? Good Luck.

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