Barbara Sprunt
Barbara Sprunt is a producer on NPR's Washington desk, where she reports and produces breaking news and feature political content. She formerly produced the NPR Politics Podcast and got her start in radio at as an intern on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered and Tell Me More with Michel Martin. She is an alumnus of the Paul Miller Reporting Fellowship at the National Press Foundation. She is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania native.
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At a White House briefing Thursday, officials vowed that some of the first systems for loans or payments would be up and running as soon as Friday. -
Trump also said he hesitates to apply too much pressure because it would be difficult for airlines to then start operating again as before. -
Trump said he believed the federal government has been working well with most states in the disaster but he griped about complaints reported by some Democratic governors. -
Sanders says he's eager to debate Joe Biden again. But facing an uphill battle for delegates, Sanders says he's still assessing the future of his presidential campaign. -
The CARES Act offers relief to state and local governments, individuals, small and large businesses, and hospitals affected by the coronavirus crisis. -
President Trump says test data will establish risk categories for counties. States can then work out their own social distancing rules. -
The Senate has struck a historic $2 trillion deal in response to the coronavirus pandemic to provide relief for Americans, businesses and the health care industry.
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The president says he will sign the $2 trillion relief bill passed by the Senate late Wednesday. The House will take up the measure Friday. -
The president's informal target to curtail mitigation measures like social distancing comes as the total number of confirmed cases nationwide tops 50,000. -
The vice president said he and his wife would be tested for the coronavirus, after an aide in his office was diagnosed with respiratory illness.
