Philip Ewing
Philip Ewing is an election security editor with NPR's Washington Desk. He helps oversee coverage of election security, voting, disinformation, active measures and other issues. Ewing joined the Washington Desk from his previous role as NPR's national security editor, in which he helped direct coverage of the military, intelligence community, counterterrorism, veterans and more. He came to NPR in 2015 from Politico, where he was a Pentagon correspondent and defense editor. Previously, he served as managing editor of Military.com, and before that he covered the U.S. Navy for the Military Times newspapers.
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The White House released a blueprint for states on coronavirus testing on Monday at a daily news conference it spiked and then revived. -
The White House's pandemic task force spoke Thursday following more reports about record unemployment connected with the disaster. -
The administration and the states continue to grapple with how to move forward following the disaster. -
President Trump has said he believes many states could begin to re-open even before the federal guidelines for social distancing and mitigation expire on May 1. -
Trump teased that some states might be able to re-open in some form or change their practices before May 1. But he said federal guidelines on social distancing would stay in effect until then. -
"We're going to make a decision, and hopefully, it's going to be the right decision," President Trump said at Friday's White House task force briefing. -
At Thursday's White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, Trump addressed questions about when, and how, the country could reopen. -
President Trump and congressional Democrats are haggling over the size of the next bill designed to help Americans through the crisis. -
Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he wanted to be positive but also that his actions in response to the pandemic came as quickly as practical. -
"Tremendous progress has been made in a very short period," Trump said. But his administration is also trying to brace the public for a dire ordeal. -
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.