Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 4/13

By Jason Dick and Evan Campbell

Posted April 13, 2020 at 6:02pm

In tonight’s podcast, we tell you about the increased friction between the federal and state governments, how COVID-19 is causing the deficit to balloon and its impact on one immigration policy.

Show Notes:

House’s expected return delayed to May 4
Another lesson about context: Biden and young voters in 2020
Coronavirus pushes annual deficit forecasts toward $4 trillion
Supreme Court to hear oral arguments by telephone in May
‘Dreamers’ in health care sector help save COVID patients while in legal limbo

Hillraisers and Spam dunks — Congressional Hits and Misses

Summer Lucille, a TikTok content creator, is seen outside the Capitol on March 13 before the House passed the law that could ban TikTok in the U.S.

Federal court dismisses challenge to TikTok ban

Elon Musk carries his son on his shoulders as he arrives for a meeting in the Capitol Visitor Center with House and Senate Republicans to talk about President-elect Donald Trump's “Department of Government Efficiency” on Thursday. Vivek Ramaswamy also attended. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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Pete Hegseth and his wife Jennifer on the move between meetings with senators on Thursday.

Trump publicly backs embattled DOD pick

DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., will lead the committee for another two years. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

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Reps. Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin, seen here in July, are among those pushing for a changing of the guard at the committee level as House Democrats head into the second Trump era.

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