Coronavirus Special Report: What happens if DC becomes the next hot spot?

By Shawn Zeller and Evan Campbell

Posted May 11, 2020 at 5:32pm

Tonight, health policy is in sharp focus. The West Wing has recently had two confirmed cases of COVID-19, raising questions about whether it is too soon to reopen the nation’s capital as the administration has been suggesting.

Show Notes:

Road ahead: Coronavirus causing scheduling havoc, but Senate presses ahead with other business
Will 2020 be the year the RNC’s ‘autopsy’ was right?
The Senate and partisanship return to the Capitol
Pandemic-related changes to military bases require scrutiny, experts say
Supreme Court could reshape congressional subpoena power in Trump case

‘Red to Blue’ Democrats rake in more than GOP rivals in third quarter

South Carolina Democrat Annie Andrews, here greeting prospective voters in Edisto Island, S.C., in August, outraised Republican Sen. Darline Graham during the third fundraising quarter, new federal filings show.

Senate Democratic candidates in red states dominate third-quarter fundraising

Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s 8th District, listens to Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, president of Social Security Works PAC — and former signer for the band Sha Na Na — perform during a campaign event in Jessup, Pa., on Oct. 7, 2026.

Capitol Lens — Canvassing the Keystone State

For farmers in agriculture-heavy states, the price of diesel is hitting home in the weeks before the midterm elections.

Diesel dilemma squeezes Republicans in America’s heartland

House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and other GOP leaders speak to reporters after a Sept. 1 conference meeting.

‘Scrappy’ conference chair helped shape GOP midterm message

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City, Ariz., on Wednesday.