Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma, pictured at a White House event last month, says her agency will be stepping up fines for nursing homes that fail to sufficiently control infections. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Adm. Brett Giroir, who has been leading federal coronavirus testing efforts, speaks during one of the daily White House coronavirus task force briefings in April. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
A fake story began circulating Sunday evening into Monday morning, which was then disputed by real journalists as well as a number of bots. Experts say the campaign may have been meant to make people question whether anything they see online is true. Twitter Screenshot hide caption
A woman walks past a boarded up store in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. Professor Jody David Armour says protesters today are more diverse and have more empathy than in 1992. Agustin Paullier/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Renters in the Woodner apartment building in Washington, D.C., protest on May 28 to demand that their rent be forgiven during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Louisville, Ky., Police Chief Steve Conrad, pictured in 2016, has been fired over the death of a black man on Monday morning. Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators face off with the police in front of the White House as they protest against the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
After years of protests against the Constitution Pipeline, New York recently denied a key water quality permit for the project. A new EPA rule would make it harder for states to do that. Mike Groll/AP hide caption
Malaysia Hammond places flowers at a memorial mural for George Floyd in Minneapolis on Sunday. Police brutality has sparked days of civil unrest. But the sparks have landed in a tinderbox built over decades of economic inequality, now exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
A mural in Los Angeles depicts George Floyd. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP hide caption
Protests over police treatment of black people have sparked concerns about the spread of COVID-19. Here, a protester marches Monday in Philadelphia with a cloth mask saying, "I can't breathe." Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption
People walk out of a shopping mall on May 26 where some restaurants have opened along the Las Vegas Strip devoid of the usual crowds during the coronavirus outbreak. John Locher/AP hide caption
A restaurant displays an "open"' sign as it allowed dine-in customers earlier this month in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
The endangered species carousel at the Dallas Zoo in Dallas is closed to visitors. Many states are allowing parks and other outdoor attractions to open with increased sanitation and social distancing measures in place. Tony Gutierrez/AP hide caption
People walk along a boardwalk at a mostly empty beach in Belmar, N.J. As of May 22, state beaches can open with social distancing measures in place. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
Patrick Aitken, missions coordinator at the River City Church in Montgomery, Ala., is concerned that the city's already vulnerable homeless population will be forgotten during the coronavirus pandemic. Mary Joyce McLain hide caption
People in cars arrive at a drive-up COVID-19 testing site outside a Rite Aid in Toms River, N.J., on April 22. About 3% of Rite Aid stores are offering testing for the virus. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A hand sanitizing wipe station is seen next to the slot machines at the Mohegan Sun casino on May 21. Connecticut's two federally recognized tribes said they're planning to reopen parts of their casinos on June 1, despite Gov. Ned Lamont saying it's too early and dangerous. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
Safia Munye looks over the remains of her restaurant, Mama Safia's Kitchen, on Saturday. It was destroyed last week during protests in Minneapolis. Jim Urquhart for NPR hide caption
An election worker in Renton, Wash., begins processing mail-in ballots during that state's presidential primary in March. Varying state-by-state requirements around signatures and other rules have become the focus of legal fights as absentee voting expands due to the pandemic. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators kneel and raise their hands during a protest in Minneapolis on Sunday. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A firework explodes by a police line as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd on Saturday near the White House in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
A woman stands in front of a line of police officers near the White House during a protest in Washington, D.C. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption
Rep. Joyce Beatty, who was pepper-sprayed at a demonstration Saturday, said she understands sentiments that attempting to have a "healthy dialogue" haven't worked, but that "violence doesn't work — violence either way." Susan Walsh/AP hide caption