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Homeowners say that to catch up on payments, lenders demand big balloon payments they can't afford. Advocates want Congress to mandate that missed payments simply be added to the end of the loan term.

NPR's Ari Shapiro and Kelsey Snell talk with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about the details of the next coronavirus relief package being planned in Congress.

NPR national, health and politics correspondents recap the latest developments in the response to the coronavirus in the United States.

Federal officials are now predicting that the coronavirus could claim more than 200,000 American lives. The news brought a more somber tone to Tuesday's White House briefing on the issue.

Washington plays an enigmatic artist adjusting to life in the suburbs in the Hulu series Little Fires Everywhere."My mom is not somebody who has ever really fit into anybody else's box," she says.

The virus is upending burial traditions across cultures, from the washing of the body of a loved one in Iraq to the gathering of mourners in Israel.

Last week, more than 6 million jobless Americans sought unemployment benefits. NPR correspondents look at the rising economic fallout from COVID-19 — and the latest science and political news.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with three journalists about the controversy surrounding what's considered an essential business where they are: Tara Haelle, Thomas Peele and Brenna Goth.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., about the federal government's ongoing efforts to deal with the coronavirus pandemic in the United States.

Mike Bloomberg's presidential bid didn't last long, but he promised staffers jobs through November. Now some who were abruptly laid off during a pandemic are detailing how they say they were misled.