Alana Wise
Alana Wise joined WAMU in September 2018 as the 2018-2020 Audion Reporting Fellow for . Selected as one of 10 recipients nationwide of the Audion Reporting Fellowship, Alana works in the WAMU newsroom as part of a national reporting project and is spending two years focusing on the impact of guns in the Washington region.
Prior to joining WAMU, Wise was a politics and later companies news reporter at Reuters, where she covered the 2016 presidential election and the U.S. airline industry. Ever the fan of cherry blossoms and unpredictable weather, Alana, an Atlanta native and Howard University graduate, can be found roaming the city admiring puppies and the national monuments, in that order.
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The president still hopes to see some states begin easing social distancing measures before May 1, but health care authorities warn of a long road to recovery for the United States. -
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. -
President Trump has released a three-phase outline for states to reopen their economies in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Trump on Wednesday told reporters the United States appears to be through the worst of the coronavirus pandemic in regards to the number of new cases being diagnosed. -
Former President Barack Obama, who had previously stayed out of the 2020 fray, endorsed his former vice president in a video released on Tuesday. -
Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Trump pushed back on the notion that Fauci was on the outs with the president. -
Following a brief spike in the president's approval ratings, more than half of Americans now say they disapprove of his job performance. -
At Thursday's White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, Trump addressed questions about when, and how, the country could reopen. -
Ben Williamson and Alyssa Farah — both close to new chief of staff Mark Meadows — will play senior roles. Kayleigh McEnany, a campaign spokeswoman, will become the new press secretary.
