Trying to reopen the economy in the time of coronavirus
With more Americans out of work than at any time since the Depression in the 1930s, Trump is eager to ease stay-at-home rules.

Eugene’s Gulf Coast Cuisine in Houston begins serving customers again on May 1. Houston restaurants were allowed to reopen at 25% capacity. (Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle)
President Trump has said he hoped to begin reopening the nation’s shuttered economy on May 1. But ultimately, governors, mayors, school boards and families across the country will determine when to resume normal life.

Protesters trying to enter the Michigan House of Representative chamber face off with Michigan State Police officers at the Capitol in Lansing. (Jeff Kowalsky / AFP/Getty Images )

Armed protesters on the steps of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing. (Jeff Kowalsky / AFP/Getty Images )

Demonstrators at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing. (Jeff Kowalsky / AFP/Getty Images)
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Denise Gavitt, left, and Lauren Matheson attend to clients at Gavitt’s Beehive Salon in Edmond, Okla., the first day hair salons have been allowed to reopen. (Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press)

Waitress Fatima Hernandez, center, talks with Lulu Salcido, right, and Hamid Farzam at El Tiempo Cantina Friday, May 1, 2020, in Houston. The restaurant reopened their dining room for table service, with limited capacity. (David J. Phillip / Associated Press)

Dan Krisman, left, and Mark Bartlett eat lunch on the patio of Roasters in Atlanta. Roasters is open for dine-in service with social distancing. (Getty Images)

Wickenburg, Ariz., police officers inform Debra Thompson, owner of the Horseshoe Cafe, that she is violating the state’s stay-at-home order by allowing guests to dine in on May 1. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)
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A restaurant in Franklin, Tenn., reopens on Monday. (Jason Kempin / Getty Images)

People demonstrate against stay-at-home orders in Denver on Sunday. (Jason Connolly / AFP-Getty Images)
Natascha Updegrove, a stylist at Three-13 Salon, Spa and Boutique, cuts Karon Gilmore’s hair on the first day that Georgia reopened salons, spas, gyms and bowling alleys.
(Jenny Jarvie / Los Angeles Times)

An employee wearing gloves and a mask greets patrons at a restaurant in Franklin, Tenn., on Monday. (Jason Kempin / Getty Images)
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Zenas Stalworth works out at a gym in Lilburn, Ga., on Friday. He was one of just two people in the gym. (Tami Chappell / AFP-Getty Images )

Bartender Jake Glazier serves customers at a roadside bar in Atlanta. (Chandan Khanna / AFP-Getty Images)

Carter Vu is back in business at his Atlanta salon. (Michael Mathes / AFP-Getty Images )

Protesters in Madison, Wis. (Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP-Getty Images)
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Surin Nguyen works on the nails of a customer at a reopened salon in Atlanta. (Tami Chappell / AFP-Getty Images)

A salon in Marietta, Ga. (Ron Harris / Associated Press)

Reopening day at a Marietta, Ga., salon. (Ron Harris / Associated Press)

In Wisconsin, protesters opposed to the coronavirus shutdown demonstrate outside the Capitol in Madison. (Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP-Getty Images )
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A flight from Atlanta to Baltimore. (Rob Carr / Getty Images)