Economic policy
Members of Uganda’s Olympic team arrive at Narita Airport in Narita, near Tokyo Saturday, June 19, 2021. A member of the team has tested positive for the coronavirus and was barred entry into Japan, in the first detected infection among arriving athletes for the Tokyo Games opening in five weeks. (Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)
Uganda Olympic team member tests positive for coronavirus

By Yuri Kageyama Jun. 19, 2021 09:07 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2020, file photo, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Los Angeles 2028 organizers in Beverly Hills, Calif. At least 70% of U.S. Olympic sports organizations have applied for government loans in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, a chilling figure that underscores the frailties embedded within the world’s most dominant Olympic sports system. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
AP Exclusive: 70% of US Olympic sports applied for PPP funds

By Eddie Pells May. 08, 2020 12:09 PM EDT

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori, left, and CEO Toshiro Muto, right, attend teleconference with International Olympic Committee member John Coates, who heads the inspection team for Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo Thursday, April 16, 2020. Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC said Thursday they will cut some of the extras out of next year’s postponed games, an attempt to limit what is expected to be billions of dollars in added expenses.(Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)
Tokyo Games won't provide much economic stimulus for Japan

By Stephen Wade Apr. 17, 2020 01:12 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump look to the first lady's box before delivering his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker Nancy Pelosi watch. Trump and Pelosi have not spoken in five months at a time when the nation is battling its worst health crisis in a century. (Leah Millis/Pool via AP)
In time of crisis, Trump-Pelosi relationship remains broken

By Jonathan Lemire And Laurie Kellman Apr. 03, 2020 12:37 AM EDT

In this Wednesday, April 1, 2020 photo, Ryan Eble, left, and his father, Chris, talk in their milk house while fresh milk gushes down a drain at the Eble family's Golden E Dairy near West Bend, Wis. Many dairy processing plants across Wisconsin have more product than they can handle and that's forced farmers to begin dumping their milk down the drain. The Eble's are forced to dump 25,000 gallons of milk a day from their 2400 milling cows. The coronavirus has dried up the marketplace for dairy products as restaurants, schools and business in food service have been closed. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
Dairy farmers begin to flush away milk due to coronavirus

Apr. 02, 2020 06:24 PM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, March 27, 2020 file photo, a man walks past the closed Cafe Du Monde restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It's normally bustling with tourists, but now nearly deserted due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. While rich in history and culture, New Orleans is economically poor, and many here are not necessarily well-positioned to weather this latest storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Stimulus aid for 'small business' will go to some big chains

By Ryan J. Foley Apr. 02, 2020 04:08 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 25, 2018, file photo, USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey attends a news conference at the U.S. national championships swimming meet in Irvine, Calif. The postponement of the Tokyo Games has catapulted the sports organizations that make up the backbone of the U.S. Olympic team into crisis. “We can overcome a lot of these things, I think, if all comes back to normal,” said USA Swimming's CEO, Tim Hinchey. “But we have to wait and see like everyone else.” (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
No games, big losses: Money crisis faces US Olympic sports

By Eddie Pells Mar. 27, 2020 04:24 PM EDT

People walk by a departures monitor at the Rome Leonardo da Vinci international airport, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Italians woke up to yet further virus-containment restrictions after Premier Giuseppe Conte ordered restaurants, cafes and retail shops closed after imposing a nationwide lockdown on personal movement. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
The Latest: Japan's Olympics minister reaffirms no delay

By The Associated Press Mar. 13, 2020 03:14 AM EDT