Matthew S. Schwartz
Matthew S. Schwartz is a reporter with NPR's news desk. Before coming to NPR, Schwartz worked as a reporter for Washington, DC, member station WAMU, where he won the national Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting in large market radio. Previously, Schwartz worked as a technology reporter covering the intricacies of Internet regulation. In a past life, Schwartz was a Washington telecom lawyer. He got his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and his B.A. from the University of Michigan ("Go Blue!").
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The president spoke at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, where American forces repelled the British during the War of 1812. Trump praised the soldiers now fighting the coronavirus. -
Gov. Ralph Northam's order included indoor gun ranges among the businesses temporarily closed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. A judge ruled that the governor had overstepped his authority. -
Privacy advocates had warned against Germany's plan to store cellphone-tracking information in a central database rather than on users' phones. -
"America is being tested," Vice President Pence said during his commencement address at the U.S. Air Force Academy. It's the first class to graduate cadets into the Space Force. -
The president has offered no evidence that the Chinese were responsible for the pandemic, and conceded, "If it was a mistake, a mistake is a mistake." -
Democratic governors say they want the federal government to play a stronger role in testing for infections, which they say is necessary to restore the economy. Republican governors are more bullish. -
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Sunday that 758 more New Yorkers have died from the coronavirus. It marked the sixth straight day of more than 700 deaths. -
In a surreal Easter service, Pope Francis delivered his remarks to a nearly empty basilica, saying the world is "oppressed by a pandemic severely testing our whole human family." -
Dangerous storms are set to hit the southeastern United States on Easter Sunday. Faced with a choice between social distancing and taking cover in a shelter, experts recommend sheltering with others. -
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state is flattening the curve, but daily deaths have stabilized at a "horrific rate."
