WASHINGTON—Federal law enforcement will keep its ability to conduct secret surveillance for national security purposes, but Congress will have more oversight of the process under a bill the House passed on Wednesday. Lawmakers voted 278-136 to reauthorize and reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court process. The bill enhances penalties for those who abuse FISA courts for political reasons. It also requires the attorney general to personally approve requests to monitor government officials.

Stock markets sank again Wednesday despite some recovery the day before. Politicians on both sides of the aisle are looking at measures to blunt the new coronavirus’s economic drain. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pitched a payroll tax cut to Senate Republicans. House Democrats, meanwhile, are working on a stimulus package that would ensure unemployment insurance and sick pay for workers.

After pulling off victories in Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, and Missouri on Tuesday, former Vice President Joe Biden invited supporters of Bernie Sanders to back him instead. “There’s a place in our campaign for each of you. I want to thank Bernie Sanders and his supporters for their tireless energy and their passion,” Biden said. “We share a common goal, and together we’ll beat Donald Trump.” Sanders won the North Dakota caucuses on Tuesday, while the race in Washington state was too close to call.

Turnout in Washington state’s primary election may take a hit from the coronavirus outbreak. Voters are also headed to the polls in Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, and Missouri, and North Dakota will caucus on Tuesday.

The Italian government has quarantined roughly 16 million people in the northern half of the country for the next month. COVID-19 has killed at least 366 people in the country, which has the highest death toll from the disease caused by the new coronavirus outside of China.

Congregants of Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church gathered to “worship in the rubble” on Sunday in Nashville, Tenn. The church lost the roofs of two buildings during a spate of tornadoes that struck the state on Tuesday, killing 24 people and causing major damage.

Unless the U.S. Supreme Court intervenes, immigration officials will have to allow asylum-seekers and others arriving at the U.S. border in California or Arizona to wait in the United States while the courts process their cases. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy in the two border states under its authority.