Tipsheet: Trump faces criticism over lack of national plan on coronavirus

View in your browser     Trump faces criticism over lack of national plan on coronavirus BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL AND BRETT SAMUELS   The Trump administration is facing intense criticism for the lack of a national plan to handle the coronavirus pandemic as some states begin to reopen. Public health experts, business leaders and current administration officials say the scattershot approach puts states at risk and leaves the U.S. vulnerable to a potentially open-ended wave of infections this fall. Read the full story here     House passes massive $3T coronavirus relief package BY MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG House Democrats on Friday approved a mammoth $3 trillion relief package designed to alleviate the health and economic fallout of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, seeking to add pressure on Senate Republicans to act on a new round of emergency aid. Read the full story here     Trump touts accelerated push on coronavirus vaccines BY MORGAN CHALFANT   President Trump has unveiled the team leading a federal effort that he hopes will produce a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year, an accelerated timeline that has been met with skepticism from health experts. Read the full story here     House adopts historic rules changes to allow remote voting BY CRISTINA MARCOS   The House late Friday adopted historic rules changes to allow lawmakers to cast votes and conduct committee meetings remotely during the coronavirus pandemic in an effort to resume legislative work that has been on hold amid safety concerns over gathering in the Capitol. Read the full story here       Bipartisan bill aims to help smallest businesses weather the coronavirus crisis BY MIKE LILLIS   As the nation's smallest businesses struggle to survive the coronavirus crisis, a bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to throw them a special lifeline. Read the full story here     COVID-19 now spreading fastest in small, rural counties BY REID WILSON   The coronavirus pandemic is spreading out from urban centers and increasingly infecting residents in small rural counties, even as some of those areas begin to loosen lockdown requirements aimed at stopping its spread. Read the full story here     Sanders adviser warns of 'alarming trends' that could lead to Biden's defeat BY JONATHAN EASLEY   A top adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign warned in a memo on Friday that former Vice President Joe Biden could lose the election in November because “a significant portion” of Sanders’s supporters are “currently unsupportive and unenthusiastic” about his candidacy. Read the full story here     State Department inspector general fired BY TAL AXELROD   State Department Inspector General Steve Linick was ousted Friday evening, becoming the latest government watchdog to be removed from his post. Read the full story here     Hopes dim on quick economic recovery BY NIV ELIS   Economic analysts are souring on the prospect of a quick recovery that would see the economy quickly bounce back once the coronavirus pandemic is brought under control. Read the full story here     Truck horns blare during Trump's Rose Garden press conference BY BRETT SAMUELS   President Trump's Rose Garden press conference on Friday was scored to the sound of blaring horns as truck drivers nearby protested for fair wages. Read the full story here     Three reasons states will reopen regardless of what Trump says BY RYAN MCMAKEN   OPINION | President Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci can deliver speeches all day about whether schools ought to be in session or workplaces ought to open up. But ultimately these decisions will be made by state officials, mayors and other non-federal personnel. Read the full story here     Working parents could face lack of child care as the economy restarts BY CINDY CISNEROS   OPINION | As many governors start reopening their states, more mothers and fathers will begin to return to the workplace. But will those working parents with young children have access to child care? Read the full story here     The Washington Post: California nursing homes are examples of how cruel the pandemic can be BY SCOTT WILSON More than 40 percent of the state’s coronavirus-related deaths have come in skilled-nursing facilities, where staffs and the elderly are particularly at risk. Read the full story here     The New York Times: From 'respect' to 'sick and twisted': How coronavirus hit US-China ties BY CHRIS BUCKLEY AND STEVEN LEE MYERS “Evil.” “Lunacy.” “Shameless.” “Sick and twisted.” China has hit back at American criticism over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic with an outpouring of vitriol as acrid as anything seen in decades. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: TSA preparing to check passenger temperatures at airports amid coronavirus concerns BY MICHELLE HACKMAN AND ALISON SIDER U.S. officials are preparing to begin checking passengers’ temperatures at roughly a dozen airports as soon as next week, as the coronavirus pandemic has heightened travel anxieties, according to people familiar with the matter. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Pandemic planning becomes political weapon as deaths mount BY DEB RIECHMANN For the first three years of his presidency, Donald Trump did not publicly utter the words “pandemic” or “preparedness.” Not in speeches, rallies or his many news conferences, planned and impromptu. But on Friday, the White House pointed to extensive planning exercises the administration conducted and reports it wrote warning of the threat in 2018. Read the full story here     Reuters: US Justice Dept. subpoenas Wall Street banks for small business loans info BY KOH GUI QING AND PETE SCHROEDER   The U.S. Justice Department has sent grand jury subpoenas to big banks seeking records as part of a broader investigation into potential abuse of a $660 billion emergency loan program to help small businesses hurt by the novel coronavirus, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet   You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

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