Tipsheet: Frustration builds as negotiators struggle to reach COVID-19 deal

View in your browser     Frustration builds as negotiators struggle to reach COVID-19 deal BY JORDAIN CARNEY   Congress is struggling to complete a deal on a fifth coronavirus relief bill, as frustration mounts amid missed deadlines and no progress.  After two weeks back in Washington, and little to show for it, negotiators say they are nowhere close to an agreement, and are facing growing skepticism about the chances for a deal that could bridge deep policy divisions as the November election draws closer.  Read the full story here     Stimulus checks debate now focuses on size, eligibility BY NAOMI JAGODA   Republicans and Democrats negotiating the next coronavirus relief package are voicing support for including another round of stimulus checks, but their competing proposals for direct payments have some differences that need to be hammered out. Read the full story here     Five takeaways from Fauci's testimony BY JESSIE HELLMANN AND PETER SULLIVAN   Here are five takeaways from Friday’s hearing before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Response, led by House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.). Read the full story here     Supreme Court declines to halt Trump border wall BY JOHN KRUZEL   The Supreme Court on Friday declined to block the Trump administration from using $2.5 billion in reallocated Pentagon funds to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Read the full story here     Trump says he will ban TikTok from operating in the US BY JOHN KRUZEL   President Trump on Friday said he plans to ban the social media platform TikTok from operating in the United States. Trump said he could use emergency economic powers or an executive order as early as Saturday to officially bar the Chinese-owned company from the U.S.  Read the full story here     House approves $1.3T spending package for 2021 BY NIV ELIS   The House on Friday approved a $1.3 trillion package of spending bills for the 2021 fiscal year. Read the full story here     Ginsburg discharged from hospital after nonsurgical procedure BY JOHN KRUZEL   Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was released from the hospital Friday after undergoing a "minimally invasive" nonsurgical procedure earlier this week. Read the full story here     Pelosi: Trump trying 'to suppress the vote' with attacks on mail-in ballots BY CRISTINA MARCOS   Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that President Trump's attacks on voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic and his suggestion to postpone the November election are part of an effort to sow confusion and suppress voter turnout. Read the full story here     Fort Hood sergeant says he shot and killed armed Black Lives Matter protestor BY KAELAN DEESE   An active-duty Army sergeant from Fort Hood says he was the one who shot and killed a man at a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin, Texas, last weekend, according to the sergeant's attorney. Read the full story here     McConnell: 15-20 GOP senators will not vote for any coronavirus deal BY JORDAIN CARNEY   Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Friday that more than a third of Republican senators will not vote for any coronavirus relief package, underscoring division with his caucus.  Read the full story here     'A desperate need': Black homicide epidemic demands prevention, justice BY JUDITH C. SCOTT AND KENDALL G. JOHNSON   OPINION | You can’t talk about the Black Lives Matter movement without discussing the homicide epidemic happening in Black communities. Read the full story here     Congress must open a second front in our economic war on COVID-19 BY YADAV GOPALAN   OPINION | Given the inequities and limitations of the existing monetary policy response, we are calling on Congress to respond with a fiscal policy that recognizes two realities. First, we are at war with our most dangerous adversary in more than 70 years. Second, victory is not possible without spending and sacrifice. Read the full story here     New York Times: Mail delays fuel concern Trump is undercutting postal system ahead of voting BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR, HAILEY FUCHS AND KENNETH P. VOGEL   Welcome to the next election battleground: the post office. President Trump’s yearslong assault on the Postal Service and his increasingly dire warnings about the dangers of voting by mail are colliding as the presidential campaign enters its final months. The result has been to generate new concerns about how he could influence an election conducted during a pandemic in which greater-than-ever numbers of voters will submit their ballots by mail. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: House hearing underscores US failure to stop spread of coronavirus BY CAROL MORELLO   The failure of the United States to stem the ferocious spread of the coronavirus was on stark display Friday as top administration health officials appearing before a House panel acknowledged lengthy testing delays and a hodgepodge of state policies that protected no more than half the country with restrictions aimed at stopping more infections. Read the full story here     Reuters: Congressional Democrats, White House set for Saturday talks on coronavirus bill BY RICHARD COWAN, SUVAN HEAVEY AND PATRICIA ZENGERLE   The top Democrats in Congress were to meet Saturday with two top Trump aides to try to reach a deal to pump more money into the U.S. economy to ease the coronavirus’ heavy toll, after an essential lifeline for millions of unemployed Americans expired. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Trump reports increased revenue at some high-profile properties BY REBECCA BALLHAUS AND CHAD DAY   President Trump’s revenue at several of his highest-profile properties grew last year, a financial disclosure released by the White House on Friday evening showed. The president’s revenue from the Trump National Doral Miami golf resort rose by $1.2 million to $77.2 million in 2019, according to the disclosure. Read the full story here     NBC News: U.S. Marshals speak out on violent clashes with Portland protestors BY MICHAEL KOSNAR, ERIN MCLAUGHLIN AND SUSAN KROLL   For 63 consecutive nights, deputies from the U.S. Marshals Service in Portland, Oregon, have stood their ground, carrying out their mission to protect and defend the federal courthouse from violent agitators. 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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