POLITICS

Jared Kushner joined the White House daily coronavirus briefing on Thursday, and immediately garnered criticism.

Sen. Martha McSally is shifting blame to China for American deaths and calling on the WHO director to quit during a major global pandemic.

Many states have pleaded with the Trump administration to send more medical supplies. Only Florida seems to have gotten the president’s attention.

Sunday’s announcement was a tacit acknowledgment the president had been too optimistic just days earlier when he said he hoped reopen the economy by Easter on April 12.

The bill includes a $1,200 check for most Americans, expanded unemployment benefits, plus substantial help for small businesses, hospitals, and corporations.

Republican lawmakers, led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have tried for years to repeal the landmark legislation.

The sprawling, 500 page-plus measure builds on earlier efforts focused on vaccines and emergency response, sick and family medical leave for workers, and food aid.

Lawmakers said the proposal prioritized bailing out corporations over American workers.

Sens. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and Richard Burr of North Carolina are accused of using their early knowledge of the severity of the coronavirus outbreak to protect their own finances instead of informing the public.

“I don’t have an appetite right now for pork,” said Rep. Travis Grantham. “And based on what I’ve heard from a lot of the folks on the other side of the aisle, a lot of their emergency measures are just that.”