Pelosi urges Trump, GOP on coronavirus aid package
By ANDREW TAYLOR, ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN and LISA MASCARO Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will approve its coronavirus aid package and is imploring the Trump administration and congressional Republicans to “put families first” by backing the effort. Pelosi spoke at the Capitol ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned 3 p.m. new conference at the White House. Trump has not yet publicly backed the package as he prepares his own response. According to two people familiar with the planning, Trump is poised to invoke emergency powers to confront the crisis. It is still unclear, however, what mechanism Trump would use to free up additional federal resources for testing and treatment as well as for helping those struggling with the economic fallout.