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Doctors warned that wearing masks in public could create a "false sense of security," making people less likely to follow more effective coronavirus prevention measures.

As the U.S. tries to implement a historic $2 trillion coronavirus relief plan, lawmakers are outlining what they think the next bill should include.

"The Saudis have really brought in a supply shock at exactly the wrong time," Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan said Wednesday.

The American Investment Council, a lobbying group for private equity firms, has said the industry should qualify for all means of relief granted by the $2 trillion bill.

Pelosi says she is pleased with President Trump's renewed calls for an infrastructure plan to respond to the coronavirus crisis.

Domestic violence programs and shelters in New York, the state with the most coronavirus cases, are seeing a decline in at-risk clients, who are staying home as the disease spreads.

The $350 billion loan program aims to help small businesses cover payroll and benefits during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Trump administration is currently focused on implementing the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package passed last week, officials said.

"I still think big manufacturers are stuck in the mindset that 'my supply chain is in Asia and I'm dead in the water' until they come back on line, said Pindel CEO Bill Berrien.

President Donald Trump prepared Americans for a surge in coronavirus cases, saying the U.S. is facing a "very, very painful two weeks."

The American Investment Council, which lobbies on behalf of the private equity industry, spoke to congressional leaders and Treasury Department officials, sources said.

"We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our Sailors," wrote Capt. Brett Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

The tariff deferral will come amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has upended global trade and ground the U.S. economy to a halt.

Ross, who is 82, is hunkered at his home in Palm Beach, where he is teleworking to the extent possible. It could not be determined when he plans to return to Washington.

Florida's Republican senators took to the airwaves on Tuesday morning to hit China over its handling of the COVID-19 crisis as Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to face scrutiny at home over his refusal to issue a statewide shelter-in-place order.

Sen. Ted Cruz said a group of nine senators recently ripped into the Saudi ambassador to the United States in a conference call over its oil price war with Russia.

Trump, Pelosi and Schumer call for an infrastructure plan in response to the coronavirus, but it remains to be seen if Republicans get on board.

Chris Cuomo, the CNN anchor who is the brother of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, he announced Tuesday. Chris Cuomo's disclosure came as his brother briefed reporters on the increasing numbers of COVID-19 in New York state.

"I think we are now up to four or five dozen people who have tested positively inside the State Department," Pompeo told reporters during a briefing.

Glenn Fine will serve as newly named chair of The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, a body created to oversee the roughly $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus deal.