A source told NBC News that Rick Bright was told to put in place a national program geared to expanding access to the drug hydroxychloroquine after Ellison, who has raised campaign funds for Trump, and the president spoke about it.
"I think the report was incorrect, let me just put it that way," Trump said when asked at a White House press briefing if he knew of Kim Jong Un's condition.
McConnell, who leads the Senate GOP, had said on a radio show that he supports allowing states to declare bankruptcy rather than get federal money to cover budget shortfalls caused by the coronavirus.
The Supreme Court sided largely with environmentalists in a case over the reach of the landmark Clean Water Act, ruling that a "loophole" in the law backed by the Trump administration was unlawful.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency, regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announced that the two mortgage giants will now buy home loans that go into the government's forbearance program just after they close.
Health officials have said that radically increasing the current level of testing, along with tracing contacts of infected people, is necessary to reopen the economy.
State and local governments are warning of a wave of layoffs and pay cuts after getting left out of the federal coronavirus relief package expected to pass Congress this week.
Behind the scenes, the group Our Revolution is working to make sure Bernie Sanders gets as much influence as possible at the Democratic National Convention.
Notorious "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli asked to be released from prison for the remainder of his seven-year criminal sentence for fraud so that he can work on a coronavirus treatment.
Larry Kudlow said that he was in favor of shielding companies from coronavirus-related lawsuits as the administration eyes a speedy reopening of the economy.