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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.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that America's election systems will likely move toward "vote by mail" to give citizens a safe way to elect their lawmakers amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

The coronavirus crisis could be the "opportunity of the century" for China to cement its place as a global power, a professor told CNBC.

President Donald Trump is poised to roll back ambitious Obama-era vehicle mileage standards and raise the ceiling on damaging fossil fuel emissions for years to come, gutting one of the United States' biggest efforts against climate change.

Millions of people are expected to lose their private health insurance as coronavirus' economic toll sweeps through the nation.

Days earlier, Trump suggested he would treat governors differently if they weren't "appreciative" of his efforts to contain the coronavirus in their states.

Congress passed a $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief plan last week, but a dire economic and health situation could force further action.

Meadows will succeed Mick Mulvaney, who had served as acting chief of staff since December 2018 along with being OMB director.

The Department of Justice is investigating stock transactions made by at least one lawmaker earlier this year before the market's steep, coronavirus-driven declines, CNN reported.

Erik Santos of Georgia is charged with conspiring to defraud federal and private health-care benefit programs "by submitting fraudulent testing claims" for coronavius and genetic cancer screenings.

Joe Biden's podcast about the coronavirus response comes as President Trump uses government briefings to get his message across.

Officials within Biden's organization have discussed bringing in a new group of regional fundraising advisors, including former aides to Sen. Kamala Harris' and Pete Buttigieg's campaigns.

The divergent approaches are evidence that not even a global pandemic can bridge the gaping political divisions of the Trump era. The fierce tribalism that has characterized debates over immigration, taxes and health care is now coloring policy-making during a coronavirus outbreak that threatens countless lives and local economies across nation.

Democrats cheered the addition of an inspector general as a victory, but Trump said the watchdog needs his permission to make reports to Congress.