The deputy director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was requesting 1.2 billion from Congress to bail out the agency from their budget deficits. Last March, they closed most of their offices to mitigate the transmission of the coronavirus.
In an interview last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a cut in the budgets for the year 2020-2021 in the state. As of yet, he said $203 million was the overall budget, with $133 billion reserved for the general funds.
California state bought $1 billion worth of N95 masks in a deal with a Chinese electric car company last month. At the arrival of the first shipment this week, 3 million masks were delivered, and they were not N95 masks.
President Donald Trump said in a briefing last week that he believed states must not mismanage the stimulus packages. Republicans and Democrats in Congress have their own concerns about the relief aid.
Senior Adviser of the White House Jared Kushner believes that bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. is critical in better preparation in the event of another global crisis.
Amid the long-time quarantine in the White House, media critics suspect Trump must be spending his time eating junk food and watching TV all afternoon long. In a series of social media posts, the U.S. president tried to clarify the demeaning story.
The United States was shaken by media reporting President Donald Trump’s suggestion that sunlight and disinfectants might be the cure to the coronavirus. However, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said Trump’s words were taken out of context.
Amidst the health crisis, some control in the United States is leveraged with the funds that are pooled in for further testing. Despite the President’s optimism, critics are worried current measures may not be enough.