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White House Eyes Piecemeal Pandemic Aid After President Trump Ends Talks On Overall Package

By NPR News October 7, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks with reporters during her weekly press conference at the Capitol on Wednesday. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images

hite House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Wednesday that he and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are discussing potential stand-alone bills for aid to airlines, small businesses and Americans. He said the Trump administration was "still willing to be engaged" on piecemeal aid bills, though it was not optimistic about a comprehensive aid bill.Read More

President Trump’s Doctor Says He’s ‘Doing Very Well,’ But Source Calls Next 48 Hours ‘Critical’

By NPR News October 3, 2020

White House physician Dr. Sean Conley, with medical staff, gives an update on the condition of President Trump on Saturday at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

President Trump is "doing very well," his physician told reporters on Saturday morning, but a source familiar with the president's health later told White House pool reporters, that "the president's vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning."Read More

White House Seeks To Lower Foreign Guest Farmworker Pay To Help U.S. Farm Owners

By NPR News April 10, 2020

Farmworkers work at a winery in Clarksburg, Calif., on March 24. Farms continue to operate as essential businesses even as the coronavirus has hurt the agriculture industry. CREDIT: Rich Pedroncelli/AP

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is working with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to see how wage rates for immigrant farmworkers can be reduced. Critics say it will hurt all workers.Read More