Coronavirus government response updates: Critics say Trump's new testing plan falls short as more states begin to reopen

Under growing pressure to expand a national testing strategy, Pres. Trump unveiled a plan to ramp up the federal government's help to states. Some public health experts are already saying it falls short.

to ramp up testing, saying,"For most circumstances the DPA is not necessary because there's maximum production. All the industries are working together."

Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, President Donald Trump, and Vice President Mike Pence participate in the daily briefing on COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 13, 2020, in Washington, DC. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin gave a preview of an upcoming announcement from the Treasury Department and Small Business Administration that they will audit every Paycheck Protection Program loan over $2 million. Mnuchin placed the blame squarely on the borrowers, not the banks, for knowingly taking huge loans, even though they had other cash assets on hand.

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