The week in 13 headlines

This week, President Donald Trump at last invoked the Defense Production Act as the number of coronavirus cases climbed up in the US and around the world. The White House also began discussions with Congress about yet another economic stimulus package.

Monday

• House Democrats eye ambitious fourth coronavirus bill
• CNN Poll: Americans divided over government handling of coronavirus outbreak

Tuesday

• Major retailers have opened only 5 drive-thru testing locations, none available to the general public
• Democrats float potential infrastructure package as part of Congress’ next response to coronavirus
• Pentagon says it still hasn’t sent ventilators because HHS hasn’t told them where they’d go

Wednesday

• Source close to coronavirus task force: Despite what White House is saying, tougher measures implemented earlier ‘might have made a difference’
• Last rounds of protective gear in national stockpile being shipped
• Pence seeks to blame CDC and China for any delay in US coronavirus response — not Trump’s initial failure to face reality

Thursday

• Fauci: ‘I don’t understand why’ every state hasn’t issued stay-at-home orders
• Thousands of ventilators in maintenance as government struggles to meet needs
• Trump invokes Defense Production Act to ‘facilitate the supply’ of ventilator equipment

Friday

• Small business stimulus measures poised for rocky rollout
• Navy hospital ship deployed to nyc with 1,000 bed capacity is only treating 20 patients

And that was the week in 13 headlines.