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In this April 4, 2019 photo, provided by the U.S. Army, a mobile surveillance camera system manned by soldiers monitors a sector near the Presidio Border Patrol Station at Presidio, Texas. The Trump administration has been quietly adding military surveillance cameras at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic despite the fact fewer people appear to be crossing illegally. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show the Department of Defense at the request of the Department of Homeland Security sent 60 mobile surveillance cameras in addition to 540 more troops to the southwest border this month. (Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf/U.S. Army via AP)

US adds cameras at Mexico border despite drop in crossings

By JAMES LAPORTA and JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

In this April 4, 2019 photo, provided by the U.S. Army, a mobile surveillance camera system manned by soldiers monitors a sector near the Presidio Border Patrol Station at Presidio, Texas. The Trump administration has been quietly adding military surveillance cameras at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic despite the fact fewer people appear to be crossing illegally. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show the Department of Defense at the request of the Department of Homeland Security sent 60 mobile surveillance cameras in addition to 540 more troops to the southwest border this month. (Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf/U.S. Army via AP)

Military surveillance cameras, troops dispatched to U.S.-Mexico border

By James LaPorta and Julie Watson - Associated Press

A man wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus prays at a temple in Yokohama, near Tokyo Wednesday, April 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Moving past ‘invisible enemy,’ Trump nudges nation to reopen

By ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

In this March 10, 2020, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping talks by video with patients and medical workers at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP) ** FILE **

Poll: Americans sour on China amid pandemic, broader rivalry

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., expresses frustration with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma as she testifies before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations about the affect of the Trump Administration's policies on health care, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Rep. Frank Pallone to White House: Where’s the national testing strategy?

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a worker inspects the operation of a 3D printer at the additive manufacturing research and application center of the Hunan Vanguard Group Co., Ltd. in the economic development zone of Changsha city in central China's Hunan Province, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. The company has been producing goggles for medical use with more than 50 3D printers working day and night for use in hospital fighting the novel coronavirus outbreak. (Xue Yuge/Xinhua via AP)

China coronavirus coverup would have blocked CDC researchers on ground

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 17, 2019, file photo in Washington, a label states that these pans do not contain PFAS, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The White House has intervened to weaken one of the few public health protections pursued by its own administration. Documents released Friday, April 17, 2020, show the White House stepped in to limit the scope of a pending rule that would target imports of products tainted with PFAS, used in nonstick and stain-resistant frying pans, rugs, and countless other consumer products. (AP Photo/Ellen Knickmeyer, File)

White House moves to weaken EPA rule on toxic compounds

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, followed by Vice President Mike Pence arrive to speak about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration gives Palestinians coronavirus aid

Associated Press

In this image provided by U.S. Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Service, the website for HealthCare.gov is seen. (U.S. Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Service via AP) ** FILE **

Trump’s disdain for ‘Obamacare’ could hamper virus response

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 19, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump attends a teleconference with governors at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters, Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Washington. From left, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx and Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health. There’s the standard process for getting urgently needed coronavirus equipment: send a request to FEMA. Then there’s the other way: have a buddy who can pick up the phone and call the Trump White House. Trump’s team has proudly recounted instances where a call to the White House has produced fast results for those who have an in with the president. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Poolm, File)

Calling Trump: When connections help steer virus supplies

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

In this file photo, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., speaks with reporters outside the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Senate Democrats block additional $250 billion for small business loans

By Gabriella Muñoz and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, file photo, a Border Patrol agent talks with a group suspected of having entered the U.S. illegally near McAllen, Texas. The Trump administration has quietly shut down the nation's asylum system for the first time in decades amid coronavirus concerns, largely because holding people in custody is considered too dangerous. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

US expels thousands to Mexico after largely halting asylum

By MARIA VERZA and BEN FOX - Associated Press

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is surrounded by reporters as he speaks about the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff plot new Trump probe

By Joseph Curl

A patient is wheeled into the emergency unit of the Verdun Hospital in Montreal on Monday, April 6, 2020. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s confident Canada will still be able to import N95 protective masks form the U.S. despite an export ban and says he will talk to U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming days. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)

3M, U.S. reach agreement that allows mask exports to Canada

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

In this Feb. 26, 2019 photo, migrants rest in the chapel of the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter, in Nogales, Mexico. For years, Catholic-led, U-S.-based nonprofits have been at the forefront of efforts to support migrants and asylum seekers along the Mexican border. Tough new border policies, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, have drastically changed their work, much of which now takes place in Mexico. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Pandemic, border crackdown hamper Catholics’ aid to migrants

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker tours Hall C Unit 1 of the COVID-19 alternate site at McCormick Place in Chicago on Friday, April 3, 2020. Hall C is planned to have 500 beds. In the background is Christina Bratis, clinical chief of staff of the facility. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

J.B. Pritzker, Democratic governors blast Donald Trump for failing to act sooner

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Richard Grenell is shown in this undated file photo. He served as ambassador to Germany and later as acting Director of National Intelligence, both under President Trump. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) **FILE**

Donald Trump, Richard Grenell to help cull intelligence community

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Medics and paramedics from Cuba arrive at the Malpensa airport of Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 22, 2020. 53 doctors and paramedics from Cuba arrived in Milan to help with coronavirus treatment in Crema. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Cuban docs fighting coronavirus around world, defying US

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ - Associated Press

In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, file photo, flags of NATO alliance members flap in the wind outside NATO headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

Trump bid forcing NATO members pay up hit by coronavirus

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., listen as President Donald Trump speaks before he signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

McConnell: Impeachment ‘diverted attention’ from coronavirus

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press