The deal would include $300 billion in new funds for small businesses to pay their employees, as well as $75 billion for hospitals, Mnuchin said.

       

U.S. prosecutors did not oppose the request, which cited Gates’s wife’s battle with cancer.

Only 1 out of 5 independent restaurants are certain they can sustain their businesses amid the COVID-19 outbreak until normal operations can resume.

       

D.C. set up emergency child-care centers for the families of essential health-care workers.

Despite recent protests against the restrictive orders, most voters support social distancing orders and want to see them continue.

       

“It is dangerous because it can inspire people to ignore things that actually can save their lives,” Gov. Jay Inslee said of Trump’s tweets.

       

“That was my idea,” Mnuchin said of including Trump’s name. “He is the president, and I think it’s a terrific symbol to the American public.”

       

The coronavirus pandemic has left states racing to cut deals for medical supplies. “It’s about speed and price,” said Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.