Texas is pausing its plans to reopen as Covid-19 cases increase. The state is currently in Phase III, with businesses allowed to operate at 50% capacity.
Here's how the US's coronavirus response fell short, according to congressional watchdog reportA new Government Accountability Office report out Thursdayto tackle coronavirus and deal with the corresponding economic crisis that required Congress to get trillions in federal stimulus dollars out the door.
It also looks closely at how agencies struggled to ensure billions in stimulus dollars got to American struggling with an economic crisis. According to officials from the Offices of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response who were interviewed by GAO "the Strategic National Stockpile did not have the capacity to provide states with supplies at the scale necessary to respond to a nationwide event such as the Covid-19 pandemic.
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