Trump Plan For Drive-Up COVID-19 Tests At Stores Yields Few Results The White House promised widespread COVID-19 testing at CVS, Target, Walgreens and Walmart locations nationwide. But months later, testing is being offered at only a tiny fraction of their stores.Heard onToggle more optionsTwice now, on and again on April 27, President Trump gathered some of the country's top corporate executives — from test producers to lab processors to major retailers — to tout his plan to make COVID-19 testing widely available. His vision: Blanket the country in drive-through testing sites. The...…Trump Plan For Drive-Up COVID-19 Tests At Stores Yields Few Results The White House promised widespread COVID-19 testing at CVS, Target, Walgreens and Walmart locations nationwide. But months later, testing is being offered at only a tiny fraction of their stores.Heard onToggle more optionsTwice now, on and again on April 27, President Trump gathered some of the country's top corporate executives — from test producers to lab processors to major retailers — to tout his plan to make COVID-19 testing widely available. His vision: Blanket the country in drive-through testing sites. The...WW…

Stocks Belonging To Pence Chief Of Staff Could Violate Conflict-Of-Interest Laws Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, owns up to $1.64 million in stocks in companies related to the government's pandemic response. This could violate conflict-of-interest laws.Heard onToggle more optionsMarc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, owns up to $1.64 million in stocks in companies related to the government's pandemic response. This could violate conflict-of-interest laws.MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:After Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, Marc Short, entered...…Stocks Belonging To Pence Chief Of Staff Could Violate Conflict-Of-Interest Laws Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, owns up to $1.64 million in stocks in companies related to the government's pandemic response. This could violate conflict-of-interest laws.Heard onToggle more optionsMarc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, owns up to $1.64 million in stocks in companies related to the government's pandemic response. This could violate conflict-of-interest laws.MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:After Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, Marc Short, entered...WW…

TeleTracking Technologies Awarded Coronavirus Data Contract in Irregular Process The administration awarded a contract for a COVID-19 database to TeleTracking Technologies using a process reserved for innovative research. Its CEO had links to the New York real estate world.Toggle more optionsAn NPR investigation has found irregularities in the process by which the Trump administration awarded a multi-million dollar contract to a Pittsburgh company to collect key data about COVID-19 from the country's hospitals. The contract is at the center of a controversy over the administration's...…TeleTracking Technologies Awarded Coronavirus Data Contract in Irregular Process The administration awarded a contract for a COVID-19 database to TeleTracking Technologies using a process reserved for innovative research. Its CEO had links to the New York real estate world.Toggle more optionsAn NPR investigation has found irregularities in the process by which the Trump administration awarded a multi-million dollar contract to a Pittsburgh company to collect key data about COVID-19 from the country's hospitals. The contract is at the center of a controversy over the administration's...WW…

Government Watchdogs Point Out Poor Implementation Of CARES Act's Oversight Measures The $2 trillion CARES Act was passed with multiple overlapping accountability mechanisms designed to prevent waste, fraud and abuse. But government watchdogs are pointing out flaws in the system.Heard onToggle more optionsThe $2 trillion CARES Act was passed with multiple overlapping accountability mechanisms designed to prevent waste, fraud and abuse. But government watchdogs are pointing out flaws in the system.SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST:The $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill called the CARES Act was passed...…Government Watchdogs Point Out Poor Implementation Of CARES Act's Oversight Measures The $2 trillion CARES Act was passed with multiple overlapping accountability mechanisms designed to prevent waste, fraud and abuse. But government watchdogs are pointing out flaws in the system.Heard onToggle more optionsThe $2 trillion CARES Act was passed with multiple overlapping accountability mechanisms designed to prevent waste, fraud and abuse. But government watchdogs are pointing out flaws in the system.SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST:The $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill called the CARES Act was passed...WW…

Who Is Watching Over Coronavirus Bailout Spending? As trillions of dollars begin to flow to bail out American industries, who's watching over it? We speak with Bharat Ramamurti, the first to be named to the Congressional Oversight Commission.Heard onToggle more optionsAs trillions of dollars begin to flow to bail out American industries, who's watching over it? We speak with Bharat Ramamurti, the first to be named to the Congressional Oversight Commission.LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:Congress is working to push out more rescue money, mainly for the small-business program, which quickly ran out...…Who Is Watching Over Coronavirus Bailout Spending? As trillions of dollars begin to flow to bail out American industries, who's watching over it? We speak with Bharat Ramamurti, the first to be named to the Congressional Oversight Commission.Heard onToggle more optionsAs trillions of dollars begin to flow to bail out American industries, who's watching over it? We speak with Bharat Ramamurti, the first to be named to the Congressional Oversight Commission.LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:Congress is working to push out more rescue money, mainly for the small-business program, which quickly ran out...WW…

North Carolina Senator Richard Burr's Stock Sales Before Pandemic Were Unusual The recent stock sales by the North Carolina Republican were a market-beating anomaly that didn't match his typically middling trading history, according to a new Dartmouth College analysis.Sen. Richard Burr's sale of up to $1.7 million in stocks shortly before the recent market crash was one of the lawmaker's only market-beating trades since record keeping began eight years ago, according to a new study. The , presented by researchers at Dartmouth College, shows just how unusual the North Carolina senator's...…North Carolina Senator Richard Burr's Stock Sales Before Pandemic Were Unusual The recent stock sales by the North Carolina Republican were a market-beating anomaly that didn't match his typically middling trading history, according to a new Dartmouth College analysis.Sen. Richard Burr's sale of up to $1.7 million in stocks shortly before the recent market crash was one of the lawmaker's only market-beating trades since record keeping began eight years ago, according to a new study. The , presented by researchers at Dartmouth College, shows just how unusual the North Carolina senator's...WW…

In March, Trump Promised Resources To Fight The Pandemic. Few Happened On March 13, President Trump promised to mobilize private and public resources to respond to the coronavirus. NPR followed up on each promise and found little action had been taken.Heard onToggle more optionsUpdated at 10:10 p.m. ET One month ago today, President Trump declared a national emergency. In a Rose Garden address, flanked by leaders from giant retailers and medical testing companies, he promised a mobilization of public and private resources to attack the coronavirus. "We've been working very hard on this....…In March, Trump Promised Resources To Fight The Pandemic. Few Happened On March 13, President Trump promised to mobilize private and public resources to respond to the coronavirus. NPR followed up on each promise and found little action had been taken.Heard onToggle more optionsUpdated at 10:10 p.m. ET One month ago today, President Trump declared a national emergency. In a Rose Garden address, flanked by leaders from giant retailers and medical testing companies, he promised a mobilization of public and private resources to attack the coronavirus. "We've been working very hard on this....WW…

NRA Lawsuit: Fraud Investigation Moves New York AG To Seek Group's Dissolution New York's attorney general announced civil action to dissolve the National Rifle Association after an investigation found millions of dollars in alleged fraud by CEO Wayne LaPierre and others.Updated at 2 p.m. ET The attorney general of New York took action Thursday to dissolve the National Rifle Association following an 18-month investigation that found evidence the powerful gun rights group is "fraught with fraud and abuse." Attorney General Letitia James claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday that she found...…NRA Lawsuit: Fraud Investigation Moves New York AG To Seek Group's Dissolution New York's attorney general announced civil action to dissolve the National Rifle Association after an investigation found millions of dollars in alleged fraud by CEO Wayne LaPierre and others.Updated at 2 p.m. ET The attorney general of New York took action Thursday to dissolve the National Rifle Association following an 18-month investigation that found evidence the powerful gun rights group is "fraught with fraud and abuse." Attorney General Letitia James claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday that she found...WW…

TSA Whistleblower: Lack Of Coronavirus PPE Left Airport Staff, Passengers Unsafe A TSA official filed a whistleblower complaint alleging the agency didn't properly train staff, making them a "significant carrier" of the coronavirus. An independent agency ordered an investigation.Heard onToggle more optionsUpdated at 3:45 p.m. ET The Transportation Security Administration withheld N95 masks from staff and exhibited "gross mismanagement" in its response to the coronavirus crisis – leaving employees and travelers vulnerable during the most urgent days of the pandemic, a senior TSA official...…TSA Whistleblower: Lack Of Coronavirus PPE Left Airport Staff, Passengers Unsafe A TSA official filed a whistleblower complaint alleging the agency didn't properly train staff, making them a "significant carrier" of the coronavirus. An independent agency ordered an investigation.Heard onToggle more optionsUpdated at 3:45 p.m. ET The Transportation Security Administration withheld N95 masks from staff and exhibited "gross mismanagement" in its response to the coronavirus crisis – leaving employees and travelers vulnerable during the most urgent days of the pandemic, a senior TSA official...WW…

Senate Panel Launches Probe Of Think Tank Linked to Butina, Russian Agent Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee sent letters to the Center for Public Interest, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department asking for information about meetings with Russians in 2015.The Senate Finance Committee is launching a bipartisan investigation into how a conservative think tank aided Maria Butina, the admitted Russian agent who sought political influence through her ties with the National Rifle Association. Butina to acting as a foreign agent in the United States in December, and her alleged...…Senate Panel Launches Probe Of Think Tank Linked to Butina, Russian Agent Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee sent letters to the Center for Public Interest, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department asking for information about meetings with Russians in 2015.The Senate Finance Committee is launching a bipartisan investigation into how a conservative think tank aided Maria Butina, the admitted Russian agent who sought political influence through her ties with the National Rifle Association. Butina to acting as a foreign agent in the United States in December, and her alleged...WW…