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(CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday slammed former President Barack Obama for criticizing the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic during a private call last week, asserting that he "should have kept his mouth shut." …

Republicans say they won’t support a new coronavirus relief bill unless it protects business owners from lawsuits related to COVID-19 exposure, sparking a lobbying frenzy from business groups hoping to get their industry or priority into the bill.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned that not protecting business owners from lawsuits related to COVID-19 would…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a rare letter jointly rejecting the Trump administration’s offer to supply Capitol Hill with 1,000 rapid-result coronavirus tests, asking that they be prioritized for front-line workers.The decision by the leaders Saturday to turn down the Trump administration’s offer came as the United States neared…

Congress’s top leaders on Saturday rejected the Trump administration’s offer to deploy rapid coronavirus testing to Capitol Hill ahead of the U.S. Senate’s planned return on Monday, saying key supplies should be reserved for frontline workers amid the pandemic. In a rare joint statement, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said…

(CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "respectfully" declined an offer from the Trump administration to deploy rapid coronavirus testing capabilities to Capitol Hill ahead of senators' anticipated return to Washington this…