Coronavirus US live: Pelosi announces bipartisan House group to make sure $2tn is `spent wisely`
(The Guardian United States)

6.65 million filed for US unemployment last weekUS facing hunger crisis as demand for food banks soarsSee all our coronavirus coverageSupport the Guardian´s independent journalism. Make a contribution 4.23pm BST House speaker Nancy Pelosi said the new select committee on coronavirus would have subpoena power.Members of the committee, which will be chaired by House majority whip Jim Clyburn, will specifically look at whether government funds distributed in response to the pandemic are being spent effectively. 4.15pm BST House speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked during her weekly press conference whether she supported a review of the events leading up to the coronavirus crisis.Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House homeland security committee, has drafted a bill to form a commission in the style of the 9/11 commission to examine the government´s response to coronavirus. Continue reading...