Lawmakers race to respond to outbreak; Trump comes to Hill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that House Democrats will stay at work this week as “captains of the ship” confronting the coronavirus outbreak as President Donald Trump came to Capitol Hill to confer with Senate Republicans about his proposed payroll tax relief.

The Trump administration and lawmakers are racing to respond to the epidemic and the related financial storm in what appears to be a mounting political and policy standoff over the best approach.

Democrats are preparing a package of aid that includes unemployment insurance and sick...