Congress strikes a deal on bipartisan $8.3B coronavirus package

Congress strikes a deal on bipartisan $8.3B coronavirus package-politico: Congressional negotiators on Wednesday came together to clinch a bipartisan emergency funding package to combat the coronavirus, and both chambers are expected to pass the sweeping agreement by the end of the week. The deal includes roughly $8.3 billion aimed at helping states and the federal government muster more power to fight the outbreak, which is nearing a pandemic and has claimed nine lives in the U.S., sickening more than 100 people across more than a dozen states.