The White House wants to cut $35 billion of funding for extra coronavirus testing and the CDC from a relief bill

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• The Trump administration is seeking to cut funding to boost coronavirus testing from a new relief bill, reported The Washington Post. 
• The White House is also reportedly seeking to exclude funding for measures to fight the pandemic at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pentagon, and the State Department. 
• Trump has falsely claimed that increased testing is why infection rates are rising in the US, but public health experts say this is false and testing is measuring a real increase in cases. 
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The Trump administration is seeking to remove $25 billion in funding for coronavirus testing from a new Republican bill, The Washington Post reported. 

According to the report citing sources close to negotiations over the bill, the White House is also seeking to change the bill to remove $10 billion funding for initiatives at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Pentagon and the State Department to battle the pandemic. 

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