Transparency, Not Warnings, Needed for More Covid Aid, GOP Says

Republican senators rebuffed a White House claim that Covid response programs are going bankrupt, demanding details about the federal stockpile of medicines, countermeasures, and unspent funds.

“You can no longer just take somebody’s word they need more money,” Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said Tuesday.

The White House on Tuesday announced it’s canceling a planned order of monoclonal antibody treatments for Covid-19 infections, and warned the country could eventually run out of vaccines because money is short.

The Republican comments highlight the uphill battle the White House and Democrats are likely to face in getting the funding through a narrowly divided ...