Members of the Trump administration tasked with responding to the coronavirus pandemic are working aggressively to reopen schools in the fall.

President Trump began the day focusing on reopenings, saying that he disagreed with current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance and threatening to cut off funding to schools.

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