Reopen or lose federal funds: Trump warns schools as Covid-19 cases rise

Despite Trump's increased pressure on state and local officials, New York City announced that most of its students would return to classrooms only two or three days a week

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to hold back federal money if school districts don't bring their students back in the fall, seemingly disregarding coronavirus cases in the country. 

Trump said his own public health officials' safety guidelines are impractical and too expensive. Shortly afterward, Vice President Mike Pence announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would be issuing new guidance next week that will give all new tools to schools.

The recommendations will keep students safe, but "the president said today we just don't want the guidance to be too tough," said Pence.

Despite Trump's pressure