White House to offer free COVID tests beginning Tuesday — how to get them

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KXAN) — Beginning Tuesday, the White House will distribute half a billion free, at-home COVID-19 rapid tests to American households amid the latest coronavirus surge. This comes as President Joe Biden's administration is purchasing one billion tests to increase national testing capacity.Originally, ordering of tests was to begin Wednesday, but the site through the U.S. Postal Service went live Tuesday morning.Under the initial program, people can request four free tests b