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13 Deaths in a Day: An ‘Apocalyptic’ Coronavirus Surge at an N.Y.C. Hospital — Hospitals in the city are facing the kind of harrowing increases in cases that overwhelmed health care systems in China and Italy. — In several hours on Tuesday, Dr. Ashley Bray performed chest compressions …
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CNN and MSNBC Staff Push Back on Airing Trump's Coronavirus ‘Lies’ — Trump's daily pandemic briefings have devolved into an “open-mic night” full of “misinformation,” cable staffers said, as networks weigh how much of the events they must air. — The nation's television news outlets …
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Washington state radio station won't air Trump briefings because of ‘false or misleading information’
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Trump's Briefings Are a Ratings Hit. Should Networks Cover Them Live?
Trump's Briefings Are a Ratings Hit. Should Networks Cover Them Live?
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Senate passes $2 trillion bill to blunt coronavirus pandemic's economic impact, as households and businesses gasp for relief — The unanimous vote sends the legislation to the House, which is expected to pass it Friday morning — Facing one of the worst economic downturns in American history …
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Bernie Sanders threatens to hold up coronavirus bill after 4 GOP senators push to cut unemployment aid
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Final coronavirus stimulus bill omits several Pelosi wish list items, as vote appears imminent
Final coronavirus stimulus bill omits several Pelosi wish list items, as vote appears imminent
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AOC warns she may force House members to return for stimulus vote, potentially delaying final passage
AOC warns she may force House members to return for stimulus vote, potentially delaying final passage
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Worker at NYC hospital where nurses wear trash bags as protection dies from coronavirus — The shortage of safety gear at one Manhattan hospital is so dire that desperate nurses have resorted to wearing trash bags — and some blame the situation for the coronavirus death of a beloved colleague.
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Governor Orders Limited Gatherings, Declares Most Businesses ‘Essential,’ Supersedes Local Safety Efforts — Gov. Tate Reeves signed an executive order early this evening superseding a patchwork of local bans on public gatherings in Mississippi and other heightened restrictions …

Trump Wants to ‘Reopen America.’ Here's What Happens if We Do. — Social distancing for 2 weeks Social distancing for 2 months — Social distancing for 2 weeks Social distancing for 2 months — Interventions: 2 weeks Infections: 128M — President Trump says he wants the United States …
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The Coronavirus Is the Worst Intelligence Failure in U.S. History — It's more glaring than Pearl Harbor and 9/11—and it's all the fault of Donald Trump's leadership. — Last September, I met the vice president for risk for a Fortune 100 company in Washington, D.C. I asked the executive …
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Kathy Griffin slams Trump's coronavirus response while in hospital with ‘unbearably painful’ symptoms
Kathy Griffin slams Trump's coronavirus response while in hospital with ‘unbearably painful’ symptoms
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G-7 failed to agree on statement after U.S. insisted on calling coronavirus outbreak ‘Wuhan virus’ — Foreign ministers representing seven major industrialized nations failed to agree on a joint statement Wednesday after the Trump administration insisted on referring to the coronavirus outbreak as the …
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Man Who Planned to Bomb Hospital Amid Pandemic Dies in Incident With FBI — A domestic terrorism suspect in Belton, Missouri who allegedly planned to carbomb a hospital struggling with the coronavirus pandemic died while the FBI was trying to arrest him Tuesday, the agency confirmed.
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Trump team failed to follow NSC's pandemic playbook — The Trump administration, state officials and even individual hospital workers are now racing against each other to get the necessary masks, gloves and other safety equipment to fight coronavirus — a scramble that hospitals and doctors say has come too late and left them at risk.

Politicians jockeying for covid-19 tests find proximity to Trump is the fastest route — Late last month, Mick Mulvaney, who was still the acting White House chief of staff at the time, told a crowd of conservative activists that the media was exaggerating the threat posed by covid-19 because …

Democrats Are Handing Donald Trump The Keys To The Country — The Senate coronavirus bill is shocking. — The emergency coronavirus legislation that the Senate agreed to on Tuesday can only be described as an outrage. It is not an economic rescue package, but a sentence …
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Boeing CEO says company may reject stimulus if Treasury seeks equity stake
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Pelosi: Coronavirus stimulus deal an improvement, but under review
Pelosi: Coronavirus stimulus deal an improvement, but under review
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Entire senior home in New Jersey, 94 people, presumed to have coronavirus — St. Joseph's Senior Nursing Home in Woodbridge already has 24 people who tested positive, with 70 more expected to also test positive. — An entire New Jersey nursing home is presumed to be infected with coronavirus …
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Former Wells Fargo CEO wants Americans back to work next month: 'Some may even die, I don't know' — Richard Kovacevich, the former CEO of Wells Fargo, wants Americans to get back to their jobs — even if it kills them. — In an interview with Bloomberg, Kovacevich said that he thinks …
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti warns of mass death, condemns ‘false hope,’ and tells us his city will be on lockdown for another 2 months — and to ‘be prepared for longer’ — Los Angeles residents will be confined to their homes until at least May, Mayor Eric Garcetti told Insider on Wednesday.

Hospitals consider universal do-not-resuscitate orders for coronavirus patients — Worries that ‘all hands’ responses may expose doctors and nurses to infection prompts debate about prioritizing the needs of the many over the one — The Washington Post is providing this story for free …
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He urged saving the economy over protecting those who are ‘not productive’ from the coronavirus. Then he faced America's wrath. — Scott McMillan had had it with being cooped up, with the whole country being closed, with the collapsing market and the isolation, the constant worry …
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Doctors And Nurses Say More People Are Dying Of COVID-19 In The US Than We Know — “The numbers are grossly under-reported. I know for a fact that we've had three deaths in one county where only one is listed on the website,” one California ER doctor told BuzzFeed News.

Newest Shortage in New York: The City Is Running Out of Dogs to Adopt — Pet craze is spurring rally in Chewy shares amid a market rout — 'We definitely don't have any dogs left to match,' says rescue — Of all the shortages created by the coronavirus pandemic …
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Biden blindsides Trump's Florida ally — MIAMI — Joe Biden lauded seven governors — drawn from both parties — by name on Monday, praising their leadership during the coronavirus crisis. — On Wednesday, he singled out one for sharp criticism: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Trump May Defer Tariff Payments to Help Businesses: Live Updates — Here's what you need to know: — Big companies could see tax breaks — Trump weighs postponing tariff payments to help businesses. — The Trump administration is considering postponing tariff payments …
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New Orleans emerges as next coronavirus epicenter, threatening rest of South — (Reuters) - New Orleans is on track to become the next coronavirus epicenter in the United States, dimming hopes that less densely populated and warmer-climate cities would escape the worst of the pandemic, and that summer months could see it wane.

How Nancy Pelosi became the most powerful woman in U.S. history — Nancy Pelosi is still often the lone woman at the table. But she has paved the way for many others. — A few dozen people gathered one early March evening at the National Museum of American History to celebrate the opening …

Gov. Baker prohibits reusable shopping bags during coronavirus emergency — Part of new public health order regarding grocery stores and pharmacies — HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT — Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday announced a new public health order related to grocery stores …
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Richard Reeves, Columnist and Author on Presidents, Dies at 83 — His books on Kennedy, Nixon, Clinton and others could be as unsparing as his syndicated column. He was also a familiar face on PBS public-affairs programs. — Richard Reeves, a journalist and author who explored the presidency …

5 tips to keep you sane during the coronavirus crisis — This season isn't going to be easy, but by supporting each other, we will make it through. — As we shelter in place, engage in social-distancing, and otherwise do what we can to protect ourselves, our country …

Twitter Deletes Post From The Federalist Proposing ‘Chickenpox Parties’ to Deliberately Spread Coronavirus — Twitter temporarily locked the account of The Federalist Wednesday after the conservative opinion site published a piece, written by a dermatologist based in Oregon …

Even Before Coronavirus, America's Population Was Growing at Slowest Rate Since 1919 — As births drop, deaths accelerate and immigration slows, the country is closer than ever to an overall decline. — WASHINGTON — The American population is growing at its slowest pace since 1919 …

Andrea Mitchell Fears ‘Skyrocketing’ Approval for Trump Amid Pandemic — Listen to the Article! — During her 12:00 p.m. ET hour show on Wednesday, MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell revealed her greatest fear amid the coronavirus pandemic - Donald Trump's approval ratings going up.
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Exclusive: U.S. slashed CDC staff inside China prior to coronavirus outbreak — WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The Trump administration cut staff by more than two-thirds at a key U.S. public health agency operating inside China, as part of a larger rollback of U.S.-funded health and science experts …
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How the Pandemic Will End — Editor's Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here. — Three months ago, no one knew that SARS-CoV-2 existed. Now the virus has spread to almost every country, infecting …
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Economies Already Look Totally Different From the Pre-Virus Age — (Bloomberg) — In the heat of a global crisis more sudden and severe than anything in living memory, economic orthodoxies are getting tossed aside at a furious pace. Some of them may be gone for good.