Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) defended President Donald Trump’s sluggish response to the COVID-19 pandemic by passing the buck to Democrats’ impeachment efforts.
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After lobbying from Washington state officials, the Trump administration decided on Monday to issue an unprecedentedly broad order allowing hospital emergency rooms nationwide to divert patients away from their wards.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence tumbled in March as the impact of the coronavirus began to be felt.
The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its confidence index dropped to a reading of 120 in March from February’s 132.6.
The steep decline reflected rising worries about the coronavirus during the survey period of March 1-18. Economists say confidence is sure to fall further as the virus’ impact takes a bigger toll on the economy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is intervening once again to try to smooth out the world’s lending markets, this time by lending dollars to other central banks in exchange for Treasurys.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said on Tuesday morning that she and President Donald Trump haven’t spoken with each other in nearly two months.
New York City’s Health Department recorded the city’s first death of a person under 18 years old, though details about the person’s exact age were not disclosed. There have been 914 coronavirus deaths in New York City, the department reported Monday.
More than 1,200 have died of COVID-19 across New York state, and 9,500 people are hospitalized with the disease statewide. More than 66,000 people statewide have tested positive for the virus, including more than 38,000 in New York City.
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MADRID (AP) — Spain’s coronavirus deaths jumped by a record number Tuesday as the country’s medical system strained to care for its tens of thousands of infected patients, and Italy opened a 200-bed field hospital at a fairgrounds in Milan to ease the pressure on overcrowded intensive care units.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reportedly considering new guidelines urging people to cover their faces with scarves or any other cloth item from home when venturing outside as a protective measure against the COVID-19 outbreak.
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President Donald Trump’s administration sent only surgical masks to Illinois instead of the specialized N95 masks Gov. Illinois J.B. Pritzker (D) had requested to protect hospital workers from COVID-19, according to the governor.
President Trump and the White House coronavirus task force’s Monday briefing came a day after Trump extended social distancing guidelines past his initial Easter timeline.
During the briefing, Trump shouted out to a number of CEOs whose private companies are manufacturing products aimed at combating the coronavirus outbreak. The CEOs that Trump mentioned included those who run Jockey International, My Pillow, Procter and Gamble, and United Technologies Corporation.
“I just want to tell all of you that America is very grateful to you and what you’ve done and the amazing job you’ve done and we thank you very much,” Trump told the CEOs in attendance.
Towards the end of the briefing, Trump continued his spar with reporters by slamming CNN’s Jim Acosta for challenging his remarks earlier this month that the coronavirus outbreak “will go away” and PBS NewsHour’s Yamiche Alcindor — who was also attacked by the President during yesterday’s briefing — for pointing out how the U.S. is behind other countries in testing per capita.
Trump abruptly ended the press conference after responding to Alcindor’s question.
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