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Apr
04
2020

Trump admin moves toward promoting broader use of face masks

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WASHINGTON (AP) ” The Trump administration is formalizing new guidance to recommend that many Americans wear face coverings in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, as the president is aggressively defending his response to the public health crisis.The recommendations, still being finalized Thursday, were expected to apply to those who live in areas hard-hit by community transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. A person familiar with the White House coronavirus […]

Apr
04
2020

States demand ventilators as feds ration limited supply

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WASHINGTON (AP) ” Two weeks ago, the Pentagon promised to make as many as 2,000 military ventilators available as the federal government strains to contend with the coronavirus pandemic. As of Wednesday, less than half had been allocated, despite a desperate need across the country.At the Federal Emergency Management Agency, tasked with coordinating the federal response to the outbreak, about 9,000 additional ventilators are also on hold as officials seek to determine where they are […]

Apr
04
2020

In time of crisis, Trump-Pelosi relationship remains broken

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WASHINGTON (AP) ” Two of the most powerful people in Washington have not spoken in five months at a time when the nation is battling its worst health crisis in a century, one that has already killed more than 5,000 Americans and put 10 million others out of work.President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last talked on Oct. 16, when Pelosi pointed her finger at the seated president during a heated exchange in a White House meeting that was captured in a widely shared […]

Apr
03
2020

Testing issues cloud scope of California's virus outbreak

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LOS ANGELES (AP) ” California is ramping up testing for coronavirus even as a backlog of 59,000 pending tests is growing, delaying some people from getting results for up to 12 days and leaving an incomplete picture of how widespread the outbreak is in the state.Testing rolled out slowly in California but is accelerating now. More than 90,000 tests have been administered statewide, but nearly two-thirds of those results were still pending, according to state figures.’The […]

Apr
03
2020

Son: Jazz great Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead at 85; fought virus

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) “Ellis Marsalis Jr., jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan that includes famed performer sons Wynton and Branford, has died after battling pneumonia brought by the new coronavirus, one of his sons said late Wednesday.He was 85.Ellis Marsalis III confirmed in an Associated Press phone interview that his father’s death was sparked by the virus that is causing the global pandemic. “Pneumonia was the actual thing that caused his […]

Apr
02
2020

Trump's contradictory views on China shift as crisis grows

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WASHINGTON (AP) ” President Donald Trump has held an unequivocal position about China and the coronavirus ” several of them.Trump initially praised China, then excoriated Beijing after it made unsubstantiated claims that the virus originated in the United States. Now, Trump is back to offering niceties.The diverging messages have generated finger-pointing by both Beijing and Washington that is further destabilizing a critical relationship between countries with the two largest […]

Apr
02
2020

Report: US hostage families seek better government support

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WASHINGTON (AP) ” Relatives of Americans who are wrongfully imprisoned abroad or held hostage by militant groups say in a report issued Thursday that the U.S. government still must do better in communicating with them, though improvements have been made over the last five years.Several of those interviewed for the report say they don’t feel their loved one’s cases have the attention of the highest levels of government. In particular, family members of Americans who are detained by […]

Apr
02
2020

Infrastructure often embraced by both parties, to no avail

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WASHINGTON (AP) ” President Donald Trump wants to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure projects to create jobs and help the collapsing economy rebuild from the coronavirus’ stunning blows. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that seems about right.Sounds like the prelude to a bipartisan deal. Except that when it comes to trying to upgrade the country’s road, rail, water and broadband systems, Washington frequently veers off the tracks ” usually over the bill’s contents and how to pay for […]

Apr
02
2020

Trump resists national shutdown, leaving it up to states

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WASHINGTON (AP) ” President Donald Trump is resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order to stem the spread of the new coronavirus despite his administration’s projections that tens of thousands of Americans are likely to be killed by the disease. One by one, though, states are increasingly pushing shutdown orders of their own.Trump said Wednesday he wants to give governors’ ‘flexibility’ on whether a stay-at-home policy is the best option for their constituents, but […]

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