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It was a telling moment in the rising tensions between the Trump White House and state governors desperate for medical equipment to deal with the exploding coronavirus crisis. At Thursday's briefing on how the government is responding, Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner scolded states for not building up…

A version of this story appeared in the April 3 edition of CNN's Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. Sign up here to receive the need-to-know headlines every weekday. (CNN)As global cases cross the 1 million mark and an international battle to procure life-saving equipment mounts, President Donald Trump has invoked…

April 2, 2020 | 4:59pm | Updated April 2, 2020 | 6:27pm President Trump on Thursday announced that he had used the Defense Production Act to order US companies to manufacture and deliver more urgently needed ventilators to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “Moments ago I directed Secretary Azar and acting…

After a few days of relative calm, stockmarkets were once again beset by volatile trading. Many global markets recorded their worst quarter since the start of the financial crisis in 2008. The S&P 500 fell by 20% over the three months; the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down by 23%.…

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You are here: Home / Health Care / Wartime Production Law Has Been Used Routinely March 31, 2020 at 3:57 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment New York Times: “A Korean War-era law called the Defense Production Act has been invoked hundreds of thousands of times by President…

NEW YORK (Reuters) ― Doctors and nurses on the front lines of the U.S. coronavirus crisis pleaded on Friday for more protective gear and equipment to treat waves of patients expected to overwhelm hospitals as the sum of known U.S. infections climbed well past 100,000, with more than 1,600 dead.…

Trump with GM CEO Mary BarraPhoto: APThis week’s drama over whether GM would produce ventilators to help fight the coronavirus pandemic came to a fittingly bizarre conclusion today, with GM saying it was working “around the clock” to make the ventilators and—a few hours after that—President Trump invoking the Defense…

President Donald Trump, joined by members of the Coronavirus Task Force, speaks during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic in the press briefing room of the White House on March 25, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) What powers does the President have in times of crisis? And…