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Food
Trump Plans To Beef Up Meat Production After Coronavirus Hits Plants
President Trump will invoke the Defense Production Act to ensure plants keep running. Workers have said they need more protection after illnesses and deaths on the line.
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Health
Pence Says His Earlier Comments About Testing Were Misunderstood
At issue: test distribution versus test completion. The vice president said his statement in March about 4 million tests referred to test distribution.
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Health
Ex-Officials Call For $46 Billion For Tracing, Isolating In Next Coronavirus Package
Leading former federal health officials Andy Slavitt and Scott Gottlieb are leading a call for $46 billion for specific measures in a next coronavirus aid package to safely reopen the economy.
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Politics
Trump Tweets He Will Suspend Immigration Into U.S. During Pandemic
Trump says he'll temporarily suspend immigration because of the coronavirus. There aren't many details but the administration has been using the pandemic to justify more restrictions on immigration.
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Politics
Social Distancing Is Evident As Pence Travels To Colorado
We travel with Vice President Mike Pence to Colorado to see how social distancing changed a military college graduation. He gave Saturday's commencement address at the Air Force Academy.
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Politics
To Help Farmers, White House Wants To Lower Migrant Wages
The Trump administration wants to provide relief to the farm industry by lowering wages for migrant workers. That has prompted resistance from both labor rights advocates and immigration hardliners.
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Politics
White House Seeks To Lower Farmworker Pay To Help Agriculture Industry
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is working with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to see how wage rates for immigrant farmworkers can be reduced. Critics say it will hurt all workers.
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Politics
Jared Kushner's Role In Coronavirus Response Draws Scrutiny, Criticism
The president's son-in-law and senior adviser has emerged as a key figure in the Trump administration's response to the outbreak.
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Politics
Jared Kushner's Role In Coronavirus Response Draws Scrutiny
President Trump has put his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner in charge of getting medical supplies where they are needed. Is Kushner helping or getting in the way?
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Politics
Trump Reelection Team Aims To Use COVID-19 To Rewrite Narrative
As the Trump administration ramps up its response to the coronavirus, many in the president's reelection campaign see the outbreak as a chance to double down on his "America First" agenda.