Today at 05:33 - The former president sent out a message of gratitude to health care workers in honor of World Health Day....
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Today at 03:17 - A 2006 pandemic plan warned that New York City could be short as many as 9,500 ventilators. But the city only acquired a few hundred, which were ultimately scrapped because it couldn’t afford to ma…...
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Today at 03:01 - The president removed the head of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee as part of a larger purge of inspectors general....
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Today at 02:57 - Despite a last-minute court battle and a stay-at-home order, thousands of Wisconsin voters on Tuesday braved the coronavirus outbreak to wait 6 feet (1.8 m) apart in lines for hours and cast ballots in the state's presidential primary and local elections....
Read more on ReutersToday at 02:14 - Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday after he faced mounting backlash for firing and ridiculing the commander of a U.S. aircraft carrier who pleaded for help stemming a coronavirus outbreak onboard....
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Yesterday at 01:29 - The Trump administration on Tuesday asked Congress for an additional $250 billion in emergency economic aid for small U.S. businesses reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed for passage as soon as Thursday....
Read more on ReutersYesterday at 01:29 - The White House hopes Congress will nearly double the size of its program to support ailing small businesses by the end of the week, as some of the nation's largest lenders still sit on the sidelines and others remain unable to access the system....
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Yesterday at 01:24 - One hyper-conservative Georgia congressional district shows there’s still a market for ideological extremism, even during a pandemic....
Read more on New York MagazineYesterday at 01:09 - Most Americans, including a majority of Republicans, want the government to require mail-in ballots for the Nov. 3 presidential election if the coronavirus outbreak still threatens the public this autumn, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found....
Read more on ReutersYesterday at 00:52 - Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned on Tuesday after he faced mounting backlash for firing and ridiculing the commander of a U.S. aircraft carrier who pleaded for help stemming a coronavirus outbreak onboard....
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