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Health care workers drive by to express their support for nurses needing personal protective equipment outside the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, Calif., on April 13.

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Nurses Left Vulnerable To COVID-19: 'We're Not Martyrs Sacrificing Our Lives'

9:49am May 02, 2020

by Brian Mann

Many nurses say they've been fighting the coronavirus pandemic without proper safety equipment, and unions and professional groups are demanding change.

This Bornean horseshoe bat and other bat species can harbor coronaviruses. The nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance had U.S. government funding for an ongoing research project in China on bats and coronaviruses — until the money was cut on April 24.

Why The U.S. Government Stopped Funding A Research Project On Bats And Coronaviruses

8:43pm April 29, 2020

by Nurith Aizenman

The project, run by the nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, aimed to identify places to monitor, come up with strategies to prevent spillover of the virus and get a jump on creating vaccines and treatments.

India Home Minister Amit Shah (center) introduced India's new citizenship law that fast-tracks naturalization for some non-Muslim migrants. Opponents say it violates India's secular constitution.

Religious Freedom In India Takes 'Drastic Turn Downward,' U.S. Commission Says

8:45pm April 28, 2020

by Tom Gjelten

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is challenging the Trump administration to take a tougher line toward India, given its discriminatory treatment of Muslims.

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White Houseon Friday. Seated from left, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr.

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Market And Business Ties Often Determine Where COVID-19 Supplies Go

7:00am April 11, 2020

by Brian Mann

Under a collaboration between the Trump administration and major corporations, the marketplace and business ties often shape decisions about who gets life-saving equipment, and who has to wait.

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Montana Gov. Steve Bullock in Clear Lake, Iowa, last August.

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How 1 State Says It's Being Left Out Of Airlifted Supply Chain

8:07am April 10, 2020

by Joel Rose

The Trump administration says it's directing critical medical supplies "to the right place at the right time." But Gov. Steve Bullock says Montana isn't seeing any of that help.

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Forecasters say the government's aggressive efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus will trigger the sharpest slowdown in the U.S. economy on record.

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U.S. Economic Slowdown In Coming Months Expected To Be Worst On Record

5:08pm March 20, 2020

by Scott Horsley

Forecasters say the government's aggressive efforts to curtail the spread of the virus will trigger the sharpest slowdown on record. Some see the economy shrinking a staggering 24%.

A crew near Karnes City, Texas, continued work as oil prices collapsed this week. Companies already were cutting costs and now will have to cut deeper as oil prices remain low.

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Trump Steps In To Help Oil Industry Facing Its Own Coronavirus Crisis

11:57am March 14, 2020

by Jeff Brady

The oil industry has faced reduced demand from coronavirus, made worse by a global price war. The Trump administration says it will help by buying up cheap oil for the nation's strategic reserve.

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Central American migrants, sent from the United States, walk out in the streets of Guatemala City after arriving at the airport on Feb. 13, 2020. When asylum-seekers land in Guatemala, they are processed by immigration and asked if they want to stay in Gu

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Asylum-Seekers Reaching U.S. Border Are Being Flown To Guatemala

5:18pm March 11, 2020

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

Hundreds of asylum-seekers are not getting a chance to make their case in U.S. immigration court. Instead, the migrants are put on planes to Guatemala and told to ask for asylum there.

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Ken Cuccinelli testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee during a hearing on the government's response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on March 5, 2020. Cuccinelli is the senior official performing the duties of the deputy secretary a

How Trump Has Filled High-Level Jobs Without Senate Confirmation Votes

3:22pm March 09, 2020

by Joel Rose

The Trump administration is increasingly turning to an obscure bureaucratic tactic to fill top government jobs without Senate confirmation. But critics say that may violate federal law.

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The Justice Department, led by Attorney General William Barr, said Friday that it is formally amending regulations and pushing forward with a plan to collect DNA from immigration detainees.

Trump Administration Poised To Start Collecting DNA From Immigration Detainees

5:25pm March 06, 2020

by Merrit Kennedy

The Trump Administration says the policy change will help law enforcement apprehend criminal suspects. Rights advocates describe it as a serious breach of privacy against vulnerable populations.