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May 6, 2020 9:44 AM

Trump: COVID-19 task force not dismantling, just refocusing

One day after saying that the COVID-19 task force would be winding down, President Trump says it would continue on indefinitely, but focus on rebooting the economy. A White House official acknowledged that signaling that the task force was preparing to shut down sent the wrong message and created a media maelstrom.

by The Associated Press

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May 5, 2020 6:27 PM

Whistleblower: U.S. failed to prepare, sought quick virus fix

Rick Bright, a senior government scientist, alleges the Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of the coronavirus, then sought a fix by rushing an unproven drug to patients.

by The Associated Press

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May 5, 2020 5:08 PM

11 attorneys general seek probe into meatpacking industry

The attorneys general for 11 Midwestern states, including Minnesota, have urged the Justice Department to investigate market concentration and potential price fixing by meatpackers in the cattle industry during the coronavirus pandemic.

by The Associated Press

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May 5, 2020 4:24 PM

White House coronavirus task force to wind down

Vice President Mike Pence said the task force has begun to talk about a transition plan with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

by Brian Naylor

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May 5, 2020 2:02 PM

Fact check: Trump administration document and its 3,000 deaths a day scenario

A forecast of 3,000 deaths a day appeared in an internal document first obtained by The New York Times. But the epidemiologist who authored the analysis tells NPR the work is incomplete.

by Nurith Aizenman

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May 5, 2020 12:27 PM

COVID-19 brings red ink back to state budget

A new budget update projects Minnesota will have a $2.4 billion deficit through July 2021. That’s a huge swing from the surplus predicted back in February.

by Brian Bakst

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May 5, 2020 10:48 AM

Fauci to testify before Senate panel despite White House limits on hill hearings

Dr. Anthony Fauci and other members of the coronavirus task force will testify before a GOP-led Senate committee next week but have been blocked from making similar appearances in the House so far.

by Kelsey Snell

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May 5, 2020 10:12 AM

Policast: More pressure on Walz to reopen businesses

A new budget report is due; more pressure on Gov. Walz to reopen businesses

by Mike Mulcahy

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May 5, 2020 9:28 AM

For these federal employees, telework means productivity is up, their backlog is down

Some 53,000 of the Social Security Administration's employees are working from home. And the agency's backlog of pending cases has fallen by 11 percent since March 23.

by Brian Naylor

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May 5, 2020 12:57 AM

White House rejects government report projecting rising coronavirus death toll

The Trump administration says that a newspaper report of 3,000 coronavirus deaths a day was not vetted.

by Alana Wise

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