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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said President Donald Trump agreed to send the USNS Comfort hospital ship to help with coronavirus cases expected to surge in the next 45 days.

Sanders also called for robust unemployment insurance, a moratorium on evictions and a waiver on all student loan payments.

Trump has repeatedly called coronavirus the "Chinese virus" on Twitter, including in a tweet announcing his press conference Wednesday.

Joe Biden is getting a fundraising boost from corporate restructuring attorneys who are forming a committee to help him defeat President Trump in November.

Bernie Sanders will focus on the government response to the coronavirus pandemic after another three big 2020 Democratic primary losses.

The United States border with Canada will temporarily close to "non-essential traffic" due to the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

A day earlier, multiple outlets reported that Mnuchin told GOP lawmakers that the country's unemployment rate could hit 20% if they failed to act on a proposed coronavirus rescue package.

Leaders of European Union countries have agreed to close the EU's borders in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

The OMB request is separate from existing funding plans that could total more than $1 trillion as officials at every level of government work to contain the contagion.

China said Tuesday that it will expel American journalists working in the country for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post whose press credentials are due to expire in 2020.

"No," President Donald Trump said in January when asked if there were worries about coronavirus becoming a pandemic. "We have it totally under control," he said at the time.

Joe Biden was headed for a blowout over Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Florida Democratic primary as he tries to seal the nomination. He was also projected to win Illinois and Arizona.

Biden's win in Illinois adds to an earlier win in Florida as he tries to seal the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

The White House is seeking a stimulus package worth anywhere from $850 billion to over $1 trillion in a bid to battle the economic impact from the coronavirus pandemic.

A group founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is huddling with venture capitalists and philanthropists tomorrow to discuss ways they can help fight the coronavirus.

Lobbying groups representing the country's travel and tourism industry met the White House on Tuesday to meet with President Donald Trump and other officials to discuss the devastating economic impact of the pandemic.

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Tuesday from the Pentagon press briefing room that 1 million respirator masks would be made available immediately.

President Donald Trump spoke with the chief executives of the largest U.S. restaurant companies on Tuesday about the response to the coronavirus outbreak.

The virus — which has already killed more than 7,167 people and infected more than 183,000 people around the world — is spreading as the Iranian regime deals with intensifying U.S. sanctions.

Financial regulators are discussing loosening bank liquidity rules, which could increase lending to companies affected by the coronavirus pandemic.