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Capt. Brett Crozier began to show symptoms of COVID-19 before he was removed from the USS Theodore Roosevelt, The New York Times reported.

President Donald Trump, after much reluctance, has used the powers of the Defense Production Act to compel companies to manufacture items in short supply that would aid in the U.S. response to the coronavirus. Here's a list of the companies he's compelled under the act so far.

Conservative dark money groups are preparing for one of their biggest battles after a new nomination to a judicial seat on the D.C. Circuit Court.

A day prior, the captains of the U.S. Navy's two hospital ships said that the vessels have treated fewer than 20 patients since deploying to New York and Los Angeles.

Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to force 3M to produce desperately needed respirator masks in the fight against the coronavirus.

For those running for the House of Representatives, coronavirus poses unique problems. Campaigning is a handshake, kiss-the-baby business.

Some 35% of all coronavirus tests administered in New York and New Jersey have been positive, indicating a serious outbreak in both states.

The fired commander of a U.S. aircraft carrier that suffered a coronavirus outbreak will not be thrown out of the Navy but rather reassigned, acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly told Reuters on Friday, adding that an investigation would determine if he should face disciplinary action.

3M said earlier it was already working on getting more masks to the U.S. – prior to Trump's invocation of the Defense Production Act.

Pelosi called for a bill to expand provisions in the $2 trillion package Congress passed to limit the economic devastation from the coronavirus.

The program is a crucial component of the $2 trillion stimulus package signed last week by President Trump to cushion disruptions tied to the coronavirus.

A day earlier, Bloomberg reported that a classified U.S. intelligence report concluded that China's coronavirus numbers are purposefully incomplete.

The Pentagon will release $882 million in withheld payments to Boeing in an effort to mitigate the financial strain of the coronavirus outbreak on the defense contractor.

The officer, Capt. Brett Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, had written a letter to military leadership regarding the situation on his carrier, and it leaked to the media.

Super PACs are gearing up for an all-out war as the 2020 presidential candidates have been sidelined in the wake of the coronavirus.

The captains of the U.S. Navy's two hospital ships said Thursday that the vessels have treated fewer than 20 patients since deploying to New York and Los Angeles in an effort to alleviate the pressure on local hospitals.

Churches and other religious facilities will be allowed to remain open in more than half of the states that are the most vulnerable to coronavirus, often with special exemptions to mandated closures of nonessential businesses.

President Donald Trump's campaign ripped former Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a letter that calls on him to stop saying he's a top supporter of the commander in chief.

"You look good. You sound good," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told his younger brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, during a press conference on the coronavirus pandemic.

Collins' postponement is the latest example of disparities in how the coronavirus pandemic is being handled by the criminal justice system in prisons and jails.