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"As you increase the demand on the health-care system, the mortality rate goes up. It skyrockets," a doctor said when asked about the Trump administration loosening coronavirus guidelines.

President Trump's remarks came as more states imposed extreme measures to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Members of the White House coronavirus task force urged those leaving New York City to self-quarantine for 14-days in order to stop the spread of COVID-19 during a press briefing on Tuesday.

Chuck Schumer said Republicans and Democrats were at "the 2-yard line" as they tried to reach a coronavirus stimulus deal.

Sen. Mitt Romney has tested negative for coronavirus, he announced in a post on Twitter on Tuesday, but will remain quarantined and unable to cast his vote.

Airline stocks surged as lawmakers neared a deal for a stimulus package that would include $25 billion in grants for passenger carriers.

The virus has infected more than 398,000 worldwide, though many have recovered. In the U.S. more than 46,500 cases have been reported so far.

Potential Biden running mates include Sens. Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and Catherine Cortez Masto; Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer; and Florida Rep. Val Demings.

Pelosi cheered a development to add more oversight to a $500 billion pool of taxpayer aid, calling it a "big change."

Trump and his top economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, have suggested that there will a relaxing of strict federal guidelines to Americans that are designed to slow the coronavirus pandemic.

Some House members have pushed for remote voting as representatives start to test positive for the coronavirus disease.

President Donald Trump asked South Korean President Moon Jae-In for supplies to help combat coronavirus on Tuesday, according to South Korean media.

Trump has shown a sudden impatience with the extreme efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus, which have severely impacted the economy.

Cisco will provide $225 million "in cash, in-kind, and planned-giving to support both the global and local response to COVID-19."

Before-and-after satellite images starkly show just how much things have changed across the world as the coronavirus outbreak spread.

House Democrats unveiled economic stimulus legislation in response to the coronavirus pandemic that differs from a Senate bill.

The measure has a price tag of well over $1 trillion and is intended to limit the economic pain from the coronavirus outbreak.

Trump also seemed to downplay the threat of the coronavirus, which on Monday topped 43,000 cases and more than 500 deaths in the U.S.

The Securities and Exchange Commission warned against trading on non-public information related to the coronavirus. It came after disclosures of stock sales by New York Stock Exchange Chairman Jeff Sprecher, and his wife, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga.

Jeffrey Sprecher, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange's owner, and his wife, Sen. Kelly Loeffler, sold millions of dollars of stock after she got a private briefing with other lawmakers about the coronavirus outbreak.