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Trump's 'I alone can fix it' view and state powers collide

by Associated Press
| April 14, 2020 10:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump insists there are “numerous provisions” in the Constitution to support his view that he has “total authority” to order states to open their economies as the coronavirus pandemic roils.

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