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Trump wants quick checks sent to public in virus response

by Associated Press
| March 17, 2020 10:05 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is asking Congress to unleash a torrent of emergency economic aid to help people through the financial pain of the coronavirus crisis, with sizable checks directly to Americans as part of the deal.

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