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Trump invokes act to marshal private sector against virus

by Associated Press
| March 18, 2020 9:28 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Managing dual health and economic crises, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will invoke emergency powers that allow the government to marshal the private sector in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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