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In reversal, Trump uses Defense Production Act for virus aid

by Associated Press
| March 27, 2020 3:27 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — After days of pleading from the nation’s governors, President Donald Trump took steps Friday to expand the federal government’s role in helping to produce critically needed supplies to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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