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‘Presidential decision’: Trump shakes up D.C. as pandemic enters pivotal phase

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

By Tom Howell Jr. and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

New York reported its largest single-day increase in coronavirus deaths as President Trump directed a Washington shakeup amid the pandemic.

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly speaks across the brow with leadership of Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Mercy deployed in support of the nation's COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Natalie Byers/U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy secretary resigns after calling captain of COVID-crippled carrier ‘stupid’

By Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

Audience members listen as President Donald Trump speaks during the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States National Convention Tuesday, July 24, 2018, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Heroes doing great things’: Veterans groups step up in time of fear and isolation

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A biohazard cleaner wearing personal protective equipment applies cleaner to a police car, Monday, April 6, 2020, in Wheat Ridge, Colo., as police vehicles are disinfected to protect officers from the new coronavirus as a statewide stay-at-home order remains in effect in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

‘So many calls’: Decontamination companies afraid to cash in on coronavirus cleaning

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a primary election night rally Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) ** FILE **

Joe Biden: We can’t delay or postpone the November election

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Congressman John Lewis talks with media members after signing paperwork to qualify for reelection to his District 5 seat in Atlanta, Monday, March 2, 2020. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

John Lewis, once a Trump target, lines up behind Joe Biden

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Molly King, an election team member, tests an express voting machine at South Division High School in Milwaukee on Monday, April 6, 2020. Thousands of poll workers had said they wouldn't work, leading Milwaukee to reduce its planned number of polling sites from 180 to just five. More than 2,500 National Guard troops were dispatched to staff the polls. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Surgeon General Jerome Adams tells Wisconsin residents to ‘vote remotely’ or wear facial coverings

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In this image from video, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (Senate Television via AP)

Bernie Sanders: Proceeding with Wisconsin primary in coronavirus crisis ‘may very well prove deadly’

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FCC declines liberal group’s request to probe broadcasters for airing Trump ‘disinformation’

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Tracy Morgan urges U.S. to ‘stick together’ during ‘equalizer’ pandemic: ‘F– show business!’

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President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘Presidential decision’: Trump shakes up D.C. as pandemic enters pivotal phase

By Tom Howell Jr. and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: Mail-in voting ‘corrupt,’ should be severely restricted

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President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump to investigate disproportionate coronavirus death rate among blacks

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Trump: ‘No role’ in acting Navy secretary’s resignation

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Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and other House Democrats arrive to meet with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who is moving swiftly toward House passage of a coronavirus aid package possibly this week, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Ayanna Pressley: Include illegal immigrants, inmates in next coronavirus stimulus

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In this file photo, 2019 Kennedy Center honorees, from left, Earth, Wind &amp; Fire members Verdine White, Ralph Johnson and Philip Bailey; singer Linda Ronstadt, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, actress Sally Field and Sesame Street co-founders Lloyd Morrisett and Joan Ganz Cooney attend the 42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, in Washington. House Republicans are questioning why the iconic performing arts center has laid off staff even after receiving $25 million in federal stimulus money. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP) **FILE**

House Republicans want answers on Kennedy Center layoffs after it received $25M in stimulus aid

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Rep. Derek Kilmer is the chairman of the Modernization Committee. One of the recommendations the committee passed recently aims to make it easier to track changes to laws. (Associated Press)

Centrist Democrats back $250 billion boost for coronavirus small business loans

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FILE- This Oct. 28, 2015, file photo shows the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco skyline from the Marin Headlands above Sausalito, Calif. An initiative that seeks to split California into three states is projected to qualify for the state's November 2018 ballot. The latest proposal for splitting up the Golden State would create the states of Northern California, Southern California and a narrow central coast strip retaining the name California.Even if voters approve the initiative an actual split would still require the approval of the state Legislature and Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

State Department targets Russian group for links to U.S. white nationalists

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Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, March 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

‘All broken’: Health agencies failed to report critical stockpile shortage

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In this Nov. 7, 2019, file photo, the first panels of levee border wall are seen at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border, in Donna, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Smugglers posing as wall construction crew in shootout with border patrol

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In this Monday, March 30, 2020, photo, a line of around fifty people extends from the door of Arkansas Workforce Center in Fayetteville, Ark. (JT Wampler/The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP) **FILE**

Unemployment offices jammed; lawmakers frustrated benefits will be delivered too slowly

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Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly speaks across the brow with leadership of Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Mercy deployed in support of the nation's COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Natalie Byers/U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy secretary resigns after calling captain of COVID-crippled carrier ‘stupid’

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A biohazard cleaner wearing personal protective equipment applies cleaner to a police car, Monday, April 6, 2020, in Wheat Ridge, Colo., as police vehicles are disinfected to protect officers from the new coronavirus as a statewide stay-at-home order remains in effect in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

‘So many calls’: Decontamination companies afraid to cash in on coronavirus cleaning

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot signs an executive order to ensure coronavirus-related benefits offered by the city of Chicago are available to immigrants and refugees, Tuesday morning, April 7, 2020. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago mayor’s executive order grants coronavirus benefits to illegal immigrants

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Police officers have found themselves sorting out requests about possible stay-at-home order violations reported from neighbors as people navigate the line between shelter-in-place rules and everyday activities such as exercise. (Associated PRess)

Stay-at-home rules bring out neighbors seeking violations

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In this Dec. 4, 2018, file photo, National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks at a press conference at the Board of Governors annual meeting in Sea Island, Ga. Bettman says players and staff have been told to stay away from the rink and self-isolate while the league is on a hiatus of uncertain length. Bettman said in a phone interview Friday, March 13, 2020, with the Associated Press and the league's website that, to his knowledge, no players or league employees have tested positive for the new coronavirus.(AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File) **FILE**

Bettman raises chance of NHL not completing regular season

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Washington Redskins head coach Ron Rivera speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Chase Young or trade back? Rivera provides clues to what Redskins plan to do at No. 2

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The coronavirus put live sports on hold. Now, sports talk shows find new ways to fill the hours

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Maryland's Jalen Smith (25) drives against Rutgers' Mamadou Doucoure (11) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Piscataway, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

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