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Officials prepare for a news conference at Public Health – Seattle & King County Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Seattle. A man in his 50s with underlying health conditions became the first coronavirus death on U.S. soil. The man had underlying health conditions and no history of travel or contact with a known COVID-19 case, health officials in Washington state said. A spokesperson for EvergreenHealth Medical Center said the person died in the facility in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Coronavirus deaths in U.S. increase fears of long-term impact

The coronavirus is creeping through the U.S., with Washington State reporting the nation's first two deaths and infections at a nursing home as President Trump tightened the borders to project calm amid an outbreak with sweeping human, financial and political stakes.

March 1, 2020
President Donald Trump speak at a campaign rally, Friday Feb. 28, 2020, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trumps to S.C. crowd: Who should I face?

President Trump is so disgusted with actual polls that he conducted one of his own late Friday, asking South Carolina supporters in real-time who he should face in November.

February 28, 2020
President Donald Trump, with Vice President Mike Pence, and other members of the President's Coronavirus Task Force speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump: Coronavirus response working

President Trump told Americans not to panic over the coronavirus Wednesday, saying he's taken the reins, U.S. patients are recovering, and his decision to defy critics and restrict travel from China is working.

February 26, 2020
U.S.President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump on coronavirus: ‘USA in great shape!’

President Trump complained Wednesday that cable networks and Democrats are trying to make the coronavirus situation look "as bad as possible, including panicking markets" after two straight days of Wall Street turmoil amid fears the pathogen cannot be contained.

February 26, 2020
Workers disinfect subway trains against coronavirus in Tehran, Iran, in the early morning of Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Iran's government said Tuesday that more than a dozen people had died nationwide from the new coronavirus, rejecting claims of a much higher death toll of 50 by a lawmaker from the city of Qom that has been at the epicenter of the virus in the country. (Sajjad Safari/IIPA via AP)

CDC: Coronavirus spread in U.S. coming

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the U.S. should prepare for the spread of the coronavirus even as President Trump downplayed the domestic risk Tuesday, sparking suspicion on Capitol Hill and sending Wall Street into a tailspin for a second day.

February 25, 2020