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April 14, 2020

President Trump set to preside over record government spending

President Trump, with the support of Congress, is poised to preside over an unprecedented explosion of government spending that already is set to shatter deficit records and could grow further if plans for more coronavirus relief bills -- nearing a potential total price tag of $5 trillion -- become reality.

Still, the Trump administration is putting billions of dollars toward startups and entrepreneurs fighting the novel coronavirus, the White House announced Tuesday.

A coronavirus strain isolated in India carried a mutation that could render current international vaccine efforts useless, researchers in Australia and Taiwan warned.

New York and California lawmakers are looking to ban all "wet markets" in their states. Wet markets in Wuhan, China have been linked to the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.

Thousands of non-violent inmates have been released from jails in Los Angeles County to prevent the spread of coronavirus, but the county sheriff said Monday he's now concerned about a potential future spike in crime.

Amazon has fired two more employees who criticized the alleged lax working conditions at its various warehouses and fulfillment centers around the country in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 30 members of The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), the nation’s largest food and retail union, the organization announced. As a result, the UFCW has launched a new campaign urging Americans to shop smarter to better protect these essential workers.

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And there were several other developments:

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and President Trump clashed in heated terms Tuesday over who is ultimately responsible for reopening the economy: the states or the federal government.

The FDA has approved the first saliva-based coronavirus test that will be faster, safer for health care workers.

A newly published study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that women who have given birth in New York City recently have contracted COVID-19, but were not showing symptoms.

The Treasury Department announced Monday that they expect most Americans who are eligible for stimulus checks under the CARES Act to receive payment by the end of April. Several categories of people, however, will not be getting payments under the coronavirus relief package.

As New York City scrambles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, remarkable photos captured Monday by Fox News photo editor Gary Hershorn show a rainbow stretching across Manhattan.

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