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President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 14, 2020.Leah Millis | ReutersPresident Donald Trump is set to unveil broad new federal guidelines Thursday that lay out conditions for parts of the U.S. to start relaxing some of the strict social distancing…

April 16, 2020 | 1:58pm | Updated April 16, 2020 | 3:30pm New evidence has emerged that the coronavirus ravaging the globe may have escaped from a poorly equipped lab in Wuhan, China, where researchers were conducting risky viral disease experiments in the years leading up to the pandemic. In March 2018, the US dispatched…

April 16, 2020 | 3:02pm Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that he likely will not be able to reach President Trump’s base, saying that some of the most committed of his supporters “support the notion” of creating division. Asked at a virtual fundraiser Wednesday evening if he was hopeful he could reach the commander…

President Donald Trump. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo President Donald Trump is expected Thursday to discuss a phased reopening of the economy tied to the availability of coronavirus testing and largely deferring to state leaders, according to people familiar with the matter. The guidelines, which Trump said in a tweet he'd reveal in an evening news…

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy insisted Democrats should replenish a popular small business relief program now – with no extra funding for hospitals and local governments attached – while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Republicans of turning their backs on the pressing needs of their states in back-to-back news conferences Thursday.Their differences illustrated there will be no…