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• Russian Oil Firm Pulls Out of Venezuela Amid US Squeeze
  
  Russia's Rosneft has transferred its assets in Venezuela to a company fully owned by Vladimir Putin's government, a move apparently intended to shield Russia's largest oil producer from U.S. sanctions while Moscow continues showing support for Venezuelan President Nicolas...
• Desperate Times: NYC Hospitals Putting 2 Patients on 1 Ventilator
  
  To try to keep COVID-19 patients alive, New York City hospitals are now putting multiple patients on a single ventilator.
• Sheriff Sued Over Halting Pistol Permits
  
  Gun rights activists filed a lawsuit against a North Carolina sheriff who temporarily halted handgun permits amid a surge of interest during the coronavirus outbreak.The lawsuit against Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker was filed Friday in federal court by Grass Roots North...
• Trump Challenges Congress' Oversight of Stimulus Funds
  
  President Donald Trump declared "I'll be the oversight" as lawmakers were in the final days of drafting what became a $2.2 trillion rescue plan for American businesses.
• Rhode Island Police to Hunt Down New Yorkers
  
  Rhode Island police began stopping cars with New York plates Friday. On Saturday, the National Guard will help them conduct house-to-house searches to find people who traveled from New York and demand 14 days of self-quarantine.
• Ex-Rep. Tom Coburn Dies at 72
  
  Former Rep. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., has died at age 72, according to Fox News.
• Trump Praises New York City's De Blasio for Virus Fight
  
  President Trump has apparently had a major change of heart on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio based on their work together confronting the coronavirus.The president said Friday he's "really gotten to like" the Big Apple's mayor, adding they bonded while responding to the...
• Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and MLK Aide, Dies at 98
  
  The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery fought to end segregation, lived to see the election of the country's first black president and echoed the call for "justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream" in America.For more than four decades after the death of...
• Read the CARES Act in Its Entirety
  
  The full text of the $2.2T stimulus.
• David McIntosh to Newsmax TV: Virus Rescue Payments Won't Boost Economy
  
  The direct payments to families as part of the coronavirus rescue package signed into law Friday fall short of actually helping the economy, Club for Growth president David McIntosh told Newsmax TV.
• Biden Agrees With Gates, US Should Implement Lockdown
  
  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday said he agrees with Bill Gates' assessment the U.S. should implement a national lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus, at least "for the time being."
• How to Ensure You Get Your Stimulus Check Fast!
  
  Hold tight! Those stimulus checks President Donald Trump has been promising are on the way.
• Rep. Jodey Arrington to Newsmax TV: Massie Tone Deaf
  
  Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., calling for roll-call vote for the $2.2 trillion stimulus bill and checking on a House quorum Friday was "hypersensitive over process," according to Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, to Newsmax TV."...
• Fox Business Parts Ways With Trish Regan
  
  Fox Business has officially cut ties with conservative news host Trish Regan on Friday, according to reports...
• Recession? Probably. Depression? Only If Virus Stays Untamed
  
  The unpredictable and unprecedented path of the coronavirus has drawn parallels with the Depression, in particular with predictions that the rise in unemployment and the percentage drop in economic output could rival those seen in the 1930s.
• Carnival Seeks Up to $7 Billion Amid Global Travel Halt
  
  Carnival Corp. is in talks to raise as much as $7 billion as the cruise ship operator seeks to shore up its finances amid a halt on global travel, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
• COVID-19 Pandemic May Lead to More Opioid Deaths
  
  The coronavirus pandemic that's taken over the United States will likely lead to more drug overdoses, a new report concludes...
• Ohio Sets All-Mail Primary for April 28; In-Person Vote Mostly Off
  
  Ohio has set a new, almost exclusively mail-in primary election for April 28 due to the coronavirus, ignoring the timing recommendations of the state elections chief and some voting-rights groups. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed a sweeping relief bill containing the...
• Trump Signs $2.2T Stimulus after Swift Congressional Votes
  
  President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress this week to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during...
• Pope Prays for 'Fragile' Humanity Needing Help in Pandemic
  
  Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient and instead leaves "all of us fragile and disoriented" and needing each other's help and...
• Dow Drops 900 as US Virus Cases Top 100,000
  
  Wall Street stocks tumbled on Friday, ending a massive three-day surge after doubts about the fate of the U.S. economy resurfaced and the number of coronavirus cases in the country climbed.
• Oil Drillers in US Cut Most Rigs in a Week Since 2015
  
  U.S. energy firms cut the most oil rigs in a week since April 2015, removing rigs for a second week in a row as a coronavirus-related slump in economic activity and fuel demand has forced massive retrenchment in investment by oil and gas companies.
• Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates Join to Search for Coronavirus Drug
  
  Billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates have joined forces to work on finding a treatment for the coronavirus as the United States becomes the center of the outbreak.
• 1 Killed, 9 Hurt in Suspicious New York Subway Fire
  
  A New York City subway driver was killed and several other people were injured early Friday in a fire on a train that is being investigated as a crime, officials said.
• House Approves $2.2T Rescue Package
  
  The House of Representatives approved a $2.2 trillion aid package Friday, the largest in American history, to help individuals and companies cope with an economic downturn caused by the coronavirus outbreak and provide hospitals with urgently needed medical supplies.

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