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President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump defends extending virus guidelines as spread continues

By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this March 28, 2020, photo provided by the New York City Mayoral Photography Office, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio helps load a carton containing some of 250,000 face masks into a truck on a loading dock at U.N. headquarters. The U.N. donated the masks for New York City's fight against the coronavirus. (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office via AP)

Bill de Blasio, NYC mayor: ‘Sunday is D-Day — we need help by Sunday’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departs Naval Station Norfolk, Va., March 28, 2020. Comfort is deploying 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. This allows shore-based hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. (Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Sheppard/U.S. Navy via AP)

‘Staggering’: New York virus death toll rises above 1,200

By TOM HAYS and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, gestures during a brief news conference as he stands beside a Rear Adm. John B. Mustin as the USNS Comfort, a naval hospital ship with a 1,000 bed-capacity, pulls into Pier 90 Monday, March 30, 2020, in New York. The ship will be used to treat New Yorkers who don't have coronavirus as land-based hospitals fill up with and treat those who do. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York death toll from coronavirus tops 1,200

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Cars make their way to New Jersey as they enter the Holland Tunnel from Canal St., Sunday, March 29, 2020, in New York. On Saturday, after saying he was weighing the idea of a mandatory quarantine for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, President Donald Trump tweeted that instead he'd issue advisory urging people in those states to avoid any nonessential travel for two weeks. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Florida, Texas seek to keep New York residents from spreading coronavirus

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Donald Trump extends coronavirus guidelines through April 30

By Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

‘I Love Rock and Roll’ co-writer dies of virus complications

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Fox News host Sean Hannity interviews then-New York Mayor Bill de Blasio during a taping of his show, "Hannity," Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) ** FILE **

Sean Hannity: Gov. Cuomo ‘whining’ for help from feds as New York becomes coronavirus epicenter

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Nurses stand on a grassy hill outside the emergency entrance to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx borough of New York, Saturday, March 28, 2020, as they demonstrate with members of the New York Nursing Association in support of obtaining an adequate supply of personal protective equipment for those treating coronavirus patients. A member of the New York nursing community died earlier in the week at another New York hospital. The city leads the nation in the number of coronavirus cases. Nurses say they are having to reuse their protective equipment endangering patients and themselves. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

NY delays presidential primary; Trump nixes quarantine idea

By JENNIFER PELTZ and CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press

In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort is anchored off the coast of Haiti to support Operation Unified Response. On Wednesday, March, 18, 2020, President Donald Trump announced he will dispatch the Comfort to the New York City Harbor to provide New York City hospitals with relieve in taking on the COVID-19 virus. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Chelsea Kennedy/Released)

Trump: No quarantine, but travel advisory for NY, CT and NJ

By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

President Donald Trump stops while walking to Marine One to depart the White House, Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Washington. Trump is en route to Norfolk, Va., for the sailing of the USNS Comfort, which is headed to New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump considering quarantine of New York, other areas

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sri Lankan police commandos prepare to spray disinfectants in a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, March 27, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

The Latest: Michigan executive order restores water service

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this file photo, two men exercise in Piers Park in Boston, Friday, March, 20, 2020. The gym they usually use is closed due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) **FILE**

Gym sued for continuing to charge membership dues while closed due to COVID-19

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Surgeon General Jerome Adams speaks during press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House, Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Surgeon General Jerome Adams: ‘Hot spots’ like Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans will have ‘worse week’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a press conference at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. The Trump administration will announce Thursday, March 26, 2020, indictments against Maduro and members of his inner circle for effectively converting Venezuela's state into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups, according to multiple people familiar with the situation. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

A defiant Maduro threatens ‘cowboy’ Trump after drug charge

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and SCOTT SMITH - Associated Press

A patron picks up a sandwich from a drive-thru window at a shop where the indoor dining area is closed in efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Evans City, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Restaurants, trying to stay afloat, revamp menus, operations

By DAN SEWELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2020, file photo, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks in Sydney, at a state memorial service for the victims of recent wildfires. The Australian government on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, announced a $2.4 billion (US $1.6 billion) package to help tackle the virus outbreak that has infected nearly 120,000 people worldwide, rocked financial markets and disrupted travel.(Peter Parks/Pool Photo via AP, File)

The Latest: UN says 86 staffers around world reported cases

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A medical worker directs a patient to enter a COVID-19 testing site at Elmhurst Hospital Center, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo sounded his most dire warning yet about the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, saying the infection rate in New York is accelerating and the state could be as close as two weeks away from a crisis that sees 40,000 people in intensive care. Such a surge would overwhelm hospitals, which now have just 3,000 intensive care unit beds statewide. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

On NYC’s front lines, health workers worry they will be next

By BERNARD CONDON and JIM MUSTIAN and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

In this March 24, 2020, photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference against a backdrop of medical supplies at the Jacob Javits Center that will house a temporary hospital in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

Andrew Cuomo: Coronavirus-related deaths hit 385 in New York

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times