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US President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
April 1, 2020, 2:54 am
White House projects 100,000 to 240,000 US deaths from virus
President Trump warns Americans to brace for a ‘rough two-week period’; officials urge country to step up social distancing and take warnings seriously
By AAMER MADHANI, KEVIN FREKING and Ricardo ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
President Donald Trump gestures as he asks a question to Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room, Monday, March 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
March 24, 2020, 3:01 am
Trump says he intends to reopen US in weeks, not months
President says harm to economy could cause more deaths than virus; health officials warn failure to take stronger measures against COVID-19 will be catastrophic
By Jill Colvin, Josh Boak and Ricardo ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Illustrative: Researchers work in a lab that is developing testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus at Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation on February 28, 2020 in Nutley, New Jersey. (Keta Betancur/Getty Images North America/AFP)
February 29, 2020, 5:00 am
US states to get test kits as White House amps up virus effort
Global coronavirus outbreak becoming test of Trump’s credibility and his administration’s competence, as health officials scramble and total number of US cases rises to 63
By Ricardo ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
A boy from Honduras is shown being taken into custody by US Border Patrol agents near the US-Mexico Border near Mission, Texas, June 12, 2018. (John Moore/Getty Images)
January 19, 2019, 1:15 pm
Thousands more migrant children may have been separated at US border
Watchdog says Trump administration implemented controversial policy long before it became public, but federal government has lost track of the total number
By Colleen Long and Ricardo ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
This photo taken on July 27, 2017, shows a man walking by an healthcare insurance office in Hialeah, Florida. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
December 15, 2018, 7:50 am
US federal judge strikes down Obamacare as unconstitutional
But with appeals certain, White House says legislation to remain in place for now; Trump calls for a new ‘STRONG law that provides GREAT healthcare’
By Ricardo ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
A woman, left, is taken into custody on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. (AP/Susan Walsh)
March 29, 2017, 8:51 pm
Driver plows into cop car near Capitol Hill, sparking scare
Shots fired during arrest of ‘erratic woman,’ but police say incident criminal in nature with ‘no nexus to terrorism’
By Ricardo ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
In this Feb. 17, 2017 file photo, the Capitol is seen at sunup in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 7, 2017, 3:06 am
Republicans unveil plan to repeal, replace Obamacare
Long-awaited legislation unravels key aspects of ex-president’s health care law, overhauls the federal-state Medicaid program
By Alan Fram and Ricardo ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
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