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Medicaid Panel Recommends $2.5B In Health Care Spending Reductions

A state panel tasked with reducing the state’s Medicaid budget voted on a plan to cut $2.5 billion out of the state’s health care system.

Flanked by members of the coronavirus task force, President Trump speaks during a briefing on the latest development of the coronavirus outbreak in the James Brady Briefing Room at the White House on Friday.

White House Update: Coronavirus Supply Effort And New Border Restrictions

The coronavirus task force insisted progress is being made as concerns over shortages mount, and officials emphasized current social distancing guidelines. Here are the briefing highlights.

Bar owner, Vinnie Azzarelli, stands next to his 16 ft by 8 ft canvas outside VOLO Bar & Lounge on Market Street in Corning, NY. Untitled by Artist Reign Black. (Natalie Abruzzo/WSKG)

Corning Bar Offers Art Escape Amid COVID-19

“This more than anything else in our lifetimes, I'd say, is going to bring us all together because we're all in the same boat."

A traveler finds no line to stand in at a security checkpoint at Denver International Airport on Friday.

United Airlines Threatens To Cut Jobs If Coronavirus Aid Package Isn't Passed

Individuals and businesses are slashing air travel. For example, about 624,000 people passed through airport security checkpoints Thursday, compared to 2.4 million people on the same day last year.

People lean out of their homes' balconies to play and sing during a flash mob in Milan, Italy, Friday, March 13, 2020. Italians have not been able to leave their homes since March 9, when the government locked the country down to combat the spread of coronavirus. (Claudio Furlan/AP)

Inspired By Italy, Dallas Residents Sing Together From Their Apartment Windows

In an act of solidarity amid social distancing and the coronavirus pandemic, residents of a Dallas apartment complex leaned out of their windows to sing "Lean on Me."

A screen displaying messages concerning COVID-19 is seen in a sparsely populated Times Square in New York City on Friday. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered all nonessential businesses to close by Sunday.

New York Becomes U.S. Virus Epicenter

The global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 12,000 Saturday as New York City reported thousands of new cases over the past week. Cases in that city now make up about a third of all cases in the U.S.

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)

Cortland County Confirms First COVID-19 Cases

Governor Cuomo believes there will soon be confirmed cases in every New York county.

A Prestige Ameritech employee inspects disposable surgical masks May 3, 2009, at the company's Texas factory. The company is one of the last domestic manufacturers of medical face masks.

Cuomo Calls On President To Mobilize American Industry; Considers Mail-In Ballots

“The federal government should order factories to manufacture masks, gowns, ventilators. The essential medical equipment that’s going to make a difference between life and death.”

A sign on the Bradley Beach, N.J., oceanfront urges people to practice social distancing even in the outdoors during the coronavirus outbreak. On Saturday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order directing all residents to stay at home.

Ohio, Louisiana, Delaware Order Residents To Stay Home As Cases Of COVID-19 Rise

Announcements in three more states on Sunday brought the number of Americans who are currently under — or soon to be under — orders to stay home to more than 101 million.

President Trump says he views the battle against the coronavirus through the lens of a wartime president.

Trump Tries On The Mantle Of 'Wartime President'

Consider the experiences of "wartime presidents" since FDR, including Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and both Presidents Bush, before deciding you want to be a wartime president.

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