Trump invokes act to marshal private sector against virus

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is poised to invoke the Defense Production Act, which allows the government to marshal the private sector, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. / AP FILE PHOTO/EVAN VUCCI
WASHINGTON (AP) – Managing dual health and economic crises, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will invoke a federal provision that allows the government to marshal the private sector in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Trump, now describing himself as a “wartime president,” said he would sign the Defense Production Act “in case we…

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