Defense Production Act could help amid coronavirus, even as President Trump resists: experts

President Donald Trump‘s continued resistance to use his emergency powers to compel companies to produce medical supplies needed in the fight against the novel coronavirus has drawn a bipartisan chorus of criticism. Experts say it could jumpstart domestic production, though global constraints may limit how quickly it could make an impact. Unlike the United States, China has seized...
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One California city is grappling with COVID-19 outbreaks at nine of its industrial facilities, including one food processing plant that reported having at least 153 positive cases, according to health officials. “We have seen disruption across the entire food supply chain, and of course, the meat supply chain is a subset of that,” said Nick Vyas, the executive director...
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Ofelia Jiménez didn’t think her family would need to rely on a food pantry — not again. But after her son’s hours at McDonald’s were cut because of the COVID-19 pandemic, her husband’s $1,500 monthly pension was not enough to keep everyone fed. The family had been coming for years to St. Margaret’s Center, a...
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As millions of Americans face unemployment, food pantries have become an essential means of survival. In the heart of the epidemic, Queens, New York, one food pantry is struggling with the ever-increasing number of people. NBC News NOW went there and talked to people waiting for hours in the rain. Many of the people who...
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Elon Musk’s conflict with California state officials has escalated in recent days, culminating in a threat to pull Tesla’s operations from the state and a looming legal fight over a countywide shutdown order. Over the weekend, the Tesla CEO tweeted that Alameda County’s mandate that Tesla’s Fremont, Calif. factory remain closed was “the final straw,” and said...
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