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Economics, politics and science correspondents round up new developments in the federal response to the coronavirus crisis, including President Trump's comments during an afternoon press conference.

The coronavirus pandemic has quelled large gatherings. But celebrity DJ D-Nice threw a massive virtual party over the weekend that had everyone from the Obamas to Mark Zuckerberg making an appearance.

General Motors has already started working with a ventilator company, Ventec, to help it expand production of the essential medical equipment. Now it might start building the devices itself.

Nonprofit groups say the nation's charitable sector has been especially hard-hit amid the coronavirus pandemic. Several national groups are calling on Congress for $60 billion in emergency funding.

We talk with former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on how to stay connected.

Airlines say they will likely have to lay off thousands of workers if Congress can't pass a coronavirus economic relief package soon. Amtrak, bus lines and subways are suffering, too.

How severe is the shortage of protective gear facing health care workers, and what is being done to address it? There are continued reports of a lack of basic equipment — most notably masks.

Parents and caretakers of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities such as autism face unique hurtles in communicating about the coronavirus pandemic.

The economic case for giving away hundreds of billions of dollars.

The Supreme Court declared that states can bar criminal defendants from using the so-called insanity defense. It also refused to revive a filmmaker's video piracy lawsuit against North Carolina.