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President Trump, when asked about using the Defense Production Act to spur businesses to create much-needed products to fight the coronavirus, compared it to nationalizations in Venezuela.

The Federal Reserve on Monday announced several policies designed to strengthen markets during the coronavirus crisis. Still, stocks are down, minutes after the opening bell.

The thereminist Armen Ra had a rocky start, fleeing Iran with his family as a child before finding a successful career as a club fixture, model and drag queen. Then came a little white lie.

Journalist Eduardo Porter has written a book that cuts to the root of racism, tracing it from slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation — and bringing it to today — with unblinking honesty and facts.

"We [have] to do the right thing to protect those who are vulnerable," Maron says. His new Netflix stand-up special, End Times Fun, was named before the coronavirus pandemic.

The Tablighi Jamaat, a global missionary group, brought together thousands of Muslim preachers from 80 countries. The Gaza Strip's first cases of coronavirus infection are linked to this gathering.

President Trump has issued contradictory statements about whether he's ordering private companies to ramp up production of medical goods. At the center of all this is the Defense Production Act.

As classes move online, many schools fear students with disabilities could be left behind, in violation of federal laws. The department calls this reading of the law "a serious misunderstanding."

There's a bit of hopeful news for the film industry coming from China.

Three members of Congress have tested positive; more than a dozen are in quarantine. A move to remote voting would break a longtime institutional tradition of voting in person.