Jordan Candler: Monday News Executive Summary

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Monday News Executive Summary

Relief package signed, CV19 guidelines extended, DPA invoked, and more.

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Above the Fold

Stopgap checks inbound: Trump signs $2 trillion relief package (The Hill)
“The better you do, the faster this whole nightmare will end”: President Trump extends coronavirus guidelines to April 30 (Washington Examiner)

The Latest on Coronavirus

Trump implements Defense Production Act, says “GM was wasting time” (National Review)
Estimates show Wuhan death rate far higher than China’s official reports — perhaps in the tens of thousand (The Federalist)
New coronavirus test can deliver results within five minutes (Washington Examiner)
FDA issues emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine (The Daily Wire)
Meanwhile, Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer bans hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine (RedState)

Government & Politics

Feds rightly add gun companies to “essential” business list (The Washington Free Beacon)
Hillary “Basket of Deplorables” Clinton under fire for joke about U.S. leading in virus cases: Trump “did promise America First” (Fox News)
Predictably, the Kennedy Center tells musicians it will stop paying them hours after $25 million bailout is signed (The Washington Free Beacon)
Law-enforcement officials are investigating lawmakers’ stock transactions prior to market crash (The Daily Wire)

Rest in Peace

A fine example of leadership: Former Sen. Tom Coburn, Tea Party champion and fiscal hawk, dies after years-long cancer battle (Fox News)
Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK aide, dies at 98 (AP)

Closing Arguments

Policy: A constitutional guide to emergency powers (The Heritage Foundation)
Policy: The benefits of a free society during pandemics (Mises Institute)
Humor: Feminists cry sexism as CV19 disproportionately infects men (Genesius Times)

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