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![President Trump speaks at the daily coronavirus briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on March 22, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0324-trump-covid-19-400x300.jpg)
Trump White House Objects to $1 Billion Price Tag for 80,000 Ventilators
Trump is expected to approve a $4.5 trillion bailout fund, but a billion on life-saving ventilators is a bridge too far.
![New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to the media at the Javits Convention Center, which is being turned into a hospital to help fight coronavirus cases, on March 24, 2020, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0326-cuomo-covid-19-400x300.jpg)
State Governments Step In as Trump Makes Lethal Mistakes in COVID-19 Response
If we somehow avoid a catastrophe on a truly epic scale, it will not be because of the Trump administration.
![President Trump and Marjorie Dannenfelser, President of Susan B. Anthony List, talk during the Susan B. Anthony List 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala at the National Building Museum, May 22, 2018, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0326-trump-dannenfelser-400x300.jpg)
Anti-Abortion Groups Are Using the COVID-19 Outbreak to Stop Abortions
The groups suggested strategies the administration could use amid the COVID-19 crisis to cut off access to abortion.
![Donald Trump makes a face while standing at a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0325-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s FDA Grants Drug Company Exclusive Claim on Promising COVID-19 Medication
The claim is a potential windfall for the company that could put the drug out of reach for many Americans.
![President Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House on March 19, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0324-donald-trump-points-400x300.jpg)
If You Hear Someone Say “Chinese Virus,” Don’t Let It Slide
To distract from his own administration’s failures, Trump has turned to some of the U.S.’s oldest nativist tropes.
![Flames from a flaring pit near a well in the Bakken Oil Field.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020-0324-methane-burn-pit-400x300.jpg)
Exxon Now Wants to Write the Regulatory Framework for Methane Emissions
Exxon spent decades misleading the public about its own findings on the impacts of burning fossil fuels.
![President Trump's hands are seen as he speaks to the press after a meeting with nursing industry representatives on the response to COVID-19, at the White House in Washington, D.C., March 18, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0320-donald-trump-covid-19--400x300.jpg)
We Can’t Let COVID-19 Drive Us Into Authoritarianism
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, will we collapse into authoritarianism or learn the lessons of this moment?
![Hospital clinicians get into their protective equipment before testing patients for the coronavirus, COVID-19, at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts, on March 18, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0320-covid-19-facemasks-400x300.jpg)
Without Adequate Protective Gear, Doctors Fear They’re Infecting Patients
The CDC and hospitals have put medical providers and patients at risk as they fail to address national supply shortages.
![A woman's body temperature is measured in Qom, Iran, on March 17, 2020, after the death toll in Iran from the novel coronavirus outbreak rose to 988.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0319-iran-covid-19-400x300.jpg)
Economists Demand Trump Immediately Lift Iran, Cuba, Venezuela Sanctions
Experts warn that economic warfare is feeding the coronavirus pandemic by hampering nations' capacity to respond.
![Immigration defense attorneys are worried about another outbreak like the mumps outbreak in Immigration and Customs Enforcement jails last year.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0319-ice-7-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Deportation Machine Is Still Churning Despite Coronavirus Outbreak
Immigration defense attorneys are worried about another outbreak in ICE jails.