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Discussion Thread: White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefing – 03/29/2020 | Live - 5:00pm EDT
The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 13
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Amazon, Instacart Grocery Delivery Workers Strike For Coronavirus Protection And Pay
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Discussion Thread: White House Coronavirus Task Force Briefing – 03/29/2020 | Live - 5:00pm EDT

Posted: 29 Mar 2020 01:39 PM PDT

President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and members of the Coronavirus Task Force brief reporters at the White House on the latest developments and the administration's response.

The address is scheduled to begin at 5:00pm EDT. You can watch live online on

C-Span

You can also listen online via

C-Span or
Download the C-Span Radio App

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The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 13

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 09:31 AM PDT

Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. "I live in X, you know what happened" isn't helpful to users and will be removed.

If someone from your state made a news round-up that you think is insufficient, feel free to comment to that round-up with further news stories. Enjoy discussion, and review our civility guidelines before engaging with others.

Hi there, /r/politics. A reminder that news about presidential election primary candidates is considered off topic for this thread. Thank you, and have a good week!

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After Repeatedly Downplaying Threat, Trump Now Says Keeping US Coronavirus Deaths to 100,000 Would Be a 'Good Job' - "There really are no words for this level of insensitivity and inhumanity. A serial killer would be jealous."

Posted: 30 Mar 2020 03:36 AM PDT