Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington, as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Vice President Mike Pence listen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
March 28, 2020
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March 28, 2020 9:46 a.m.
Trump boosts virus aid, warns governors to be 'appreciative'
WASHINGTON (AP) — After days of desperate pleas from the nation’s governors, President Donald Trump took a round of steps to expand the federal government’s role in helping produce critically needed supplies to fight the coronavirus pandemic even as he warned the leaders of hard-hit states not to cross him.