Coronavirus updates: Trump expected to declare emergency, many schools close, events canceled
In a roller-coaster day of virus-related events, President Donald Trump was expected to declare a national emergency Friday in bid to speed up the U.S. response to the coronavirus.The move, aimed at both reassuring the public and the financial markets, would enable federal officials to direct billions of dollars in federal disaster money to responders fighting the virus. Trump is scheduled to hold a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT.Word of the announcement comes amid […]
