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President Donald Trump Announces Declaration of National Emergency
President Trump declared a national emergency to address the coronavirus, he announced during a Rose Garden press conference on Friday afternoon. The announcement comes just before markets close for the week, and as his administration attempts to take more aggressive steps to address the escalating coronavirus crisis. «To unleash the full power of the federal government in this effort today, I am officially declaring a national emergency,» the president announced as he stood alongside top administration officials and company CEOs he met with earlier.