A trader works on the floor of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange in March. That month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit record lows as the economic toll mounted from the rapid near-shutdown of key industrial and services sectors. BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says 80 million Americans should receive economic impact payments by Wednesday.
President Trump said during Monday’s contentious coronavirus task force briefing that he plans to lift federal guidelines on social distancing soon, falsely claiming that he has “total” authority on the matter.
Meanwhile, as an outbreak of COVID-19 in South Dakota closes a major meat processing facility, Governor Kristi Noem continues to reject the idea of a statewide stay-at-home order.
Many Americans are reporting that they’re having unusually vivid dreams at night. One Bay Area resident started a website for others to share their dreams. Read what others are dreaming about on i dream of covid.
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This episode was produced by Anne Li, Gabriela Saldivia, and Brent Baughman, and edited by Beth Donovan.
Source: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/14/833925082/some-government-aid-checks-will-arrive-this-week
