WHAT'S BREWING
WHY GOVERNORS WANT TRUMP TO TAKE CHARGE OF SUPPLIES The federal government could intervene to provide hospitals with the equipment they need to treat COVID-19 patients, using its authority under the Defense Production Act. But the decision to use that authority would have to come from Trump, and so far he has mostly resisted, saying the private sector is doing enough on its own. [HuffPost]
EVERY EMPLOYER CONSIDERS ITSELF 'ESSENTIAL' California Closets is a national company that builds and installs high-end, custom closet systems. Its product might not seem essential to the public right now, but you can still have a system designed and put in during the coronavirus pandemic ― even in states that have ordered residents not to leave their homes. That’s because the company views itself as part of the critical infrastructure exempted from shelter-in-place rules. [HuffPost]
EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS TAKE 'UNPRECEDENTED STEPS' Governments around the world have taken dramatic steps to try to protect incomes and stave off job losses for millions of people. These actions come as the International Monetary Fund warned that the global economic outlook could be worse than in 2008. “We will face recession at least as bad as during the global financial crisis or worse, but we expect recovery in 2021,” said Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF’s managing director. [HuffPost]
DOCTORS HOARD UNPROVEN VIRUS MEDICINE A nationwide shortage of two drugs touted as possible treatments for the coronavirus is being driven in part by doctors inappropriately prescribing the medicines for family, friends and themselves, according to pharmacists and state regulators. “It’s disgraceful, is what it is,” said Garth Reynolds, executive director of the Illinois Pharmacists Association. “And completely selfish.” [HuffPost]
DETAINED FAMILIES ARE TERRIFIED OF CORONAVIRUS Cramped U.S. family detention centers featuring subpar medical care and lack of hygiene make the facilities a “powder keg” for the coronavirus’s spread, a group of immigration lawyers say in a new lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security demanding that immigrants be released. Detention centers are not testing people for the virus or taking preventive measures, according to the lawsuit. [HuffPost]
ADMINISTRATION PUSHES AHEAD WITH WELFARE CUTS Congress is working on an unprecedented plan to send more than $1,000 to practically everyone in America to blunt the economic devastation of the coronavirus pandemic. But the prospect of massive economic disruption won’t stop the Trump administration’s long-planned cuts to social programs such as nutrition assistance ― cuts that have been a core part of the president’s domestic policy agenda and that would make life harder for the poorest Americans. [HuffPost] | 
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