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• Trump hopes virus leveling-off in hot spots; advisers take tempered view April 6, 2020
  President Donald Trump expressed hope on Sunday that the United States was seeing a “leveling-off” of the coronavirus crisis in some of the nation's hot spots, but some of his top medical advisers took a more tempered view.
• U.S. faces 'really bad' week as coronavirus deaths spike April 6, 2020
  The United States is entering what a senior official warned on Sunday would be the "hardest" week of the coronavirus crisis as the death toll mounted, but some saw glimmers of hope from a slight slowing of fatalities in hard-hit New York.
• Outgoing U.S. intel watchdog fired by Trump says he acted appropriately April 6, 2020
  Michael Atkinson, the outgoing top watchdog of the U.S. Intelligence Community, on Sunday said he was fired by President Donald Trump for acting impartially in his handling of the whistleblower complaint that triggered an impeachment probe of the president last year.
• 'He's a total disgrace': Trump defends firing U.S. intel watchdog April 6, 2020
  President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision to fire the top watchdog of the U.S. Intelligence Community, saying Michael Atkinson did "a terrible job" in handling the whistleblower complaint that triggered an impeachment probe of Trump last year.
• Tiger at New York's Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus April 5, 2020
  A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the first known case of a human infecting an animal and making it sick, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Sunday.