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- — Matt Leclercq

❚ The unpreceden­ted $1.4 trillion stimulus package proposal is not coming without a political fight. Even with a growing number of their colleagues in quarantine over the coronaviru­s outbreak, lawmakers grappled Sunday over details of the deal aimed at pumping life into the crippled economy. Stock futures tumbled after the weekend of bad news.

❚ U.S. cases topped 31,000 with nearly 400 deaths as of Sunday evening. The worldwide toll stood at 328,000 infections and 13,700 deaths.

❚ President Donald Trump activated the National Guard in New York, which leads the nation in coronaviru­s cases, as well as California and Washington state. The federal government will cover those costs and deliver a total of 4,000 hospital beds and medical supplies to the three states, Trump said.

❚ At least nine states are telling people to stay home, with Ohio and Louisiana joining the list Sunday. Cities rolling out similar measures include Philadelph­ia, St. Louis and New Orleans.

❚ Still, moments of collective hope continue to emerge. Chicagoans belted out Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer" from their balconies, while Sunday worshipper­s connected in novel, socially distant ways. In Palm Beach County, Florida, a church held a drive-in service where friends waved and talked from their cars. “I encourage you to be lightbeare­rs,” Pastor Susan Gray told her flock in the parking lot. “To not hoard toilet paper, but to share it with your neighbors.”

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