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Ned Lamont has largely refrained from publicly criticizing the White House. That changed on CNN last night, when he responded to President Donald Trump’s assertion that the commander in chief has authority that is “total.” Lamont accused Trump of throwing “verbal grenades.” Read More Ryan Caron King/Connecticut Public Street Portraits: New Haveners Get Creative With Masks To Curb Coronavirus The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now advises all people to wear a cloth face covering in public spaces to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, though in Connecticut, masks are not mandatory. With shortages of medical-grade masks on the front lines of the pandemic, such masks aren’t generally available to the public. Still, that hasn’t stopped people from getting creative with DIY versions. A walk around New Haven bears that out, as you’ll see many residents with a new look, doing their part to fight the coronavirus. Read More Frankie Graziano / Connecticut Public Radio COVID-19 Creating 'Relentless Need' For Victims of Domestic Violence Joe Amon / Connecticut Public/NENC Lamont, Northeast Governors Promise To Cautiously Ease COVID-19 Restrictions Lamont Criticizes Trump As Deaths Related To COVID-19 Tops 600 By Tucker Ives • 1 hour ago Ryan Caron King / Connecticut Public Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Ned Lamont has largely refrained from publicly criticizing the White House. That changed on CNN last night, when he responded to President Donald Trump’s assertion that the commander in chief has authority that is “total.” Lamont accused Trump of throwing “verbal grenades.” Trump Officials Ask To Delay Census Data For Voting Districts, House Seats By Hansi Lo Wang • 5 hours ago Updated April 14 at 12:35 p.m. ET With the coronavirus pandemic disrupting plans for the ongoing 2020 census, the Trump administration is asking Congress to pass a new law that would change major deadlines that determine the distribution of political representation and federal funding for the next decade. 'I Felt Like Rip Van Winkle': One Of The 1st U.S. Doctors With COVID-19 Is Back Home By Martin Kaste • 5 hours ago In mid-March, he was a cautionary tale for medical workers: an unnamed doctor in his 40s" with a case of COVID-19 so bad that he was near death. Almost a month later, 45-year-old emergency physician Ryan Padgett is back in his home in Seattle, rebuilding his strength and marveling at how quickly the novel virus laid him low. "This is very scary," he says. "That it's not only medically fragile patients, but young people can be cut at the knees and taken down by this." Street Portraits: New Haveners Get Creative With Masks To Curb Coronavirus By Ryan Caron King • 6 hours ago Ryan Caron King/Connecticut Public The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now advises all people to wear a cloth face covering in public spaces to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, though in Connecticut, masks are not mandatory. With shortages of medical-grade masks on the front lines of the pandemic, such masks aren’t generally available to the public. Still, that hasn’t stopped people from getting creative with DIY versions. A walk around New Haven bears that out, as you’ll see many residents with a new look, doing their part to fight the coronavirus. COVID-19 Creating 'Relentless Need' For Victims of Domestic Violence By Frankie Graziano • 16 hours ago Frankie Graziano / Connecticut Public Radio A nonprofit that houses victims of domestic violence is faced with a need it characterized as “relentless.” That need comes at a time when the potential for abuse increases with families staying at home to combat the spread of coronavirus . First Incarcerated Person Dies In Connecticut As COVID-19 Spikes Behind Bars By Kelan Lyons // CTMirror.org • 16 hours ago Cloe Poisson / CT Mirror An incarcerated person died from COVID-19 on Monday, the first Connecticut inmate to succumb to the virus as the numbers of positive cases behind bars continued to spike. Trump And Fauci Seek To Present United Front At Coronavirus Briefing By Alana Wise • 20 hours ago Updated at 9:00 p.m. ET President Trump and the leading immunologist on the White House coronavirus task force attempted to present a united front Monday, following speculation of a shake-up within the federal pandemic response effort. Dr. Anthony Fauci — one of the more recognizable faces on the task force — and Trump pushed back on the notion that Fauci was on the outs with the president. COVID-19 Risks Could Speed Transitions To At-Home Dialysis By Cara Rosner // Connecticut Health I-Team • 20 hours ago DaVita Intregrated Care Photo The COVID-19 pandemic will likely result in a “huge paradigm shift” toward in-home dialysis treatments in the future, experts predict. Bernie Sanders Endorses Joe Biden For President By Benjamin Swasey • 22 hours ago Updated at 4:27 p.m. ET Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders officially endorsed his former rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, on Monday. Sanders, who suspended his campaign last week, had long said he'd support whoever won the Democratic nomination, but he did not formally endorse Biden when he announced an end to his own run on Wednesday. Sanders made the announcement as he remotely joined Biden on a livestream video. White House Says Trump 'Is Not Firing Dr. Fauci' By Philip Ewing • 22 hours ago Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top immunologist who has been helping steer President Trump's pandemic policy, doesn't appear in immediate danger of being fired. The White House rejected what it called speculation about that prospect even though President Trump retweeted a tweet on Sunday that included the hashtag #FireFauci. "This media chatter is ridiculous – President Trump is not firing Dr. Fauci," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement on Monday. 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