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Two snowmen, six feet apart for social distancing, stand in the front yard of the Mack home in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Five-year-old twin boys Ricky and Charlie made the snowmen from a small amount of snow that fell overnight on Sunday. (Kendall Warner/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)

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Trump has megaphone, but states control virus shutdowns
March 26, 2020 1:20 p.m.

Trump has megaphone, but states control virus shutdowns

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has the biggest megaphone, but it's governors and local officials who will decide when to begin reopening their economies after shuttering them to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Constitution largely gives states the authority to regulate their own affairs.