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Coronavirus: Inside the White House's race for more tests

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Host Dan Diamond and POLITICO Dispatch host Jeremy Siegel look at the Trump administration's efforts to ramp up testing to get the country to re-open...and grade how well Jared Kushner's team has done.

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  • Kushner assembled a crash team to address coronavirus problems, Dan first reported.· 
  • By early April, it was clear that many major initiatives were being driven by Kushner's group.· 
  • The team now says its work, including a 96-hour project, helped reverse the nation's testing problems.
  • Trump touted reopening. Privately, his team sounded alarms.

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    Dan Diamond is host of POLITICO Pulse Check and author of the POLITICO Pulse newsletter.
    Jeremy Siegel  is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.
    Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio. 
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    Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.

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