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Trump Administration Uses Wartime Powers for First Dibs on Supplies, Ahead of States

CUTTING IN LINE

As states scour the world for protective medical equipment, the feds repeatedly invoked a little-known clause in the Defense Production Act to step to the front of the line.

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