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By Justin Sink

April 10, 2020 at 2:03 PM UTC

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April 10, 2020 at 9:34 PM UTC

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President Donald Trump says he’ll hear from business leaders, health professionals and governors before making what he called the toughest decision of his presidency -- when to urge Americans to relax the economically punishing social distancing that’s curbed the spread of the coronavirus.