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Total U.S. coronavirus deaths reported this morning: 317,684.
Finally, a deal.
Congressional leaders on Sunday struck an agreement on a mammoth package to provide coronavirus relief funding and fund the government until October, marking the months-long culmination of up-and-down negotiations that plagued lawmakers to the end.