Trump economic team grasps for credibility with outbreak
(World News Science)

WASHINGTON (AP) - During the financial crisis a decade ago, President Barack Obama could look around the room and turn to an economist who served as Harvard’s president, a former president of the New York Federal Reserve and a renowned academic considered one of the world’s authorities on the Great Depression. As President Donald Trump confronts the public health and economic maelstrom caused by the coronavirus, his economic team has a much different background. His top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, is a former financial analyst who was a commentator on CNBC. His treasury secretary, Steve Mnuchin, is a Goldman Sachs veteran and former Hollywood producer whose credits include...