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Washington Post:
Ten minutes at the teleprompter: Inside Trump's failed attempt to calm coronavirus fears — In the most scripted of presidential settings, a prime-time televised address to the nation, President Trump decided to ad-lib — and his errors triggered a market meltdown, panicked travelers overseas …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump's Coronavirus Speech Sparks ‘Total Chaos’ in His Own Administration — U.S. officials overseas didn't even know if they were allowed home and got little clarity from the president's team after his new policy was unveiled. — President Donald Trump's Oval Office address Wednesday evening …
New York Times:
The President as Bystander: Trump Struggles to Unify a Nation on Edge — School superintendents, sports commissioners, college presidents, governors and business owners have taken it upon themselves to shut down much of American life without clear guidance from the president.
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Trump's Coronavirus Speech Was a Cry for Help — An unnerving revelation struck me as I watched the president* deliver his address to the nation on Wednesday night concerning this country's response to the coronavirus pandemic. At this point in his woebegone administration* …
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Julia Ioffe / GQ:
Trump Voters Wanted to Blow up the System. Well, Here We Go. — Julia Ioffe on how hollowing out the government has endangered America. — None of this is surprising, just as there was nothing even remotely unexpected about President Trump's Oval Office address on Wednesday night.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
A President Unequal to the Moment — Crises clarify. The bigger the crisis, the more the clarity, which is why the incompetence, dishonesty, and sheer callousness of the Trump Presidency have been clearer in recent days than ever before. As the coronavirus, as of Wednesday an official pandemic …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Coronavirus is the Trump catastrophe we've been terrified of — President Donald Trump speaking from the White House in Washington, DC, February 7, 2017. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images — It's Hurricane Maria all over again, but the storm is coming for us all.
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Bloomberg:
Inside the Oval Office, a Fierce Fight Over Trump's Virus Speech
Inside the Oval Office, a Fierce Fight Over Trump's Virus Speech
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
‘Biden became president today’: Even Republicans are now deserting Trump over his coronavirus response
Nancy Cook / Politico:
'I don't want to use the b-word': Trump aides race to rescue the economy
'I don't want to use the b-word': Trump aides race to rescue the economy
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Pence says there's been ‘irresponsible rhetoric’ from people downplaying coronavirus
Pence says there's been ‘irresponsible rhetoric’ from people downplaying coronavirus
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
America Is Broken — What we are seeing right now is the collapse …
America Is Broken — What we are seeing right now is the collapse …
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The Intercept, No More Mister Nice Blog and Mediaite
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Amid virus fears, Trump moves away from rallies — for now
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Who could have predicted Trump would be such a bad crisis manager? Everyone, actually.
Who could have predicted Trump would be such a bad crisis manager? Everyone, actually.
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Vox, USA Today and New York Times
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Anger grows at Trump administration's coronavirus testing failures — Donald Trump claimed ‘We have tested heavily’ but in fact just eight tests were carried out on Tuesday, as even allies speak out — Play Video — Anger is mounting in the US over the Trump administration's failure …
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Farah Stockman / New York Times:
Sick People Across the U.S. Say They Are Being Denied the Coronavirus Test — In a U.S. health care system that is already difficult to navigate, some patients describe Kafkaesque quests for tests. — BOSTON — First came the tickle in the throat. Then, a hacking cough.
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Tom Hanks Got Sick in Australia, Where Coronavirus Testing Isn't Such a Hassle — In the United States, little if anything about the testing has been efficient or convenient. In Australia, it is free and widely available. — SYDNEY, Australia — Tom Hanks had a cold, or so he thought: slight fever, body aches, chills, the usual.
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Washington Post:
Lag in coronavirus testing triggers political uproar as Trump insists process is ‘very smooth’
Lag in coronavirus testing triggers political uproar as Trump insists process is ‘very smooth’
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Washington Post:
After Trump promised ‘anybody’ can get coronavirus testing, patients and doctors still complain of roadblocks
After Trump promised ‘anybody’ can get coronavirus testing, patients and doctors still complain of roadblocks
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Bangor Daily News, ProPublica, Reuters, The Daily Dot and SELF
Aaron E. Carroll / New York Times:
Here's the Biggest Thing to Worry About With Coronavirus
Here's the Biggest Thing to Worry About With Coronavirus
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The Boston Globe:
CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES — Symptoms Travel warnings Ask a question Live updates More coverage — Despite assurances from Governor Charlie Baker and top state health officials, Massachusetts doctors say a severe shortage of tests for Covid-19 is hindering efforts to control the local coronavirus outbreak.
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Jason Beaubien / NPR:
Singapore Wins Praise For Its COVID-19 Strategy. The U.S. Does Not
Terry Gross / NPR:
White House Knew Coronavirus Would Be A ‘Major Threat’ — But Response Fell Short — Politico reporter Dan Diamond says infighting at the Department of Health and Human Services and the need to flatter Trump impeded the response to the coronavirus. — TERRY GROSS, HOST: — This is FRESH AIR.
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CNN:
US conducts airstrikes against multiple Iranian-backed militia sites in Iraq — (CNN)The US carried out airstrikes on Thursday against multiple Iranian-backed militia sites in Iraq, according to the US Defense Department. — The strikes come one day after the US assessed an Iranian-backed group …
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
CDC tested only 77 people this week; coronavirus testing slow around the nation — WASHINGTON — Despite insistent promises from the Trump administration, coronavirus testing in the United States appears to be proceeding with a marked lack of urgency. An examination of state and federal records …
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Raw Story, The Daily Caller, The Daily Signal, The Week and Protect Our Care
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Why Have So Few Americans Been Tested for Coronavirus?
Why Have So Few Americans Been Tested for Coronavirus?
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Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: White House Officials Allege Speaker Pelosi Pushed To Include Hyde Amendment Loophole Into Coronavirus Stimulus Plan — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought to include a potential way to guarantee federal funding for abortion into the coronavirus economic stimulus plan, according to multiple senior White House officials.
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
MSNBC's Joy Reid hits Dems for including abortion in emergency spending bill: ‘What does that have to do with COVID-19?’
MSNBC's Joy Reid hits Dems for including abortion in emergency spending bill: ‘What does that have to do with COVID-19?’
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Redstate and LifeNews.com
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
GOP Lawmaker Who Voted Against Paid Sick Leave in Florida Takes Paid Leave From Congress — Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., decided to self-quarantine this week after coming in contact with an individual who tested positive for a novel coronavirus, which causes the disease Covid-19 …
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Washington Post:
Coronavirus burial pits so vast they're visible from space … Two days after Iran declared its first cases of the novel coronavirus — in what would become one of the largest outbreaks of the illness outside of China — evidence of unusual activity appeared at a cemetery near where the infections emerged.
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The National Interest, The Daily Beast, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Redstate and Instapundit
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Chelsea Manning ordered released from jail — Chelsea Manning will be released from jail after a federal judge determined that her testimony was no longer necessary against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. — The grand jury investigating the anti-secrecy group is no longer active …
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Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Italy's Health Care System Groans Under Coronavirus — a Warning to the World — In less than three weeks, the virus has overloaded hospitals in northern Italy, offering a glimpse of what countries face if they cannot slow the contagion. — ROME — The mayor of one town complained …
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Ohio health official estimates 100,000 people in state have coronavirus — A top health official in Ohio estimated on Thursday that more than 100,000 people in the state currently have coronavirus, a shockingly high number that underscores the limited testing so far.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump and Pence Won't Be Tested After Meeting With Infected Brazilian Official — “Both the president and vice president had almost no interactions with the individual who tested positive,” the White House press secretary said. — WASHINGTON — President Trump will not be tested …
Joe Biden for President:
THE BIDEN PLAN TO COMBAT CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND PREPARE FOR FUTURE GLOBAL HEALTH THREATS — For more information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the coronavirus, please visit here. — The American people deserve an urgent, robust, and professional response …
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Washington Post:
'I'm a hand-shaker': Many older Americans are playing down the coronavirus threat while others opt for safety — As experts plead for social distancing, some seniors continue to get together for movies, Zumba and concerts — At her home in The Villages, a sprawling central Florida retirement community …
Anshel Pfeffer / Haaretz:
Jewish and Panicked by Coronavirus? Come With Your Guilty Conscience to Israel — Use your right to citizenship to call out Netanyahu's crass attempts to downgrade Arab citizens' rights — Are you worried about contracting the coronavirus and not having the necessary health insurance or sufficient funds to deal with the pandemic?
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
How Fox News misled viewers about the coronavirus — New York (CNN Business)As the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country over the last several weeks, television viewers — especially those supportive of President Donald Trump — had one place they could go to for some sense of solace: Fox News.
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Fed to Inject $1.5 Trillion in Bid to Prevent ‘Unusual Disruptions’ in Markets — Move designed to prevent ominous trading conditions stemming from the coronavirus outbreak — The Federal Reserve said it would inject more than $1.5 trillion of temporary liquidity into Wall Street on Thursday …
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Presidential scholar demands Trump's resignation: ‘No normal person’ would react to coronavirus like this — A presidential scholar is demanding that President Donald Trump step down after he has proven himself completely unable to handle the coronavirus crisis that's now gripping the United States.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Disneyland Closing in Response to Coronavirus — The 65-year-old theme park in Anaheim, Calif., has suspended operations on only three prior occasions. — LOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Company said on Thursday that it would close the Disneyland resort in Anaheim for the first time since …
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