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9:15 AM ET, March 12, 2020

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Ryan Heath / Politico:
Trump's travel ban sidesteps his own European resorts  —  President Donald Trump's new European travel restrictions have a convenient side effect: They exempt nations where three Trump-owned golf resorts are located.  —  Trump is already under fire for visiting his properties in both countries as president …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Worst Outcome  —  At every turn, President Trump's policy regarding coronavirus has unfolded as if guided by one rule: How can I make this crisis worse?  —  Presidents are not all-powerful, especially not in the case of pandemic disease.  There are limits to what they can do …
Department of Homeland Security:
Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf's Statement on Presidential Proclamation To Protect the Homeland from Travel-Related Coronavirus Spread  —  (WASHINGTON) Today President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Proclamation, which suspends the entry of most foreign nationals …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Speech Shows He Has No Idea What to Do About the Coronavirus  —  Guiding the United States through a pandemic would be a difficult task for any president under any circumstance.  The challenge has grown more forbidding by barriers decades in the making — the skeletal social safety net …
Washington Post:
Besieged Trump announces Europe travel ban in effort to stem coronavirus pandemic  —  A besieged President Trump, who was slow to treat the coronavirus as a serious threat as it has spread across the United States, announced a drastic emergency measure Wednesday night designed to save American lives from the pandemic.
Laura McGann / Vox:   Trump's coronavirus speech was laced with xenophobia
CBS News:
President Trump announces landmark restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus
Discussion: CBS San Francisco
travel.state.gov:
Global Level 3 Health Advisory - Reconsider Travel  —  Level 3: Reconsider Travel  —  The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to reconsider travel abroad due to the global impact of COVID-19.  Many areas throughout the world are now experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks and taking action …
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump's Europe Travel Ban Is Met With Confusion and Anger  —  E.U. leaders condemned the ban.  The actor Tom Hanks and his wife tested positive for the virus.  Italy is under lockdown and the N.B.A. suspended its season.  —  RIGHT NOW China said it had passed the peak of its outbreak.
Washington Post:   Europe blindsided by Trump's travel restrictions, with many seeing political motive
New York Times:   Europe's Stock Markets Are Slammed by Trump Travel Ban: Live Updates
Associated Press:   World walls off as leaders warn viral pandemic will worsen
New York Times:   Merkel Gives Germans a Hard Truth About the Coronavirus
Mark Landler / New York Times:   A Fumbled Global Response to the Virus in a Leadership Void
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump fears emergency declaration would contradict coronavirus message  —  President Donald Trump is reluctant to declare an expansive emergency to combat the escalating coronavirus outbreak, fearful of stoking panic with such a dramatic step, according to three people familiar with the situation.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Sally Yates, Trump's ousted DOJ chief, endorses Biden
Discussion: The Hill
Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson Test Positive With Coronavirus As Outbreak Hits ‘Elvis Presley’ Film  —  EXCLUSIVE: We have just received word that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson were tested positive for the Coronavirus.  Both were down in Australia for the pre-production of Baz Luhrmann's untitled Elvis Presley film …
Tomas Pueyo:
Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now  —  Politicians, Community Leaders and Business Leaders: What Should You Do and When?  —  With everything that's happening about the Coronavirus, it might be very hard to make a decision of what to do today.  Should you wait for more information?  Do something today?
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Senate GOP Blocks Emergency Paid Sick Leave Bill From Moving Forward  —  The legislation put forth by Democrats would guarantee 14 days of paid leave for workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak.  —  Democrats hoping to pass an emergency paid sick leave bill to deal with the fallout …
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Washington Post:
Trump urged Mnuchin to pressure Fed's Powell on economic stimulus in explosive tirade about coronavirus  —  President Trump, in an explosive tirade Monday, urged Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to encourage Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell to do more to stimulate the economy …
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Raw Story and The Week
New York Times:
How Right-Wing Pundits Are Covering Coronavirus  —  Conservative media stars aren't worried.  Neither is President Trump.  —  Sean Hannity used his syndicated talk-radio program on Wednesday to share a prediction he had found on Twitter about what is really happening with the coronavirus …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Rupert Murdoch could save lives by forcing Fox News to tell the truth about coronavirus — right now
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Donald Trump's troubling coronavirus address  —  President's travel ban will not calm markets or address the threat facing America  —  On Wednesday night the global pandemic met US nationalism.  It will not take long to see which comes off best.  As Donald Trump was speaking, the Dow futures market nosedived.
Discussion: Washington Post
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
12 Steps to Tackle the Coronavirus  —  President Trump and other health officials need to act immediately, while there is time.  —  At least Emperor Nero supposedly only fiddled while Rome burned; he didn't tell the Romans that the fire was no big deal.  —  President Trump squandered …
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Washington Post:
Coronavirus forecasts are grim: 'It's going to get worse'
Discussion: Mother Jones, CNN and Raw Story
Public Policy Polling:
Biden Has Substantial Leads In Key Sanders 2016 States  —  After Bernie Sanders' weak performances in the Democratic contests over the last two weeks, PPP decided to take a look at two of his strongest states from 2016 to see how he is faring in them and whether they might provide some hope for the path ahead.
CNBC:
Stock futures tank, hit ‘limit down’ halt after Trump speech; S&P 500 ETF set to fall 7%  —  Stocks set to come under more pressure at open  —  Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes dove early Thursday after an address from President Donald Trump failed to quell concerns …
Discussion: The Week, POLITICUSUSA and Politico
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Democrats smell blood in Texas after sky-high primary turnout  —  Staggeringly high Democratic turnout in the Texas suburbs last week has the party bullish about capturing a half-dozen seats that slipped through its grasp in the 2018 midterms.  —  Democratic primaries in six GOP-held districts saw …
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
The Week Bernie Sanders Realized He Was Losing  —  BURLINGTON, Vermont — The hard reality of Tuesday night wasn't losing.  —  And he did lose.  He lost Idaho.  He lost Missouri.  He lost Mississippi so badly that it appears he will barely pick up delegates.
Lucy Bayly / NBC News:
Trading on Wall Street temporarily suspended after Trump's crisis response disappoints  —  The 5 percent “limit down” marker was breached after an address from President Donald Trump tipped already-queasy traders into sell-off mode.  —  Wall Street futures trading was temporarily halted …
New York Times:
Trump's Re-election Chances Suddenly Look Shakier  —  Weeks ago, his advisers were counting on a strong economy and a Democratic opponent easily portrayed as too far left.  But the political landscape has sharply shifted.  —  President Trump faces the biggest challenge yet to his prospects …
Marilynn Marchione / Associated Press:
Tests show new virus lives on some surfaces for up to 3 days  —  An employee disinfects the glass cover of a butcher counter to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in a food store in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, March 11, 2020.  For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild …
NCAA.org:
Statement from the NCAA COVID-19 Advisory Panel on NCAA events  —  The NCAA COVID-19 Advisory Panel recognizes the fluidity of COVID-19 and its impact on hosting events in a public space.  COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in the United States, and behavioral risk mitigation strategies …
Mara Gay / New York Times:
My People Have Been Through Worse Than a Twitter Mob  —  When you're a black woman in America with a public voice, a trivial math error can lead to a deluge of hate.  —  Mara Gay is a member of the editorial board.  —  Late Thursday night, I appeared on TV.  On Friday morning, I woke up to a text message from a friend.
The Daily Beast:
Chelsea Manning Recovering After Trying to Take Her Own Life in Jail, Lawyers Say  —  ‘UNWAVERING’  —  Chelsea Manning tried to take her life on March 11, her legal team told The Daily Beast.  “She was taken to a hospital and is currently recovering,” said the statement from her legal team, which is helmed by Moira Meltzer-Cohen.
Discussion: Politico
John Solomon / Just The News:
FBI's Russia collusion case fell apart in first month of Trump presidency, memos show  —  Flynn collusion ruled out, Steele dossier debunked in January 2017, more than two years before Mueller announced it.  —  The piecemeal release of FBI files in the Russia collusion investigation has masked …
Discussion: Redstate and The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: DNC chair says he's “not contemplating” an online convention  —  In an interview with “Axios on HBO,” Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez flatly denied that he was even entertaining the idea of canceling July's Democratic convention in Milwaukee and replacing …
Discussion: The Hill
Reuters:
Exclusive: White House told federal health agency to classify coronavirus deliberations - sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has ordered federal health officials to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, an unusual step that has restricted information and hampered …
 
 
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida poll shows Biden with staggering 44-point lead over Sanders
Discussion: Jacobin
ABC News:
The Note: Biden gets presidential moment as campaign pauses amid health crisis
Discussion: The Hill and Townhall
Mohara / The Office of Governor Larry Hogan:
Governor Hogan Announces New Cases of COVID-19 in Maryland, Additional Actions
Blair Miller / KOAA-TV:
Colorado's first drive-up COVID-19 testing facility opens in Denver, is free of charge
Discussion: Townhall and The Colorado Sun
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Republican tries to get doctor to downplay coronavirus threat — and it backfires spectacularly
Billy Corriher / The Supreme Courts:
Georgia governor cancels high court election, plans to fill the seat himself
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Washington Post:
The first U.S. layoffs from the coronavirus are here
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
The Economist:
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Discussion: The Dispatch and Washington Post
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP chairman cancels Hunter Biden-related subpoena vote
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico