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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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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump's Coronavirus Speech Was Not Especially Reassuring — If anything, it gave the public a lot more to worry about. — Wow. — If there's been a worse Oval Office address ever, I certainly can't think of it. All of Donald Trump's ineptness at the job of presidenting …
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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 …
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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.
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The White House:
Proclamation—Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons …
Proclamation—Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Certain Additional Persons …
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Priscilla M. Jensen / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Not a Crisis Leader
Trump Is Not a Crisis Leader
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Pence says there's been ‘irresponsible rhetoric’ from people downplaying coronavirus — Trump said Monday that the “fake news media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything to inflame the coronavirus situation.” — WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that there has been …
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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 …
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CNBC:
Stocks extend losses following 15-minute ‘circuit breaker’ halt, S&P 500 drops 8% — NYSE president Stacey Cunningham: Circuit breakers are working as designed — U.S. stocks fell sharply once again on Thursday after an address from President Donald Trump failed to quell concerns …
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Kellie Mejdrich / Politico:
Stock sell-off triggers another marketwide trading halt
Stock sell-off triggers another marketwide trading halt
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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 …
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Trump passes coronavirus test with flying colors — Big and bold, optimistic and compassionate. President Trump's Oval Office address was exactly what America needed to hear — This is what it looks like when a president rises up to meet a crisis head-on.
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 …
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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
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump's Europe Travel Ban Is Met With Confusion and Anger
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New York Times:
Europe's Stock Markets Are Slammed by Trump Travel Ban: Live Updates
Europe's Stock Markets Are Slammed by Trump Travel Ban: Live Updates
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Vox and The American Independent
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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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Analysis: Facing virus outbreak, Trump's tactics fall short
Analysis: Facing virus outbreak, Trump's tactics fall short
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Aaron E. Carroll / New York Times:
Here's the Biggest Thing to Worry About With Coronavirus — We don't have enough ventilators and I.C.U. beds if there's a significant surge of new cases. As with Italy, the health system could be overwhelmed. — The ability of the American health care system to absorb a shock …
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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 …
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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 …
Robert Tracinski / The Bulwark:
Trump's Authoritarian Blindness Comes Home to Roost — COVID-19 is revealing one of Trump's biggest weaknesses. — Donald Trump's position heading into November's presidential election is surprisingly strong. He remains personally unpopular, of course, but he heads toward reelection with …
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New York Times:
How Right-Wing Pundits Are Covering Coronavirus
How Right-Wing Pundits Are Covering Coronavirus
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Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
The Coronavirus According to Donald Trump
The Coronavirus According to Donald Trump
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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?
Arnie Seipel / NPR:
Sanders Offers Biden A Path To Win Over His Movement — Bernie Sanders is staying in the race for president, but he made it obvious on Wednesday that he sees Joe Biden's clear path to the nomination. — “While our campaign has won the ideological debate, we are losing the debate over electability,” Sanders said.
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Florida poised to stamp out Sanders campaign
Florida poised to stamp out Sanders campaign
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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.
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
The No. 1 reason Biden is likely to beat Trump — If God exists, she must be a political scientist with a sense of humor. That, at least, is the only conclusion I can draw from the 2020 Democratic primaries, which seem designed to disprove every commonly held notion of how you win a presidential race.
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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 …
Chuck Abbott / Food and Environment Reporting Network:
SNAP eligibility rules will tighten despite coronavirus outbreak — House Democrats have suggested higher benefits and broader SNAP availability to carry low-income workers through quarantines and economic disruptions due to... » Read More — FERN's Ag Insider gives you the reporting …
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Pew Research Center:
White Evangelicals See Trump as Fighting for Their Beliefs, Though Many Have Mixed Feelings About His Personal Conduct — To the public overall, morality is more important in a president than strong religious beliefs — How we did this — Heading into the 2020 election season …
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Obama's Ebola Czar, Ron Klain, on How Trump Has Bungled the Coronavirus Response — In October 2014, with the threat of Ebola looming, President Obama put Ron Klain in charge of coordinating the administration's response. A longtime Democratic operator before he became the “Ebola czar,” …
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New York Times:
Confronting a Pandemic … Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device: — Global health officials have praised China and South Korea for the success of their efforts to contain the coronavirus. What are those countries getting right — and what can everyone else learn from them?