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11:15 PM ET, March 12, 2020

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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 …
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story, IJR and Mediaite
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* …
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
‘Biden became president today’: Even Republicans are now deserting Trump over his coronavirus response  —  Compare Biden's speech today about coronavirus with the one Trump made last night and you have everything you need to know  —  Just before 9pm on Wednesday, Donald Trump was preparing …
Nancy Cook / Politico:
'I don't want to use the b-word': Trump aides race to rescue the economy  —  The Trump administration is scrambling to prop up industries crumbling under the weight of the novel coronavirus outbreak.  —  Just don't call it a “bailout” around any White House officials or Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Discussion: Tax Foundation and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Inside the Oval Office, a Fierce Fight Over Trump's Virus Speech  — Medical experts made case to ban Europeans from entering U.S.  — His economic advisers pushed back, fearing lost jobs  —  Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office Wednesday before the biggest speech of his presidency …
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:   Amid virus fears, Trump moves away from rallies — for now
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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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 …
Washington Post:
Lag in coronavirus testing triggers political uproar as Trump insists process is ‘very smooth’
ProPublica:
The FDA Is Forcing the CDC to Waste Time Double Testing Some Coronavirus Cases
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.
Discussion: CNN, The Nation, Mediaite and FOX31 Denver
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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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Drew Scofield / WEWS:
Ohio Department of Health believes 100,000 Ohioans are carrying coronavirus
Discussion: The Daily Signal
WCMH-TV:
Coronavirus in Ohio Thursday update: 5 confirmed cases, mass gathering ban announced
newyorkfed.org:
Statement Regarding Treasury Reserve Management Purchases and Repurchase Operations  —  The Open Market Trading Desk (the Desk) at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has released a new monthly schedule of Treasury securities operations and has updated the current monthly schedule of repurchase agreement (repo) operations.
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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.
Discussion: CNN
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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.
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Crisis Tests Trump's Unusual Governing Style  —  The president's improvisations add to the challenges his administration faces in coordinating a response  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump's rare prime-time speech Wednesday was designed to reassure the nation about his administration's response …
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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ABC News:
US military conducts airstrikes in Iraq in retaliation for rocket attack that killed 2 Americans
Washington Post:
Pentagon awaiting decision from Trump on how to respond to deadly rocket attack in Iraq
Discussion: Raw Story and National Review
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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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.
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.
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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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Joe Biden appoints Jen O'Malley Dillon as new campaign manager  —  Former vice president Joe Biden has named Jen O'Malley Dillon as his new campaign manager, a major shake-up that comes just as the party's leading candidate plans a major organizational expansion to prepare for the general election …
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Madeleine K. Albright / Miami Herald:
Joe Biden will restore America's stature in the world
Discussion: NBC News
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, Common Dreams and UPI
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
 
 
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Matt McDonald / Spectator USA:
EXCLUSIVE: Karlie Kloss's dad helps Jared with coronavirus ‘research’
Discussion: New York Magazine
Anshel Pfeffer / Haaretz:
Jewish and Panicked by Coronavirus? Come With Your Guilty Conscience to Israel
Miriam Elder / BuzzFeed News:
Coronavirus Is The Nightmare Situation People Worried About When Trump Won
Patrick J. Buchanan / WND:
Will coronavirus kill the New World Order?
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Presidential scholar demands Trump's resignation: ‘No normal person’ would react to coronavirus like this
Discussion: MarketWatch
New York Times:
Acting Intelligence Chief Freezes Hiring and Looks to Cut Office
Discussion: CNN
Amy S. Rosenberg / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Atlantic City to Carl Icahn: Tear down crumbling Trump Plaza before it kills somebody
Tad Walch / Deseret News:
First Presidency: All church meetings temporarily canceled worldwide
Discussion: abc7NY, East Idaho News and The Week
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
How the Coronavirus Changed the 2020 Campaign
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Mr. President, Shut Up About Coronavirus
Amy Forliti / Associated Press:
Omar marries political consultant, months after affair claim
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump and Pence Won't Be Tested After Meeting With Infected Brazilian Official
Wall Street Journal:
Stocks Plunge 10% In Dow's Worst Day Since 1987
Discussion: The Week, Common Dreams and VICE
Alex Bollinger / LGBTQ Nation:
Pastor says only “sissies” & “pansies” wash their hands to prevent coronavirus
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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