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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Says Some Domestic Travel Could Be Curtailed, and Senate Cancels Recess — A Brazilian official tested positive days after being with the president and Vice President Mike Pence, as Americans returning from Europe are grappling with the prospect of self-quarantine for 14 days.
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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 …
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:
Live updates: Brazilian official who met Trump on Saturday at Mar-a-Lago tests positive for coronavirus
Live updates: Brazilian official who met Trump on Saturday at Mar-a-Lago tests positive for coronavirus
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Associated Press:
Brazilian who met Trump has virus; no plans to test Trump
Brazilian who met Trump has virus; no plans to test Trump
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Rachel Olding / The Daily Beast:
Brazilian Official Tests Positive for Coronavirus Days After Meeting With Trump
Brazilian Official Tests Positive for Coronavirus Days After Meeting With Trump
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Nora Gámez Torres / Miami Herald:
Brazilian official who met with Trump in South Florida tests positive for coronavirus
Brazilian official who met with Trump in South Florida tests positive for coronavirus
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Politico:
Pelosi and Mnuchin race to clinch a deal on coronavirus aid package — Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are moving swiftly to try to reach a deal on a massive emergency aid package for Americans affected by the coronavirus, negotiating in dramatic fashion …
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Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: White House Officials Allege Speaker Pelosi Pushed To Include Hyde Amendment Loophole …
EXCLUSIVE: White House Officials Allege Speaker Pelosi Pushed To Include Hyde Amendment Loophole …
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Politico:
Pelosi ignores Trump taunts as she steers through another crisis
Pelosi ignores Trump taunts as she steers through another crisis
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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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Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump's Coronavirus Speech Was Not Especially Reassuring
Trump's Coronavirus Speech Was Not Especially Reassuring
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump's Oval Office speech did the opposite of what it was supposed to do
Trump's Oval Office speech did the opposite of what it was supposed to do
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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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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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Wall Street Journal:
Stocks Plunge 10% In Dow's Worst Day Since 1987 — Benchmarks slide as S&P, Nasdaq join Dow in bear-market territory — The U.S. stocks selloff that pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average into a bear market worsened Thursday as the coronavirus pandemic threatened to deeply harm global growth.
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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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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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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed to pump in more than $1 trillion in dramatic ramping up of market intervention amid coronavirus meltdown — By Jeff Cox@JEFF.COX.7528@JEFFCOXCNBCCOM — The Fed announced a bold new initiative in an effort to calm market tumult amid the coronavirus meltdown.
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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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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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Coronavirus is the Trump catastrophe we've been terrified of
Coronavirus is the Trump catastrophe we've been terrified of
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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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CNN:
Democratic debate moved from Arizona to Washington, DC, over coronavirus concerns, DNC announces — (CNN)The Democratic debate scheduled for Sunday will be moved from Arizona to Washington, DC, the Democratic National Committee announced Thursday. — “Out of an abundance of caution …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Dem debate moved to D.C. over coronavirus concerns
Dem debate moved to D.C. over coronavirus concerns
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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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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.
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:
Pentagon awaiting decision from Trump on how to respond to deadly rocket attack in Iraq — U.S. defense officials said Thursday that an attack on a base in Iraq that killed two U.S. troops was carried out by Iranian-backed militia groups and that the military is waiting for President Trump to decide how to respond.
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
Pentagon leaders warn of military response after deadly rocket attack
Pentagon leaders warn of military response after deadly rocket attack
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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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Tariro Mzezewa / New York Times:
'If I'm Going to Get Sick and Die, I Might as Well Do It at Disney World' — Visitors to Disney World and Universal Studios recently seemed unfazed, even as its safety became an increasingly searched online question. — When Vice President Mike Pence was asked, earlier this month …
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David Wallace-Wells / New York Magazine:
America Is Broken — What we are seeing right now is the collapse of civic authority and public trust at what is only the beginning of a protracted crisis. In the face of an onrushing pandemic, the United States has exhibited a near-total evacuation of responsibility and political leadership …
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Miami Herald:
At Miami's public hospital, doctors and nurses ‘begging’ to do coronavirus tests — Note: The Miami Herald and McClatchy news sites have lifted the paywall on this developing story, providing critical information to readers. To support vital reporting such as this, please consider a digital subscription.
The Seattle Times:
Inslee to order all private, public K-12 schools in King, Pierce, Snohomish counties to close through April 24 due to coronavirus concerns — Gov. Jay Inslee is planning to announce the closure of all K-12 schools, public and private, in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties for more than a month …
Alex Bollinger / LGBTQ Nation:
Pastor says only “sissies” & “pansies” wash their hands to prevent coronavirus — Christians who use hand sanitizer have “fake faith” and “no balls.” — A conservative Christian pastor issued an angry rebuke of churches taking measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, calling them …
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Barnini Chakraborty / Fox News:
Inside China's high-stakes campaign to smear the United States over coronavirus — If you listened to Chinese state-run media, you'd think President Trump went to China and released vials of COVID-19 on groups of unsuspecting men, women and children. — Beijing has been bending …
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