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10:35 PM ET, March 14, 2020

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Washington Post:
Infighting, missteps and a son-in-law hungry for results: Inside the Trump administration's troubled coronavirus response  —  The economy was grinding to a halt.  Stocks were in free fall.  Schools were closing.  Public events were being canceled.  New cases of the novel coronavirus were popping up across the country.
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Washington Post:
Trump is breaking every rule in the CDC's 450-page playbook for health crisis  —  The communication chaos on coronavirus is eroding the most powerful weapon we have: Public trust  —  Amid an outbreak where vaccines, drug treatments and even sufficient testing don't yet exist …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
From complacency to emergency: How Trump changed course on coronavirus
Discussion: Slate
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Pence tells White House staff to avoid physical contact
Discussion: Mashable, The Hill, Mediaite and Deadline
Politico:
White House starts temperature checks for people around Trump
Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News and The Hill
New York Times:
On a Saturday Night in Florida, a Presidential Party Became a Coronavirus Hot Zone  —  A weekend getaway at Mar-a-Lago put the president in contact with several people who later tested positive for the virus.  He said he has no symptoms.  —  WASHINGTON — The lights were low …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Republican chairwoman is ill and being tested for coronavirus after visiting Mar-a-Lago: report  —  On Saturday, Washington Post White House correspondent Josh Dawsey reported that Ronna McDaniel, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, is being tested for coronavirus after reporting she is feeling unwell.
Washington Post:
Trump tests negative for coronavirus as questions mount over his personal risks in face of pandemic  —  After President Trump attended a conservative conference where a man tested positive for coronavirus, he said he was unconcerned.  —  After he came into contact with congressmen …
Discussion: The White House
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:   Trump World Descended on Mar-a-Lago as It Became a Coronavirus Petri Dish
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:   Trump Helped To Spread Coronavirus At Mar-a-Lago
Newt Gingrich / Newsweek:
I am in Italy amid the coronavirus crisis.  America must act now—and act big  —  The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic poses two threats: public health and economic.  —  I am living in Italy, where my wife, Callista, is the ambassador to the Holy See.  —  I have watched first-hand …
Dan Cobb / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia delays presidential primary due to coronavirus pandemic  —  Vote to now be held on May 19  —  Georgia elections officials postponed the presidential primary scheduled for next week because of the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the second state forced to push back a vote in the race for the White House due to the outbreak.
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Ben Nadler / Associated Press:
Georgia to postpone primaries over virus; 2nd state to do so
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Associated Press:   Georgia postpones presidential primary till May
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill:
Georgia to move presidential primary amid coronavirus outbreak
Discussion: Raw Story
Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
Infected people without symptoms might be driving the spread of coronavirus more than we realized  —  (CNN)New studies in several countries and a large coronavirus outbreak in Massachusetts bring into question reassuring assertions by US officials about the way the novel virus spreads.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Mashable
CNBC:
Trump tests negative for coronavirus, White House doctor says  —  This is breaking news.  Please check back for updates.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and TheBlaze
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Jon Ward / Yahoo News:
Trump, reversing position, says he got tested for coronavirus after all
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:   Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
Please, Don't Go Out to the Bars Tonight  —  Gathering in groups right now is selfish and puts the lives of others at risk.  —  Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large.  —  The coronavirus and the disease it causes, Covid-19, are spreading across the United States faster than we can track or test.
Discussion: The Boston Globe
New York Times:
There's a Giant Hole in Pelosi's Coronavirus Bill  —  The legislation passed by the House Friday night doesn't actually guarantee paid sick leave to most American workers.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them  —  Amazon cracked down on coronavirus price gouging.  Now, while the rest of the world searches, some sellers are holding stockpiles of sanitizer and masks.  —  On March 1, the day after the first coronavirus death …
DNyuz:
Chinese Tycoon Who Criticized Xi's Response to Coronavirus Has Vanished  —  1.5k  —  His nickname in China was “The Cannon,” and Ren Zhiqiang's latest commentary was among his most explosive yet.  —  Mr. Ren, an outspoken property tycoon in Beijing, wrote in a scathing essay that China's leader …
Discussion: RFA
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
How about a hiatus for Sean Hannity?  —  Fox News host Sandra Smith on Wednesday wasn't in the mood for garden-variety coronavirus minimization rhetoric.  She was interviewing Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, organizer of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Discussion: Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
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Ariadne Labs:
Social Distancing: This is Not a Snow Day  —  I know there is some confusion about what to do next in the midst of this unprecedented time of a pandemic, school closures, and widespread social disruption.  As a primary care physician and public health leader, I have been asked by a lot …
Harry Stevens / Washington Post:
Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”  —  After the first case of covid-19, the disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus, was announced in the United States, reports of further infections trickled in slowly.  Two months later, that trickle has turned into a steady current.
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: France Closes Most Businesses and Spain Moves Toward Locking Down  —  President Trump says he's been tested, Israel turns to surveillance, and a cruise ship exposed to the virus is heading to France.  —  RIGHT NOW New York reported its second coronavirus-related death.
Discussion: Fox News
Center for American ProgressCenter …:
State and Local Governments Must Take Much More Aggressive Action Immediately To Slow Spread of the Coronavirus  —  The United States is at a tipping point: If transmission of COVID-19 is not slowed within the next week, the hospital system will be overwhelmed.  The response of governments over the next week is critical.
Discussion: New York Times and CBS Los Angeles
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How a blogger in Florida put out an early warning about the coronavirus crisis  —  The news seemed so intriguing — and so potentially alarming — that Sharon Sanders stayed up almost until dawn on Dec. 31 to keep track of it.  —  From her home in Winter Haven, Fla., Sanders began compiling reports …
Marty Swant / Forbes:
Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian Bought A Billboard In Times Square To Inform People About COVID-19  —  Alexis Ohanian wants you to stay home, and he's using Times Square to send the message.  —  The Reddit co-founder and venture capitalist has bought a billboard in the heart of New York telling people …
Jake Wittich / Chicago Sun-Times:
St. Patrick's Day partiers hit the town over officials' pleas amid coronavirus outbreak  —  Despite the cancelation of St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Chicago amid fears of the spread of COVID-19, people still barhop around the River North neighborhood, Saturday, March 14, 2020.  Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times
Shant Shahrigian / New York Daily News:
Coronavirus prompts NYC Council leaders to cancel hearings, close offices  —  The City Council will close Monday due to the outbreak of coronavirus, Council Speaker Corey Johnson said in an email to Council members and their staffs.  —  The Council will cancel its budget and other meetings scheduled …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Raise your hand if you have not been sued by Devin Nunes  —  In these grim times — pandemic spreading, markets crashing, society shutting down — it seems there is nowhere we can turn for good news.  —  But there is!  Devin Nunes, bless his heart, is still filing lawsuits.
Apple:
Apple's COVID-19 response  —  The global spread of COVID-19 is affecting every one of us.  At Apple, we are people first, and we do what we do with the belief that technology can change lives and the hope that it can be a valuable tool in a moment like this.  Teachers are innovating to make remote lessons come alive.
 
 
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Dan Kois / Slate:
America Is a Sham  —  Policy changes in reaction to the …
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Bernie Bros warn of ‘massive exodus’ if Democrats nominate Joe Biden
Discussion: PJ Media Home
Haaretz:
Israel Announces Emergency in Courts Over Virus, Netanyahu Trial Could Be Postponed
Nina dos Santos / CNN:
A Giuliani ally offered cash to lobby US senators on behalf of pro-Russian TV stations
Discussion: Law & Crime
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. says in-person classes to continue
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Cristóbal Reyes / Orlando Sentinel:
1st Orange County coronavirus case is man who brunched at Mar-a-Lago; unclear whether Trump attended
Hollywood Reporter:
U.S. Movie Theaters Close in Parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
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Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
Live Blog / Coronavirus updates live: France to close all restaurants, clubs, cinemas
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
America's hospitals will be overrun with coronavirus in just EIGHT DAYS: Obama's Medicare boss …
Discussion: Yahoo Finance
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Joe Biden Forgets Year, Meanders Off Frame in Disastrous Livestream
Discussion: Redstate and Louder With Crowder
Associated Press:
Straight-talking Fauci explains outbreak to a worried nation
Gregory Barber / Wired:
How Long Does the Coronavirus Last on Surfaces?
Charles Ornstein / ProPublica:
This Coronavirus Is Unlike Anything in Our Lifetime, and We Have to Stop Comparing It to the Flu
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
As Europe Shuts Down, Britain Takes a Different, and Contentious, Approach
Discussion: The Daily Beast
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

Reuters:
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