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12:45 PM ET, March 14, 2020

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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 …
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox Business Benches Trish Regan After Outcry Over Coronavirus Comments  —  The host of “Trish Regan Primetime” told viewers this week that concerns about the coronavirus were “yet another attempt to impeach the president.”  —  The Fox Business anchor Trish Regan, whose on-air dismissal …
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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 …
Chris Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Fox Business Host Trish Regan on Hiatus After Virus Comments
Discussion: HuffPost
Politico:   POLITICO Playbook: Coronavirus bill passes first hurdle. What's next?
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox Business Puts Trish Regan, Kennedy Shows on Hiatus
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Politico:
White House starts temperature checks for people around Trump  —  The White House on Saturday began checking the temperatures of anyone in close contact with President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence.  —  White House staff met reporters at the door of the press briefing room with a thermometer …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
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Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Does Donald Trump Have the Coronavirus?  —  Donald Trump insists that he's fine.  He feels “extremely good,” in fact, and also “very good.”  He'd be happy to get a coronavirus test, he said Friday, if one were ever needed.  But, he tells us, there's no reason.  The president is doing great.
Discussion: Mediaite, HuffPost, Politico and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Trump defiant on testing and handshakes even as third Mar-a-Lago case emerges
Laura Italiano / New York Post:   Third person at Mar-a-Lago with Trump tests positive for coronavirus
BuzzFeed News:
A Map Of The Coronavirus Exposures In Trump's Orbit In Just Two Weeks
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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Contrary to Trump's claim, Google is not building a nationwide coronavirus screening website  —  Instead, Verily is building a triage website just for the Bay Area  —  Google is not working with the US government in building a nationwide website to help people determine whether …
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump's False Claims About His Response to the Coronavirus  —  The president inaccurately described travel restrictions he had announced, falsely blamed his predecessor for testing shortages and misstated the role Google was playing in mitigating the outbreak.
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 …
Charles Ornstein / ProPublica:
This Coronavirus Is Unlike Anything in Our Lifetime, and We Have to Stop Comparing It to the Flu  —  Longtime health reporter Charles Ornstein says that comparing the novel coronavirus to the flu is dangerously inaccurate.  Not one public health expert he trusts has called that comparison valid.
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Kay Coles James / Fox News:   Trump's coronavirus national emergency declaration helps mobilize nation
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Former Judge Resigns From the Supreme Court Bar  —  In a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, he detailed why he's lost faith in the court.  —  James Dannenberg is a retired Hawaii state judge.  He sat on the District Court of the First Circuit of the state judiciary for 27 years.
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:   How coronavirus could change the Supreme Court
NBC News:
Mismanagement, missed opportunities: How the White House bungled the coronavirus response  —  Trump's own advisers acknowledged to NBC News that the failure to focus on widespread testing was a major misstep.  —  Luciana Borio once worked on President Donald Trump's National Security Council …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Beth Cameron / Washington Post:
I ran the White House pandemic office. Trump closed it.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Two senators take extreme measures to show allegiance to Trump  —  Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton, a freshman senator up for reelection in November, launched a highly unusual new TV ad this week.  —  The content was standard, pro-Trump, anti-Democrat fare.
The Guardian:
Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year  —  On 1 September 1991, a large private yacht cruised towards the Statue of Liberty.  It was a clear, breezy evening, and from the upper deck of the Spirit of New York, a golden sunset could be seen glinting off the Manhattan skyline.
Associated Press:
Spain to follow Italy into lockdown as virus cases soar  —  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain decided Saturday to follow Italy in declaring a nationwide lockdown to slow the accelerating spread of the coronavirus epidemic, Spanish media reported.  —  Spain's decision came as European countries took ever …
Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
This Is How the Establishment Maintains Its Grip  —  This wasn't how it was supposed to go.  —  Not based on the electoral previews, anyway: the 2017 special elections and 2018 midterms that created the biggest blue wave Democrats have seen since the Nixon administration.
Gregory Barber / Wired:
How Long Does the Coronavirus Last on Surfaces?  —  Researchers looked at how long the virus can survive on cardboard, plastic, and stainless steel, as well as after being aerosolized and suspended in midair.  —  By now, let's hope you're safely ensconced at home—going a little stir-crazy …
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
As Europe Shuts Down, Britain Takes a Different, and Contentious, Approach  —  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has largely kept Britain open, opting for more targeted measures, a strategy that has startled some epidemiologists.  —  LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain once …
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
‘I Could Easily Kill Them’: Terrified Doctors Sound Alarm on Coronavirus  —  “I desperately want to be tested, for the sake of my patients,” one doctor said.  —  When President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over the 2019 novel coronavirus on Friday, he dangled billions in new federal aid to address a cascading pandemic.
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The Daily Beast:
Army Says It's $1 Billion Short on Coronavirus Prep
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Iraq officials: Rocket attack hits base housing US troops  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi security officials said, just days after a similar attack killed three servicemen, including two Americans.
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Lauren Thomas / CNBC:
Patagonia is closing all of its stores and shutting down its website because of the coronavirus  —  KEY POINTS  — Patagonia is closing all of its stores and its online operations because of the coronavirus.  — It said it will update customers more broadly about its next steps on March 27.
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Right Wing Can't Decide If Virus Is No Big Deal, or Big Deal and China's Fault  —  For the first time ever, Team Trump, so adept at lying, is confused about which lie to tell.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  Team Trump has finally found itself in a crisis it cannot propagandize its way out of.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Liz Hoffman / Wall Street Journal:
Diary of a Crazy Week in the Markets  —  'It's going to be tough out there': veteran traders, bankers and investors just tried to survive as Wall Street's great bull run ended  —  It was the wildest week on Wall Street since the 2008 financial crisis.  —  It began on Sunday with a sharp drop …
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Sanders wins Northern Mariana Islands caucus, 4 delegates  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders won the Northern Mariana Islands Democratic presidential caucus, grabbing four of the six delegates Saturday.  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden won the other two.  This shrinks Biden's lead to 154 delegates in The Associated Press delegate count.
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Post:
Live updates: Third Mar-a-Lago guest tests positive for coronavirus; Pentagon halts domestic travel  —  The Washington Post is providing this story for free so that all readers have access to this important information about the coronavirus.  —  Acting Brazilian Ambassador Nestor Forster …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, HuffPost and UPI
 
 
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
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Douglas Quan / Toronto Star:
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Discussion: The Independent and TheBlaze
Gabby Orr / Politico:
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BuzzFeed News:
Here's How The National Security Agency Will Protect Itself During A Pandemic
 Earlier Items: 
Chad P. Bown / PIIE:
Trump's trade policy is hampering the US fight against COVID-19
Miami Herald:
How a Mar-a-Lago member helped set up the Brazil summit that exposed Trump to coronavirus
Discussion: GeekWire and New York Post
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
Mexico is considering closing its border to stop Americans bringing coronavirus into its country …
Discussion: Political Flare
Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
Thoughts on the Pandemic  —  Several reporters have emailed me …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Washington Post:
White House, House Democrats reach deal on coronavirus economic relief package, Pelosi announces
Associated Press:
Biden virtual town hall marks new normal for campaigning
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
 

 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

CBS News:
Greg Gumbel, a CBS Sports anchor and commentator who covered the NFL and college basketball for more than 20 years, died at 78 of cancer

Youkyung Lee / Bloomberg:
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