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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 …
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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Wired:
Trump Caught Google Off Guard With a Bogus Coronavirus Site Announcement  —  Google's not making a nationwide coronavirus testing website.  And the company had no idea the president would say it was.  —  President Donald Trump announced Friday that the US government's coronavirus testing apparatus …
Joanna Tan / CNBC:
Trump shared table with another Mar-a-Lago guest who tested positive for coronavirus: White House doctor
Discussion: The Guardian, UPI and New York Post
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Does Donald Trump Have the Coronavirus?
Discussion: Mediaite, HuffPost and Politico
Fox News:
President Trump reveals he took coronavirus test
Discussion: Politico
Laura Italiano / New York Post:
Third person at Mar-a-Lago with Trump tests positive for coronavirus
Discussion: The Root
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 …
Washington Post:
Trump defiant on testing and handshakes even as third Mar-a-Lago case emerges
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
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Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
America's hospitals will be overrun with coronavirus in just EIGHT DAYS: Obama's Medicare boss issues dire warning as doctors say as many as 500,000 are already infected and 10 MILLION will need care  — There are only 790,000 hospital beds 100,000 ICU beds total in all of the hospitals across the country
Discussion: USA Today
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.
Discussion: Common Dreams and ABC News
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
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Expands Europe Travel Ban to U.K. and Ireland as Countries Take More Aggressive Measures  —  Nations around the world ratcheted up border controls and restrictions on movement, seeking to slow the pandemic  —  The Trump administration said travel restrictions from Europe …
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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 …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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 …
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 …
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Joe Biden Forgets Year, Meanders Off Frame in Disastrous Livestream  —  Grandpa Joe Biden wants to run the country and save us from coronavirus when he can't even run a livestream and has no idea what year it is.  —  On Friday, Grandpa Joe held what his campaign billed as a “virtual town hall” in Illinois.
Discussion: Redstate and Louder With Crowder
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.
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Western media parroting Chinese Communist Party propaganda  —  China is engaged in a wide-scale propaganda effort to convince the world that it is not responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, portraying itself with carefully distributed disinformation as being the most proactive, intelligent, and responsible of the world superpowers.
Discussion: Scripting News, Redstate and Twitchy
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 …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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:
Straight-talking Fauci explains outbreak to a worried nation  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — If Dr. Anthony Fauci says it, you'd be smart to listen.  As the coronavirus has upended daily life across the globe, Fauci has become the trusted voice in separating fact and fiction.
Kat Stafford / Associated Press:
Democrats see a road map for November in Michigan results  —  Joe Biden's decisive victory in Michigan's presidential primary offers what some Democrats hope will be the road map for success in November — a high turnout powered by a coalition that extends into territory Donald Trump won in 2016.
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Could the 2020 Election Be Postponed?  Only With Great Difficulty.  Here's Why.  —  With Louisiana delaying its primary vote, we answer six key questions about holding elections in a crisis.  And no, a president cannot cancel an election with executive authority.
Discussion: Slate
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.
 
 
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Lauren Thomas / CNBC:
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Chris Palmeri / Bloomberg:
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