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1:55 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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Laura Italiano / New York Post:
Third person at Mar-a-Lago with Trump tests positive for coronavirus  —  A third person who visited President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort last weekend has tested positive for the coronavirus.  —  Acting Brazil Charge d'Affaires Ambassador Nestor Forster, who sat at Trump's table during dinner …
Discussion: The Root
Washington Post:
Trump defiant on testing and handshakes even as third Mar-a-Lago case emerges
Joanna Tan / CNBC:
Trump shared table with another Mar-a-Lago guest who tested positive for coronavirus: White House doctor
Discussion: The Guardian and New York Post
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: The Hill
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Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Does Donald Trump Have the Coronavirus?
Discussion: Mediaite, HuffPost and Politico
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
White House now conducting temperature checks amid outbreak
Discussion: KLAS - 8 News Now
Fox News:
President Trump reveals he took coronavirus test
Discussion: Politico
BuzzFeed News:
A Map Of The Coronavirus Exposures In Trump's Orbit In Just Two Weeks
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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.
Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Contrary to Trump's claim, Google is not building a nationwide coronavirus screening website
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
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 …
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
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Trump administration to extend European travel ban to include UK and Ireland  —  The Trump administration will extend its European travel ban to include the U.K. and Ireland as part of continuing efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump said Saturday.
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
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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 …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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.
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 …
Chris Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Fox Business Host Trish Regan on Hiatus After Virus Comments  —  The Fox Business show hosted by Trish Regan is going on hiatus following controversial comments she made on the air Monday about the coronavirus.  —  The hiatus also applies to another host, Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery …
Discussion: HuffPost
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox Business Puts Trish Regan, Kennedy Shows on Hiatus
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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.
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
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.
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 …
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
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.
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.
Hollywood Reporter:
Hollywood Could Take $20 Billion Hit From Coronavirus Impact  —  Taking wide-release tentpoles off the schedule doesn't come cheap, nor does shuttering production on hundreds of scripted and unscripted TV series — and what happens to the unemployed workers?
Discussion: ScreenRant, Mashable and Breitbart
 
 
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Ashe Schow / The Daily Wire:
A Woman Who Accused Former Casino Mogul Steve Wynn Of Rape Was Found To Have Defamed Him
Discussion: Power Line
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Could the 2020 Election Be Postponed? Only With Great Difficulty. Here's Why.
Discussion: Slate and The American Independent
Marlo Safi / The Daily Caller:
Mayor In Illinois Adds Ban Of Firearms And Ammunition To Coronavirus Emergency Executive Order
Discussion: Townhall, WCIA-TV and Redstate
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Sanders wins Northern Mariana Islands caucus, 4 delegates
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New York Times:
A Conservative Agenda Unleashed on the Federal Courts
Liz Hoffman / Wall Street Journal:
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Coronavirus bill passes first hurdle. What's next?
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
‘I Could Easily Kill Them’: Terrified Doctors Sound Alarm on Coronavirus
 Earlier Items: 
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Right Wing Can't Decide If Virus Is No Big Deal, or Big Deal and China's Fault
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Coronavirus is shutting down American life as states try to battle outbreak
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
There's a Pandemic. Four States Are Holding Elections Tuesday Anyway.
Politico:
Biden readies plan to finish off Bernie
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
What Would a Proper Coronavirus Stimulus Plan Look Like?
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
Douglas Quan / Toronto Star:
'We're hustlers': Amid coronavirus fears, this couple has made more than $100,000 reselling Lysol wipes
Discussion: The Independent and TheBlaze
Chad P. Bown / PIIE:
Trump's trade policy is hampering the US fight against COVID-19
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
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Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
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