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Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Federal Reserve cuts rates to zero and launches massive $700 billion quantitative easing program — This is breaking news. Check back here for updates. — The Federal Reserve, saying “the coronavirus outbreak has harmed communities and disrupted economic activity in many countries …
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Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Stock futures drop — hit ‘limit down’ — even as Fed slashes rates; Dow futures off 1,000 points — Stock futures plunged Sunday night even after the Federal Reserve embarked on a massive monetary stimulus campaign to curb slower economic growth amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement — The coronavirus outbreak has harmed communities and disrupted economic activity in many countries, including the United States. Global financial conditions have also been significantly affected. Available economic data show that the U.S. economy came …
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Bloomberg:
Fed Cuts Main Interest Rate to Near Zero, Vows Massive Bond-Buying Program — Actions taken to shelter U.S. economy from virus fallout — Also announces coordinated actions to enhance dollar swaps — The Federal Reserve swept into action on Sunday in a fresh bid to save …
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero as part of wide-ranging emergency intervention
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Fed slashes interest rates to zero to support economy from coronavirus
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Cheryl Benard / Washington Post:
Landing at Dulles Airport, I encountered a case study in how to spread a pandemic — Cheryl Benard is a former senior analyst with the RAND Corporation and has written about health systems in post-conflict environments. — Like thousands of Americans and Europeans scrambling …
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Washington Post:
Coronavirus screening causes massive bottlenecks at U.S. airports
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Taylor Dolven / Miami Herald:
Thousands leave Miami cruise ship without screenings after former passenger got COVID-19 — 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.
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Reuters:
Germany tries to stop US from luring away firm seeking coronavirus vaccine — BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States, prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine.
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Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
Trump ‘offers large sums’ for exclusive access to coronavirus vaccine
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Sixty percent believe worst is yet to come for the U.S. in coronavirus pandemic — Public attitudes about the coronavirus response are split along partisan lines in a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. — WASHINGTON — A majority of American voters say they're worried that someone …
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Fauci: 'If it looks like you're overreacting you're probably doing the right thing' — National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Anthony Fauci said Sunday that it was better to err on the side of caution in coronavirus mitigation, even if the steps taken appear to be an overreaction.
New York Times:
New York City to Close Public Schools: Live Updates — The move is the most far-reaching and disruptive the city has taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus. — RIGHT NOW New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that five people in the city had died from the coronavirus, all of whom had underlying health issues.
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Andrew M. Cuomo / New York Times:
Andrew Cuomo to President Trump: Mobilize the Military to Help Fight Coronavirus
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Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.: New York City Public Schools to Close
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Politico:
Biden and Bernie debate, one-on-one — and six feet apart — Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders meet Sunday night in the Democratic primary's first one-on-one debate, as Biden threatens to open up a commanding lead for the nomination and with the nation struggles to contain the fast-moving coronavirus.
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Maeve Reston / CNN:
Biden and Sanders detail how they would have their administrations respond to coronavirus
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William Hanage / The Guardian:
I'm an epidemiologist. When I heard about Britain's ‘herd immunity’ coronavirus plan, I thought it was satire — Vulnerable people should not be exposed to Covid-19 right now in the service of a hypothetical future — Your house is on fire, and the people whom you have trusted with your care are not trying to put it out.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Madeleine Westerhout to release Oval Office memoir — Madeleine Westerhout, who spent 2½ years as President Trump's Oval Office gatekeeper, will release a frank memoir on Aug. 11 about one mistake that cost her one of the world's most fascinating jobs.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Complete List of Trump's Attempts to Play Down Coronavirus — He could have taken action. He didn't. — President Trump made his first public comments about the coronavirus on Jan. 22, in a television interview from Davos with CNBC's Joe Kernen. The first American case had been announced …
Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Trump considering ‘full pardon’ of former national security advisor Michael Flynn — Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about the nature of his conversations with the Russian ambassador prior to Trump's inauguration as president. — Flynn is in the process of trying …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
GOP, Fox News have waged war on science. With coronavirus, will their aging fans pay the price? — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is in many ways a poster child for today's Republican Party. A businessman whose company was accused of shady practices (sound familiar?), he ran for the top job …
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Jacob Rosenberg / Mother Jones:
O'Hare Airport Was Total Chaos on Saturday. But the White House Is More Upset About a Tweet. — On Saturday night, as images of huge crowds stuck at customs at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport went viral, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker tweeted his frustration—tagging President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Steven Mnuchin says Trump didn't get ‘things wrong at all’ in his coronavirus address. That's absurd. — This is a time in which the American people need to have confidence in their leaders to tell the truth. It's also a moment in which Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin set himself …
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