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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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The Week
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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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Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Federal Reserve cuts rates to zero and launches massive $700 billion quantitative easing program — In an emergency move Sunday, the Federal Reserve announced it is dropping its benchmark interest rate to zero and launching a new round of quantitative easing.
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The Federalist, Board of Governors …, Talking Points Memo, Reason, Redstate, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze and WND
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Fed announces massive stimulus to shield economy from coronavirus
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The Federalist, Board of Governors …, One America News Network and Breitbart
Skanda Amarnath:
The Fed Can And Should Support State Government Efforts To Respond To COVID-19 Right Now
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero as part of wide-ranging emergency intervention
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The Week
Politico:
Biden and Bernie face off: Key moments from Sunday's debate — Bernie Sanders spent more than an hour dissecting elements of Joe Biden's record that he considers anathema to today's Democratic Party — from protections for big banks to his skepticism of Medicare for all healthcare.
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The Federalist, The Hill, Breitbart, Associated Press, One America News Network, NBC News and The Week
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
‘Go to the YouTube right now’ — In one of the most prolonged exchanges of the night, Sanders repeatedly attacked Biden, accusing him of having supported cutting Social Security and other entitlement programs. — “You have been on the floor time and time again about the need to cut Social Security,” Sanders said.
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Politico
MSNBC:
Biden leads Trump by 9 points in a one-to-one matchup
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NBC News, Associated Press and The Hill
NBC News:
Live Blog / Democratic debate live updates: Biden and Sanders go head to head in Washington, D.C.
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Politico, New York Times, The Hill, One America News Network, Associated Press, The Daily Beast, Breitbart, CNN and New York Times
ABC News:
Biden commits to female running mate, touts electability in heads-up debate with Sanders
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Vox
Suhauna Hussain / Los Angeles Times:
Bars to close and restaurants must go takeout only, Mayor Garcetti orders — Los Angeles bars and nightclubs will close and restaurants must halt dine-in service and limit their business to takeout until March 31 as part of the city's efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Mayor Garcetti said Sunday night.
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: C.D.C. Gives New Guidelines, New York to Close Restaurants and Schools and Italian Deaths Rise
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Fox News and National Review
The Hill:
California governor calls for bar closures, restaurant restrictions as crisis worsens
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Sacramento Bee, Politico and IJR
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 …
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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The Hill and New York Post
New York Times:
U.S. Offered ‘Large Sum’ to German Company for Access to Coronavirus Vaccine Research, German Officials Say — The United States says it will share any vaccine breakthroughs with the world, but German officials appeared rattled by its reported overture to a biotech firm.
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The Guardian
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New York Times:
‘There Is Plenty of Food in the Country’ — Americans have been alarmed by empty grocery shelves, but while food suppliers and retailers say they are struggling with surging demand, they insist the supply chain remains strong. — The aisles and aisles of empty store shelves give the appearance …
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Talking Points Memo
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New York Times:
New York City to Close Schools, Restaurants and Bars: Live Updates — The moves are the most far-reaching and disruptive the city has taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus. — RIGHT NOW Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Sunday night that he would order all bars and restaurants in New York City to close.
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ProPublica, UPI, Iowa Starting Line, Politico, Mother Jones, US News, Townhall and The Daily Beast
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New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.C.: Schools, Restaurants and Bars Are Shut Down
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NBC News, WGN-TV and Mother Jones
Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.: New York City Public Schools to Close
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The Daily Caller, Gothamist, TheBlaze and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Most federal workers will report to the office Monday — as the rest of the country isolates itself — Most of the nation's 2.1 million federal employees will report to work Monday to tightly packed office cubicles and other workplaces where they serve the public, even as schools and colleges across …
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Outside the Beltway and The Hill
Axios:
Pence's presidential moment — Vice President Mike Pence, often caricatured as the White House Yes Man, is doing many of the things critics wish President Trump would do. — The big picture: He's a daily, consistent presence on the airwaves. He provides useful info rather than random digressions.
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Raw Story
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Government official: Coronavirus vaccine trial starts Monday — WASHINGTON (AP) — A clinical trial evaluating a vaccine designed to protect against the new coronavirus will begin Monday, according to a government official. — The first participant in the trial will receive the experimental vaccine …
Discussion:
The Week
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.
Denis Campbell / The Guardian:
UK coronavirus crisis ‘to last until spring 2021 and could see 7.9m hospitalised’ — Exclusive: Public Health England document seen by Guardian says four in five ‘expected’ to contract virus — The coronavirus epidemic in the UK will last until next spring and could lead to 7.9 million people …
Karen Weise / New York Times:
Two Emergency Room Doctors Are in Critical Condition With Coronavirus — The hospitalizations sharpen fears that the nation's front-line medical workers could be uniquely vulnerable, a health care organization said. — SEATTLE — Two emergency medicine doctors, in New Jersey and Washington State …
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