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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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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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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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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Fed announces massive stimulus to shield economy from coronavirus
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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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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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NBC News:
Live Blog / Democratic debate live updates: Biden and Sanders go head to head in Washington, D.C.
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Maeve Reston / CNN:
Bernie Sanders shows no sign of giving up as he challenges front-runner Joe Biden's record
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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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 — The Federal Reserve cuts rates. The pandemic dominates the Democratic debate. And Germany imposes border restrictions. — RIGHT NOW New York's mayor announced …
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The Hill:
California governor calls for bar closures, restaurant restrictions as crisis worsens
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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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New York Times:
NY and Coronavirus: Live Coverage — The moves are 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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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
White House Says More Drive-Through Coronavirus Test Sites To Open This Week
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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 …
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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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.
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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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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.
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.
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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Ryan McCrimmon / Politico:
Trump urges no hoarding as coronavirus panic strains grocery stores
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Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Amazon warns of delivery delays, running out of items — Amazon warned of delayed deliveries and items going out of stock as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread. — The online retailer said the increase in people shopping online is having a short-term impact on how it serves customers.
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 …
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