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2:00 AM ET, March 16, 2020

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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.
Discussion: 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 …
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 …
Bloomberg:
Fed Cuts Main Interest Rate to Near Zero, Vows Massive Bond-Buying Program
Discussion: Reuters and Slate
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
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.
Discussion: Politico
ABC News:
Biden commits to female running mate, touts electability in heads-up debate with Sanders
Discussion: Vox
Associated Press:
Sanders says Trump should stop ‘blabbering’ about virus
Discussion: Breitbart and NBC News
Maeve Reston / CNN:
Bernie Sanders shows no sign of giving up as he challenges front-runner Joe Biden's record
Discussion: Vox and The Hill
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.
Discussion: Slate
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
States order bars and restaurants to close due to coronavirus
Discussion: NPR
Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun-Times:
Pritzker orders all bars and restaurants to close to dine-in customers by end of day Monday
Discussion: Eater, Breitbart and Mediaite
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.
Discussion: The Hill and New York Post
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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Andrew M. Cuomo / New York Times:
Andrew Cuomo to President Trump: Mobilize the Military to Help Fight Coronavirus
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:   U.S. Offered ‘Large Sum’ to German Company for Access to Coronavirus Vaccine Research, German Officials Say
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Ryan McCrimmon / Politico:
Trump urges no hoarding as coronavirus panic strains grocery stores
Discussion: Breitbart, Kroger and H-E-B Newsroom
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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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.
Politico:
Gillum withdraws from politics after link to suspected drug overdose  —  TALLAHASSEE — Andrew Gillum said he would withdraw from public life, closing a chapter in his career that took him from the peak of Florida power to a Miami Beach hotel room where he was found inebriated with a man suspected of overdosing on crystal meth.
Discussion: Associated Press and Mediaite
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
 
 
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Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:
BIDEN GOES EXTREME: Give Oil Industry ‘No Ability’ To ‘Continue To Drill’, Take ‘Millions’ Of Cars Off The Road
Discussion: Twitchy
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
The coronavirus paradox - our lowest point and finest hour: Opinion
New York Times:
New York Officials Weigh Delaying April Primary Election
Discussion: National Review
Washington Post:
Most federal workers will report to the office Monday — as the rest of the country isolates itself
Discussion: The Hill
John Bowden / The Hill:
Clyburn calls Trump a racist, warns US could ‘go the way of Germany in the 1930s’
Discussion: Axios and Breitbart
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Amazon warns of delivery delays, running out of items
Dan Sabbagh / The Guardian:
UK ministers will no longer claim ‘no successful examples’ of Russian interference
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Fauci: 'If it looks like you're overreacting you're probably doing the right thing'
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Trump considering ‘full pardon’ of former national security advisor Michael Flynn
Tom Bergeron / ROI-NJ:
Life at the epicenter of N.J.'s coronavirus outbreak
Axios:
Netanyahu rival Gantz to receive mandate for forming Israeli government
Washington Post:
Without guidance from the top, Americans have been left to figure out their own coronavirus solutions
Discussion: Daily Kos
 

 
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