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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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Wall Street Journal:
Stocks and Bond Yields Plummet After Fed Slashes Rates — U.S. equity futures drop by almost 5%, signaling markets are poised for a sharp drop after the opening bell — Stocks globally plunged Monday even after the Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark interest rate to near zero …
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
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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
MSNBC:
Biden leads Trump by 9 points in a one-to-one matchup — Among all registered voters, Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump in a head-to-head contest, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. In a hypothetical one-on-one general election contest, 52 percent of all voters …
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Christina Johnsen / Polls:
State Takes on a Purple Hue; Partisans Divided Over Coronavirus — Kelly leads McSally in Senate race — West Long Branch, NJ - Arizona's Electoral College votes could be in play in November, according to a Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll of registered voters in the state.
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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 …
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Raw Story
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Virus Relief Risks Being Slowed by a Few GOP Senators' Concerns — Single objection in Senate could delay passage for days — Trump administration backs quick vote on package this week — We're tracking the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and the global response.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Trump snapped out of coronavirus delusion mode — It took a stock market crash — and a Fox News star's intervention — to finally snap President Trump's delusional and possibly disastrous fixation with treating the coronavirus like just another winter flu.
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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The Seattle Times:
EvergreenHealth doctor tests positive for coronavirus, in critical condition — An emergency room doctor at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland is in critical condition with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. — The hospital at the center of the coronavirus outbreak …
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Gizmodo
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:
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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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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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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Tina Nguyen / Politico:
Trump finds his MAGA movement fracturing over coronavirus — Just two weeks after President Donald Trump rallied conservatives to focus on the threat of socialism, his followers are splintering over the coronavirus pandemic. — On one side are those like Bill Mitchell …
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Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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
New York Times:
To Track Coronavirus, Israel Moves to Tap Secret Trove of Cellphone Data — The information, intended for use in counterterrorism, would help identify people who have crossed paths with known patients. — JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has authorized …
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
The Intercept:
TikTok Told Moderators to Suppress Posts by “Ugly” People and the Poor to Attract New Users — The makers of TikTok, the Chinese video-sharing app with hundreds of millions of users around the world, instructed moderators to suppress posts created by users deemed too ugly, poor …
Bloomberg:
U.S. Health Agency Suffers Cyber-Attack During Covid-19 Response — The U.S. Health and Human Services Department suffered a cyber-attack on its computer system Sunday night during the nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to three people familiar with the matter.
USA Today:
The best thing everyday Americans can do to fight coronavirus? #StayHome, save lives — Be a neat freak. Wash your hands. Give to people in need. If you're going to spread anything, spread help, compassion and humor. And do not panic. — The coronavirus pandemic seemed so far away just weeks ago.
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
The coronavirus paradox - our lowest point and finest hour: Opinion — Our collective actions from here will dictate the outcome. — The paradox of the novel coronavirus response is that it only works if we take aggressive steps before they seem necessary and, if they work, will not have seemed necessary.
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