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10:35 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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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 …
Yun Li / CNBC:   Trump applauds Fed's move to slash interest rates and says investors ‘should be very thrilled’
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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: Associated Press, NBC News and The Hill
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
‘Go to the YouTube right now’
Discussion: Politico
ABC News:
Biden commits to female running mate, touts electability in heads-up debate with Sanders
Discussion: Vox
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.
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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.
Discussion: The Week
Axios:
Pence's presidential moment
Discussion: Raw Story
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The Guardian:
Coronavirus: anger in Germany at report Trump seeking exclusive vaccine deal
Discussion: Raw Story, UPI, The Mahablog and Vox
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 …
Discussion: Fox News and ACEP
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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 …
Discussion: Gizmodo
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 …
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: TechCrunch and The Week
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Fox News:
Sanders hints Tuesday's primaries should be postponed over coronavirus
Discussion: NBC News
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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Zachary Basu / Axios:
States order bars and restaurants to close due to coronavirus
Discussion: NPR and USA Today
Bloomberg:
U.S. Health Agency Suffers Cyber-Attack During Covid-19 Outbreak  — NSC tweet on disinformation Sunday was connected to hack  — Cyber intrusion comes as U.S. battles coronavirus pandemic  —  We're tracking the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and the global response.
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 …
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
Miami Herald:
Gillum seeks rehab for alcohol abuse after incident involving suspected crystal meth  —  Days after police say they found him in a South Beach hotel room with a collapsed companion and baggies of crystal meth, former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum announced plans Sunday night …
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Politico:
Gillum withdraws from politics after link to suspected drug overdose
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and The Hill
 
 
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago getting a deep clean after confirmed coronavirus cases
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Curtis Houck / NB Blog:
Arrogant CNN ‘Hosts’ Repeatedly LIE, Insist Trump Dubbed the Coronavirus a ‘Hoax’
Susan J. Demas / Michigan Advance:
Michigan almost had robust sick leave in 2018. Republicans killed it.
Discussion: Macro for the Many and HuffPost
USA Today:
The best thing everyday Americans can do to fight coronavirus? #StayHome, save lives
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
D.C. closes nightclubs and restricts bars, restaurants; New cases in Md., Va.; NIH employee …
New York Times:
‘There Is Plenty of Food in the Country’
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Clyburn calls Trump a racist, warns US could ‘go the way of Germany in the 1930s’
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
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