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Alex Wickham / BuzzFeed:
The UK Only Realised “In The Last Few Days” That Its Coronavirus Strategy Would “Likely Result In Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths”  —  Scientists advising the government say an aggressive new approach adopted to attempt to “suppress” the virus may have to be in place for 18 months.
Discussion: Redstate
New York Times:
Trump Gives New Guidelines for Containment in the U.S.  —  President Trump announced new guidelines to control the spread of the virus, advising against gatherings of more than 10 people, as European nations sealed their borders.  —  RIGHT NOW Health officials ordered millions in six counties …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump to Governors on Ventilators: ‘Try Getting It Yourselves’  —  On a conference call with the nation's governors, President Trump said they should try to get ventilators on their own ahead of an expected crush of coronavirus cases.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump told a group of governors …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Andrew Cuomo Is the Control Freak We Need Right Now  —  In ordinary times, Mr. Cuomo's relentlessness and bullying drive New Yorkers crazy.  In the age of the coronavirus, they soothe our battered nerves.  —  “A crisis shows you a person's soul,” Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo mused during a conference call with reporters on Sunday.
Discussion: Security, Redstate, IJR, Townhall and Gothamist
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Moves to Drop Charges Against Russian Firms Filed by Mueller  —  The companies funded Russia's social media-fueled interference in the 2016 election, prosecutors said.  But they tried to weaponize the case instead of fight it.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department moved …
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Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
U.S. Justice Dept. abandons prosecution of Russian firm indicted in Mueller election interference probe  —  The U.S. Justice Department moved Monday to drop its two-year-long prosecution of a Russian company charged with orchestrating a social media campaign to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Associated Press:   Feds dropping case for 2 Russian companies in troll probe
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department drops plans for trial over Russian interference in 2016 U.S. election
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Laura Hancock / Plain Dealer:
Judge denies request to delay Ohio primary election until June over coronavirus  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Franklin County judge on Monday night denied an effort backed by Gov. Mike DeWine, who sought to move Ohio's primary election until June over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
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Laura Hancock / Plain Dealer:   Judge denies request to delay Ohio primary election until June over coronavirus
Rick Rouan / The Columbus Dispatch:
Coronavirus: Judge denies request to move Ohio Primary to June 2
Discussion: New York Post
Dan Merica / CNN:
Court denies Ohio governor's request to delay Tuesday's primary until June due to coronavirus
Discussion: Twitchy
Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Judge refuses to reschedule Ohio primary amid coronavirus fears
Discussion: Politico and The Verge
Washington Post:   Uncertainty looms over Ohio primary as state judge rejects governor's efforts to postpone Tuesday vote
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
McConnell Has a Request for Veteran Federal Judges: Please Quit  —  The Senate majority leader has encouraged judges thinking about stepping down to do so soon to ensure that Republicans confirm their replacements this year.  —  WASHINGTON — Running out of federal court vacancies to fill …
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Daniel Desrochers / Lexington Herald-Leader:
McConnell calls on McGrath to take down political ads as coronavirus cripples Kentucky  —  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign called on a potential Democratic opponent — former Marine Corps pilot Amy McGrath — to stop running political advertisements during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Discussion: CNN
Politico:
Senate to take up coronavirus package after House passes revised bill
Politico:   Senate GOP punts on surveillance bill amid coronavirus crisis
Washington Post:
On Fox News, suddenly a very different tune about the coronavirus  —  For weeks, some of Fox News's most popular hosts downplayed the threat of the coronavirus, characterizing it as a conspiracy by media organizations and Democrats to undermine President Trump.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Tim Morrison / Washington Post:
No, the White House didn't ‘dissolve’ its pandemic response office.  I was there.  —  Tim Morrison is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and former senior director for counterproliferation and biodefense on the National Security Council.  —  President Trump gets his share of criticism — some warranted, much not.
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Jeremy Konyndyk / Just Security:
Lessons Ignored: John Bolton's Bogus Defense of “Streamlining” Away Our Bio-Readiness
Politico:
Before Trump's inauguration, a warning: ‘The worst influenza pandemic since 1918’  —  Seven days before Donald Trump took office, his aides faced a major test: the rapid, global spread of a dangerous virus in cities like London and Seoul, one serious enough that some countries were imposing travel bans.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“There's No Boogeyman He Can Attack”: Angry at Kushner, Trump Awakens to the COVID-19 Danger  —  For weeks, Trump and his son-in-law saw the novel coronavirus mostly as a media and political problem.  But the spiraling cases, plunging markets, and a Mar-a-Lago cluster finally opened eyes.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Americans kept wondering what the president wanted them to do about coronavirus.  Finally, Trump offered some guidance.
Discussion: NPR, Mediaite and The Hill
Erin Allday / San Francisco Chronicle:
Bay Area ‘shelter in place’ expected: Only essential businesses open in 6 counties with 6.7 million people until April 7  —  The San Francisco Chronicle has lifted the paywall on our coverage of this developing story to provide critical information to our community.
Washington Post:
Casinos ask Congress for emergency aid as coronavirus toll sweeps industry  —  Gaming association says leaders should move ‘urgently’ to back casinos and their employees  —  Casinos have joined the airline industry in asking Congress for emergency financial help as Las Vegas …
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CNBC:   White House braces for political fight as it readies coronavirus airline bailout package
Tim Wu / New York Times:
Don't Feel Sorry for the Airlines
New York Times:
Mayor Resisted Harsh Steps on Virus.  Then Aides Said They'd Quit.  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio hesitated to close schools and restaurants, but pushback from advisers changed his mind.  He still went to the gym Monday.  —  For most of last week, as Mayor Bill de Blasio continued to urge …
Discussion: Redstate, Mediaite and Politico
Washington Post:
How U.S. coronavirus testing stalled: Flawed tests, red tape and resistance to using the millions of tests produced by the WHO  —  When Olfert Landt heard about the novel coronavirus, he got busy.  —  Founder of a small Berlin-based company, the ponytailed 54-year-old first raced …
Lindsay Schnell / USA Today:
California, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington close bars and restaurants in effort to slow coronavirus  —  The governors in five states — California, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington — closed bars, restaurants and wineries in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:   America begins drinking at home
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
Be Wary of Those Texts From a Friend of a Friend's Aunt  —  Text messages claiming to have inside knowledge were the latest example of misinformation spreading amid anxiety about the coronavirus.  —  The text messages have largely followed a pattern: The author claims to have a connection …
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Ben Collins / NBC News:   False coronavirus rumors surge in ‘hidden viral’ text messages
Mark Weiner / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Former Rep. Richard Hanna, GOP moderate from Upstate NY, dies at 69  —  WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, a fiercely independent Republican from Upstate New York who championed LGBT and women's rights, died Sunday at a hospital in Oneida County.  He was 69.
Lisa Marie Pane / Associated Press:
Virus fears fuel spike in sales of guns and ammunition  —  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The world's largest gun store, in metro Atlanta, has had lines that are six and eight people deep.  A gun store in Los Angeles had lines that stretched down the block.  And at least one store in Idaho put limits …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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Associated Press:
Coronavirus vaccine test opens as US volunteer gets 1st shot  —  SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday — leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges.
John Solomon / Just The News:
Obama DOJ officials privately told Mueller they were alarmed by FBI treatment of Flynn  —  A little-noticed letter from special counsel Robert Mueller's office divulges Obama DOJ concerns about FBI treatment of ex-Trump national security adviser.  —  Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates …
Mariya Petkova / Al Jazeera:
Concern mounts of ‘catastrophic’ coronavirus outbreak in Syria  —  Gov't says no cases have been logged but fears grow war-hit country will not be able to cope with a COVID-19 outbreak.  —  As the coronavirus takes a firmer hold across the Middle East, there is growing concern that Syria might face …
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
The buck never, ever stops with Trump  —  My conversation with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute on March 7 in Birmingham, Ala., was quick.  It was on the sidelines of the Faith and Politics Institute's annual civil rights pilgrimage and just moments …
Discussion: Common Dreams
 
 
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New York Times:
Inside the Coronavirus Response: A Case Study in the White House Under Trump
New York Times:
Falls Short of Enacting Limits That Other Nations Required
Discussion: The Hill
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
SoftBank Owned Patent Troll, Using Monkey Selfie Law Firm, Sues To Block Covid-19 Testing, Using Theranos Patents
CNN:
White House press secretary works from home after exposure to Brazil delegation with coronavirus
Sister Toldjah / Redstate:
Dan Bongino and Others Call out NYT Editor for Altering Trump Quote From Conference Call With Governors
Discussion: Instapundit
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Trump gives himself 10 out of 10 on coronavirus response
Discussion: Washington Post
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Trump releases guidelines to slow coronavirus spread in ‘15 days,’ but warns crisis could stretch to summer
Discussion: Redstate
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Elizabeth Warren: We need a grassroots stimulus package
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Trump is finally starting to get it on coronavirus
Sister Toldjah / Redstate:
Displaying Total Cluelessness, Paul Krugman Mocks People for Buying Guns/Ammo During Wuhan Coronavirus Crisis
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Twitter Deleted Sheriff Clarke's Wildly Reckless Coronavirus Tweets, So He Says He's Quitting
The Appeal:
The Coronavirus Response: Spotlight on State & Local Governments
Discussion: New York Times and Fox News
 

 
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Dade Hayes / Deadline:
In an earnings call, David Zaslav says the Trump Administration may be more merger friendly, enabling a “real positive and accelerated impact on this industry”

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
TikTok launches Share to TikTok, which lets users directly share music from Apple Music and Spotify in a post to their TikTok Feed or in DMs via TikTok Messages

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: WaPo CEO Will Lewis tells staff they'll be expected to work from the office five days a week, instead of three, by June 2, and by February 3 for managers

 
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