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11:35 PM ET, March 16, 2020

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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:
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 …
Discussion: Fox News
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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: Just The News, The Hill and Raw Story
John Solomon / Just The News:
Obama DOJ officials privately told Mueller they were alarmed by FBI treatment of Flynn
Discussion: Redstate
Associated Press:
Feds dropping case for 2 Russian companies in troll probe
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department drops plans for trial over Russian interference in 2016 U.S. election
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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 …
Rick Rouan / The Columbus Dispatch:
Coronavirus: Ohio election is up in air despite judge's ruling  —  Rick Rouan The Columbus Dispatch John Futty The Columbus Dispatch  —  After issuing a release that appears to defy a judge's ruling that Tuesday's primary must go forward, a source in the governor's office says that's not the case.
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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.
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: Townhall, The Hill and New York Post
Dan Merica / CNN:
Ohio governor announces polls will be closed Tuesday over coronavirus
Discussion: Twitchy
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: The Daily Beast and Rolling Stone
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
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Politico:
Senate to take up coronavirus package after House passes revised bill
Ron Paul / ronpaulinstitute.org:
The Coronavirus Hoax  —  Governments love crises because when the people are fearful they are more willing to give up freedoms for promises that the government will take care of them.  After 9/11, for example, Americans accepted the near-total destruction of their civil liberties in the PATRIOT Act's hollow promises of security.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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Sheri Fink / New York Times:   White House Takes New Line After Dire Report on Death Toll
Ben White / Politico:
How ugly could it get? Trump faces echoes of 1929 in coronavirus crisis.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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: The Week and POLITICUSUSA
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 …
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.
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.
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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Tim Wu / New York Times:
Don't Feel Sorry for the Airlines
CNBC:   White House braces for political fight as it readies coronavirus airline bailout package
Jason Riley / wdrb.com:
Kentucky Derby to be postponed until September as concerns heighten over COVID-19 pandemic  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The 146th running of The Kentucky Derby will be postponed until the first Saturday in September, multiple sources told WDRB News, the latest sporting event to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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New York Times:
Falls Short of Enacting Limits That Other Nations Required
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
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 …
New York Times:
Inside the Coronavirus Response: A Case Study in the White House Under Trump  —  Infighting, turf wars and a president more concerned with the stock market and media coverage than policy have defined the Trump White House.  They have also defined how it has handled a pandemic.
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, IJR, Redstate, Townhall and Gothamist
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 …
Discussion: Townhall, IJR and Mother Jones
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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.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Americans kept wondering what the president wanted them to do about coronavirus.  Finally, Trump offered some guidance.  —  President Trump for weeks dismissed the danger of the novel coronavirus.  He distracted himself by stoking unrelated feuds and nursing grievances.
Discussion: Mediaite, NPR, The Hill and CNN
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
NBC News projects Joe Biden wins Washington state primary  —  Bernie Sanders won the state in a landslide in the 2016 Democratic caucuses there.  —  NBC News projects that former Vice President Joe Biden has won the Democratic primary in Washington state.  —  With 99 percent of the vote …
Discussion: Politico, CNN, New Republic and UPI
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
U.S. Coronavirus Concerns Surge, Government Trust Slides  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the past month, as the coronavirus moved from an outbreak mainly limited to China to a worldwide pandemic, the percentage of Americans worried about being exposed to the virus has surged …
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
SoftBank Owned Patent Troll, Using Monkey Selfie Law Firm, Sues To Block Covid-19 Testing, Using Theranos Patents  —  Honestly, I wasn't sure how to begin this story or how to fit all the insanity into the title.  It's a story involving patents, patent trolling, Covid-19, Theranos …
Agence France-Presse:
Puerto Rico first US territory under 24-hour virus isolation  —  A woman sits by herself in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, at a normally busy area after Governor Wanda Vazquez told people to stay home  —  San Juan (AFP) - Puerto Rico was under 24-hour isolation Monday, governor Wanda Vazquez told local media …
 
 
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
VA's mission to see civilian patients in times of crisis vanished from its website
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Assholes Who Ridiculed Preparations For the Covid-19 Pandemic Are Having a Change of Heart
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Once-Accused Al Qaeda Sympathizer Goes Home
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CNN:
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 Earlier Items: 
Sister Toldjah / Redstate:
Dan Bongino and Others Call out NYT Editor for Altering Trump Quote From Conference Call With Governors
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Mariya Petkova / Al Jazeera:
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CNN:
Elizabeth Warren: We need a grassroots stimulus package
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Trump is finally starting to get it on coronavirus
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
The buck never, ever stops with Trump
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The Appeal:
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Lindsay Schnell / USA Today:
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