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.

‘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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

New York City to Close Schools, Restaurants and Bars: Live Updates  —  The moves are the most far-reaching and disruptive the city has taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus.  —  RIGHT NOW Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Sunday night that he would order all bars and restaurants in New York City to close.

‘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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …