Top Items:
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
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Econlib, One America News Network, Vox, NPR, Just The News, UPI, The Daily Caller, Townhall and Breitbart
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Federal Reserve cuts rates to zero and launches massive $700 billion quantitative easing program — This is breaking news. Check back here for updates. — The Federal Reserve, saying “the coronavirus outbreak has harmed communities and disrupted economic activity in many countries …
Discussion:
Board of Governors …, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo, Redstate, Reason, TheBlaze and WND
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Fed announces massive stimulus to shield economy from coronavirus
Discussion:
Board of Governors …, One America News Network and Breitbart
Politico:
Biden and Bernie face off: Key moments from Sunday's debate — Bernie Sanders spent more than an hour dissecting elements of Joe Biden's record that he considers anathema to today's Democratic Party — from protections for big banks to his skepticism of Medicare for all healthcare.
Discussion:
Associated Press, NBC News, Breitbart, The Hill, One America News Network and The Week
RELATED:
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
‘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.
Discussion:
Politico
NBC News:
Live Blog / Democratic debate live updates: Biden and Sanders go head to head in Washington, D.C.
Discussion:
Politico, Associated Press, New York Times, The Hill, Breitbart, MSNBC, The Daily Beast and New York Times
ABC News:
Biden commits to female running mate, touts electability in heads-up debate with Sanders
Discussion:
Vox
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.
Discussion:
Slate
RELATED:
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: C.D.C. Gives New Guidelines, New York to Close Restaurants and Schools and Italian Deaths Rise
Discussion:
Fox News and National Review
The Hill:
California governor calls for bar closures, restaurant restrictions as crisis worsens
Discussion:
Sacramento Bee, Politico and IJR
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
New York Times:
NY and Coronavirus: Live Coverage — The moves are the most far-reaching and disruptive the city has taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus. — RIGHT NOW New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that five people in the city had died from the coronavirus, all of whom had underlying health issues.
Discussion:
ProPublica, Politico, US News, Iowa Starting Line, Townhall, Mother Jones, The Daily Caller, Eater NY, BKLYNER, The Daily Beast, ABC News and New York Post
RELATED:
New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.C.: Schools, Restaurants and Bars Are Shut Down
Discussion:
The Hill, NBC News, Mother Jones and WGN-TV
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
White House Says More Drive-Through Coronavirus Test Sites To Open This Week
Discussion:
HuffPost, The Verge, Wired, The Daily Caller and TalkLeft, more at Techmeme »
Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.: New York City Public Schools to Close
Discussion:
Washington Post, Gothamist, TheBlaze and The Daily Caller
Reuters:
Germany tries to stop US from luring away firm seeking coronavirus vaccine — BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States, prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine.
Discussion:
Politico, CureVac, Redstate, The Mahablog, STAT, Political Flare, Mediaite and The Week
RELATED:
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 …
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 …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo
RELATED:
Ryan McCrimmon / Politico:
Trump urges no hoarding as coronavirus panic strains grocery stores
Discussion:
Breitbart, Kroger and H-E-B Newsroom
Cheryl Benard / Washington Post:
Landing at Dulles Airport, I encountered a case study in how to spread a pandemic — Cheryl Benard is a former senior analyst with the RAND Corporation and has written about health systems in post-conflict environments. — Like thousands of Americans and Europeans scrambling …
Discussion:
The Atlantic, Blue Virginia, Daily Kos, NPR, The Verge and Slate
Axios:
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.
Discussion:
Raw Story
RELATED:
William Hanage / The Guardian:
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.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Madeleine Westerhout to release Oval Office memoir — Madeleine Westerhout, who spent 2½ years as President Trump's Oval Office gatekeeper, will release a frank memoir on Aug. 11 about one mistake that cost her one of the world's most fascinating jobs.
Politico:
Gillum withdraws from politics after link to suspected drug overdose — TALLAHASSEE — Andrew Gillum said he would withdraw from public life, closing a chapter in his career that took him from the peak of Florida power to a Miami Beach hotel room where he was found inebriated with a man suspected of overdosing on crystal meth.
Discussion:
Associated Press and Mediaite
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:
The Week
Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Trump considering ‘full pardon’ of former national security advisor Michael Flynn — Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about the nature of his conversations with the Russian ambassador prior to Trump's inauguration as president. — Flynn is in the process of trying …
Discussion:
Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
RELATED:
Commissioning Editor - Practical Law — 
Energy Markets Reporter, London — 
Asia Credit Reporter, Seoul — 
Senior Social Media Specialist, NC — 
Courthouse Researcher, CA — 
Associate Editor - Aviation, TN — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Video Producer - YouTube, NY — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Managing Ed. - Berks County, PA — 
News Editor - UK, Remote — 
News Reporter, MA — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Service Journalism Editor, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Los Angeles Issues Reporter, CA — 
Reporter - Middle East — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
General Assignment Reporter, FL — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
