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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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Politico:
House coronavirus package hits snag — The Senate will return to Washington Monday to work on a multi-billion dollar coronavirus package, but the bill remains hung up in negotiations between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House, according to multiple Capitol Hill sources.
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Tells Governors to Seek Out Respirators on Their Own — The E.U. chief wants to seal it off from almost all international travel. Italy pledged more than $28 billion to bolster its health system and cushion the impact on workers.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Trump to Governors on Ventilators: ‘Try Getting It Yourselves’
Trump to Governors on Ventilators: ‘Try Getting It Yourselves’
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Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Tim Morrison / Washington Post:
No, the White House didn't ‘dissolve’ its pandemic response office — 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
Lessons Ignored: John Bolton's Bogus Defense of “Streamlining” Away Our Bio-Readiness
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News/Marist polls: Biden holds big leads over Sanders in Arizona and Ohio — The former vice president is narrowly ahead of President Trump in general election matchups in both states, according to a pair of new polls. — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden enjoys significant …
Laura Litvan / Bloomberg:
Lone House Republican Is Holding Up House Virus Bill Fixes — Texas Republican Gohmert complains House debate was too rushed — Senate is in session this week, plans to debate House bill — A single House Republican is holding up a fix to the House-passed virus-response bill …
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Raw Story
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Trump snapped out of coronavirus delusion mode
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 …
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Kellie Mejdrich / Politico:
Stocks edging lower following market-wide pause
Stocks edging lower following market-wide pause
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The Moderate Voice and Breitbart
Kathleen Arberg / Supreme Court of the United States:
For Immediate Release — In keeping with public health precautions recommended in response to COVID-19, the Supreme Court is postponing the oral arguments currently scheduled for the March session (March 23-25 and March 30-April 1). The Court will examine the options for rescheduling …
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court will delay oral arguments, Trump tax case was set for this month
Supreme Court will delay oral arguments, Trump tax case was set for this month
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Twitter removes David Clarke's tweets as he and other Trump allies sow coronavirus conspiracy theories and doubts … On CNN on Sunday morning, Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, urged people to stop going out to eat and drink.
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Mother Jones
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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.
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Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
US airlines seek more than $50 billion in government assistance as coronavirus roils business — U.S. airlines are seeking government assistance of more than $50 billion, including a mix of direct aid and loan guarantees, as the industry reels from the coronavirus outbreak.
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WND
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Brianna Gurciullo / Politico:
U.S. airlines seek nearly $60B bailout
U.S. airlines seek nearly $60B bailout
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Financial Times, Bloomberg and One America News Network
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 splitting over the coronavirus pandemic. — On one side are those like Bill Mitchell …
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Vanity Fair and Raw Story
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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The Appeal:
The Coronavirus Response: Spotlight on State & Local Governments — During the COVID-19 pandemic, local and state governments are key actors in protecting the United States's most vulnerable residents. They run jails and state prisons, which are key to “flattening the curve,” …
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New York Times and Fox News
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 …
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Talking Points Memo and Gizmodo
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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.
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The Daily Caller
Tom Nichols / USA Today:
The Biden-Sanders coronavirus debate was useless. Time for Bernie to exit stage left. — Democrats are the largest part of the anti-Trump coalition. By staying in, Sanders deprives them of their clear preference during a national crisis. — In America, no one owes a vote to any person or party.
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Chris Christie / Washington Post:
What Trump must do now to reduce the coronavirus risk — Chris Christie, a Republican, was governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. — In late October 2012, scientists forecast that two giant storms were going to come together to create a superstorm on the Mid-Atlantic coast.
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Raw Story
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
GOP senator says Trump should ‘step back’ from response messaging — Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she would like President Donald Trump to “step back” and appoint a public health official to be the spokesman for the federal government's response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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 …
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Los Angeles Times:
As the coronavirus pandemic grows, gun sales are surging in many states — David Stone snagged a cardboard box of .223-caliber ammunition from the shelf and slid it across the glass countertop, offering his go-to sales pitch: “Welcome to the biggest selection of ammunition in all of Oklahoma.”
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National Review, Redstate and New York Times