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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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House coronavirus package nears resolution after hitting snag — A multibillion-dollar House coronavirus package that was hung up in negotiations between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Monday is now close to finalization, with both sides hoping to pass a revised version and clearing it for Senate action.
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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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Rep. Louie Gohmert delays House coronavirus relief bill from moving to Senate — The House was expected to make technical corrections to the bipartisan measure, passed by the House early Saturday, on Monday, but Gohmert is insisting on reading them. — WASHINGTON — Rep. Louie Gohmert …
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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 …
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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
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ABC News:
Coronavirus live updates: Major cities shutdown — COVID-19 has reached 49 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. — Major cities are shutting down restaurants, bars, gyms and schools to try to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has killed at least 73 people in the United States.
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Ohio governor pushes postponing Tuesday primary; Kentucky delays primary til June
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Ohio governor calls for delaying Tuesday's primary until June
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Government response updates: Trump issues stricter guidelines to stop virus spread — The White House delayed a news conference Monday. — President Donald Trump and his coronavirus task force on Monday issued new, stricter guidelines to stop the spread of the disease …
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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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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.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Twitter Deleted Sheriff Clarke's Wildly Reckless Coronavirus Tweets, So He Says He's Quitting — After being punished for promoting coronavirus disinformation on Twitter, the former Milwaukee sheriff claims he'll move over to a social-media app popular with conservatives.
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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.
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.
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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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
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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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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Democrats face 2016 déjà vu as left resists peace with primary front-runner
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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 …
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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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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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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Trump is finally starting to get it on coronavirus — After a long period of flailing and offering false hope, President Trump's Monday press conference on the coronavirus pandemic was much more reassuring. And on one important point, he finally seems to be getting it.
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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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 …
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Bianca Padró Ocasio / Miami Herald:
‘Demonic spirit:’ Miami pastor rejects coronavirus warning — Note: The Miami Herald and McClatchy news sites have lifted the paywall on our websites for this developing story, providing critical information to readers. To support vital reporting such as this, please consider a digital subscription.
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