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9:40 PM ET, March 17, 2020

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New York Times:
Trump Now Claims He Always Knew the Coronavirus Would Be a Pandemic  —  The president tried to rewrite his history with advising Americans about the coronavirus.  His own words prove him wrong.  —  WASHINGTON — For weeks, President Trump has minimized the coronavirus, mocked concern about it and treated the risk cavalierly.
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New York Times:
Once Political B-Listers, Governors Lead Nation's Coronavirus Response  —  Governors of both parties have taken a lead role in confronting the crisis, asserting themselves in ways that have only highlighted the initial lack of seriousness from the White House.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
OPM chief Dale Cabaniss abruptly resigns  —  Dale Cabaniss, the director of the government's Office of Personnel Management, resigned abruptly on Tuesday, effective immediately.  —  Cabaniss stepped down because of what two people familiar with the matter said was poor treatment …
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Federal personnel chief quits abruptly amid coronavirus planning for the workforce of 2.1 million  —  The federal personnel director quit with no notice Tuesday after five months on the job, leaving the agency that oversees workplace policy for 2.1 million civil servants with no leader amid …
Politico:
Emergency stimulus to soar above $1 trillion  —  The government's economic stimulus is ballooning into trillion-dollar territory — the largest rescue in modern American history — as major industries flood the Trump administration and Capitol Hill for aid while huge swaths of the economy stall from the coronavirus crisis.
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Washington Post:
Trump administration seeks roughly $850 billion in emergency stimulus to confront coronavirus economic fallout
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
China Announces That It Will Expel American Journalists  —  The announcement comes weeks after President Trump limited the number of Chinese citizens who could work in the United States for five state-controlled Chinese news organizations.  —  In the latest escalation of tensions between …
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Wall Street Journal:
China Bans All U.S. Nationals Working for The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington …
Discussion: NB Blog and The Daily Caller
fmprc.gov.cn:
China Takes Countermeasures Against Restrictive Measures on Chinese Media Agencies in the US
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New York Times:
Live Primary Election Results: Florida, Illinois and Arizona
Discussion: The Week
David Byler / Washington Post:
We're in the midst of a public health crisis.  Stop pretending the Democratic primary is competitive.
Discussion: Florida Politics and NBC News
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Americans Don't Trust What They're Hearing From Trump On Coronavirus  —  Americans have little trust in the information they are hearing from President Trump about the novel coronavirus, and their confidence in the federal government's response to it is declining sharply, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Anger builds over virus dangers in immigration courts  —  President Donald Trump's increasingly urgent campaign to attack the coronavirus outbreak is having a notably meager impact in the immigration courts, where dramatic moves could undercut his signature policy of getting tough on undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers.
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New York Times:
Administration Seeks $850 Billion and Plans Strict Border Controls
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Resnick / Vox:
Scientists warn we may need to live with social distancing for a year or more  —  Researchers say we face a horrible choice: practice social distancing for months or a year, or let hundreds of thousands die.  —  Life in America — and in many countries around the world — is changing drastically.
New York Times:
U.S. Virus Plan Anticipates 18-Month Pandemic and Widespread Shortages  —  The 100-page federal plan laid out a grim prognosis and outlined a response that would activate agencies across the government.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal government plan to combat the coronavirus warned policymakers …
Discussion: Political Flare and Raw Story
Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair:
“Dishonesty...Is Always an Indicator of Weakness”: Tucker Carlson on How He Brought His Coronavirus Message to Mar-a-Lago  —  The Fox News host believes that an administration (and GOP, and Democrats, and media) obsessed with impeachment couldn't help but see the coronavirus through a political lens.
Discussion: Deadline
New York Times:
At Party for Donald Trump Jr.'s Girlfriend, Donors Helped Pick Up the Tab  —  Attendees of the bash for Kimberly Guilfoyle at the president's private club chipped in — including financial backers of the Trump re-election campaign.  —  WASHINGTON — It was a lavish birthday party for Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle.
Wall Street Journal:
Lessons From Italy's Hospital Meltdown.  ‘Every Day You Lose, the Contagion Gets Worse.’  —  The coronavirus is pushing a wealthy region with high-tech health care toward a humanitarian disaster  —  BERGAMO, Italy—Ambulances here have stopped using sirens.  The frequent blaring only adds to local fears.
Washington Post:
Amazon's warehouse workers sound alarms about coronavirus spread  —  Workers call on the ecommerce giant to close and clean warehouses exposed to the coronavirus and to adopt rules that encourage employees to practice sanitary habits  —  As Amazon sales surge from shoppers stocking up on consumer staples …
NBC News:
Senate coronavirus vote delayed after Rand Paul pushes doomed amendment  —  Mitch McConnell had said he wanted to pass the bill at “warp speed.”  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would move at “warp speed” to pass coronavirus legislation on Tuesday, but Sen. Rand Paul …
Sam LaGrone / USNI News:
UPDATED: Pentagon Preparing Navy Hospital Ships Mercy, Comfort for Coronavirus Response  —  This post has been updated with statements from Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.  —  The Pentagon is starting the process of activating Navy hospital ships USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) and USNS Comfort …
Discussion: Politico
Noah Higgins-Dunn / CNBC:
New Yorkers should be prepared for a ‘shelter in place order,’ Mayor Bill de Blasio says  —  New Yorkers should prepare for a “shelter-in-place” order in the coming days as local officials try to contain the fast-moving coronavirus that's spreading throughout the U.S., New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio …
Ewilliams / DCist:
Coronavirus Is Causing Industry-Wide Layoffs In D.C., Hitting Service Workers Particularly Hard |  DCist  —  Sweeping rounds of layoffs have started to hit D.C.-area businesses in a wide range of sectors.  The economic plunge has been widely felt, hitting the wedding industry …
Discussion: PoPville
Pankaj Mishra / Bloomberg:
Get Ready, A Bigger Disruption Is Coming  —  The Covid-19 pandemic reflects a systemic crisis akin to the seminal crashes of the 20th century.  —  As global supply chains break, airlines slash flights, borders rise within nation-states, stock exchanges convulse with fear …
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
How To Get More Ventilators And What To Do If We Can't  —  Factory capacity can be ramped up, but the components come from overseas and they could be hard to find.  —  The coronavirus pandemic could cause a dramatic upsurge of hospital patients in the U.S., creating unprecedented demand for ventilators.
Washington Post:
U.S. government, tech industry discussing ways to use smartphone location data to combat coronavirus  —  The U.S. government is in active talks with Facebook, Google and a wide array of tech companies and health experts about how they can use location data gleaned from Americans' phones …
Bill Scher / Politico:
Biden's Top 12 Running Mates, Ranked  —  Joe Biden's unequivocal declaration that his running mate will be a woman began the 2020 veepstakes with a brutal cut.  There will be no consolation prize for Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg or Julian Castro.  There will be no unity ticket pairing Biden with Bernie Sanders.
Discussion: Detroit News and NBC News
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Trump loyalists take command of the intelligence community  —  At a moment when Americans have new appreciation for the government professionals who protect against global threats, the Trump administration is weighing cuts in funding and staff for the National Counterterrorism Center …
Arlene Martinez / USA Today:
In California: Millions locked down; 911 gets calls about neighbors coughing  —  Nearly seven million residents in seven counties must shelter in place to help stop the spread of coronavirus.  Elsewhere in the Golden State, people are calling 911 to report coughers.
Wall Street Journal:
A Generational War Is Brewing Over Coronavirus  —  Scientists say lack of alarm among young people could hinder the fight against the virus and endanger elders  —  Scientists and government officials fighting the coronavirus epidemic say they have a problem: Carefree youths.
Washington Post:
IRS and Social Security close field offices across the country as some federal services start shrinking in response to the coronavirus  —  The Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday began closing field offices in Northern California, Seattle, Puerto Rico and the New York City area to contain …
The Daily Beast:
U.S. Soldier in Virus Quarantine: ‘Prisoners Receive Better Care’  —  In one of the first accounts from inside the precautionary military lockdown, a returning Afghanistan veteran describes unpreparedness and absurdity.  —  His second tour in Afghanistan over, Henry Chinaski stepped off …
Discussion: Raw Story and WSOC-TV
Justin Wingerter / Denver Post:
Cory Gardner will self-quarantine after contact with coronavirus patient  —  U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Tuesday that he will self-quarantine after coming into contact last week with a constituent who subsequently was found to have the coronavirus.  —  “I was alerted today …
Ida Garibaldi / Washington Post:
Hello from Italy.  Your future is grimmer than you think.  —  Within weeks, our old lives were gone  —  My family lives in the Veneto, in Northern Italy, one of the regions worst hit by the novel coronavirus.  We are on lockdown.  It's scary.  It's lonely.  It's uncomfortable.  And did I mention scary?
Suhauna Hussain / Los Angeles Times:
18% of U.S. workers have lost jobs or hours since coronavirus hit, poll finds  —  As fallout from the coronavirus pandemic hits the economy, it's slamming the American workforce: Some 18% of adults reported that they had been laid off or that their work hours had been cut, a new poll found.
Discussion: Common Dreams, Daily Kos and KTLA
Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
FAA: Tower at Chicago's Midway airport is closed after ‘several’ employees there test positive for COVID-19  — “Several” employees at Chicago's Midway International Airport tested positive for coronavirus, the FAA said.  — The airport remains open thanks to back-up facilities but is operating at a reduced pace.
 
 
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BBC:
Coronavirus: European Union seals borders to most outsiders
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The Daily Beast:
White House Privately Backchannels Its Coronavirus Messaging to Conservative Social-Media Influencers
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Arama / Redstate:
Dr. Fauci Explains Testing Issues: Not Anyone's Fault, 'Certainly Not The President's'
Discussion: The Hill and American Greatness
Art Raymond / Deseret News:
Utah company ready to crank out 50K COVID-19 tests per day
Discussion: Breitbart
Washington Post:
Live updates: Coronavirus confirmed in all 50 states and D.C., after West Virginia reports first case …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
TV Ratings Illustrate Hunger for News on Coronavirus Threat
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Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
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Pete Williams / NBC News:
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CNN:
Former Rep. Duncan Hunter sentenced to 11 months in prison for misusing campaign funds
Discussion: The Week
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
As much of America takes drastic action, some Republicans remain skeptical of the severity of the coronavirus pandemic