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Sheri Fink / New York Times:
White House Takes New Line After Dire Report on Death Toll  —  Federal guidelines warned against gatherings of more than 10 people as a London report predicted high fatalities in the U.S. without dramatic action.  —  Sweeping new federal recommendations announced on Monday for Americans …
Discussion: NBC News, Common Dreams and CNN
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Ben White / Politico:
How ugly could it get?  Trump faces echoes of 1929 in coronavirus crisis.  —  The early signals from the coronavirus crisis point to a scale of damage unseen in the modern U.S. economy: the potential for millions of jobs lost in a single month, a historic and sudden plunge in economic activity across …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump administration seeks roughly $850 billion in emergency stimulus to confront coronavirus economic fallout  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to present details to Senate Republicans on Tuesday  —  The Trump administration is asking Congress to approve a massive economic stimulus package …
Discussion: Fox News, CNN, Forbes and New York Post
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Washington Post:
Casinos ask Congress for emergency aid as coronavirus toll sweeps industry
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Stocks set to bounce as Wall Street attempts rebound from the Dow's third-worst day ever
Discussion: Financial Times, Mediaite and WND
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Congress shifts into overdrive
Discussion: CNBC
New York Times:
Inside the Coronavirus Response: A Case Study in the White House Under Trump  —  Infighting, turf wars and a president more concerned with the stock market and media coverage than policy have defined the Trump White House.  They have also defined how it has handled a pandemic.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
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Politico:
A chastened Trump presents a newly somber tone
Discussion: CNBC
Associated Press:
Trump changes tone, gets real on virus threat
Discussion: IJR and Politico
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Ohio polls remain closed following overnight ruling from Ohio Supreme Court  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's polling places are closed on what was to have been the state's presidential primary, following an overnight ruling from the Ohio Supreme Court.  —  The Ohio Supreme Court effectively allowed …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and TechCrunch
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Rick Rouan / The Columbus Dispatch:
Coronavirus: Ohio election is up in air despite judge's ruling  —  Rick Rouan The Columbus Dispatch John Futty The Columbus Dispatch  —  After issuing a release that appears to defy a judge's ruling that Tuesday's primary must go forward, a source in the governor's office says that's not the case.
Rick Rouan / The Columbus Dispatch:
Coronavirus: Ohio Supreme Court allows delay to primary election
Discussion: UPI and Daily Kos
Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
Pandemic Planning Should Ensure All Votes Can Be Cast by Mail in November, Experts Say
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
On Fox News, suddenly a very different tune about the coronavirus  —  For weeks, some of Fox News's most popular hosts downplayed the threat of the coronavirus, characterizing it as a conspiracy by media organizations and Democrats to undermine President Trump.
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
U.S. Justice Dept. abandons prosecution of Russian firm indicted in Mueller election interference probe  —  The U.S. Justice Department moved Monday to drop its two-year-long prosecution of a Russian company charged with orchestrating a social media campaign to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Discussion: Just The News, Raw Story and The Hill
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Moves to Drop Charges Against Russian Firms Filed by Mueller  —  The companies funded Russia's social media-fueled interference in the 2016 election, prosecutors said.  But they tried to weaponize the case instead of fight it.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department moved …
Discussion: HuffPost and Fox News
John Solomon / Just The News:
Obama DOJ officials privately told Mueller they were alarmed by FBI treatment of Flynn
Discussion: Redstate
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.
Discussion: The Week, CapX, Redstate and Politico
Washington Post:
How U.S. coronavirus testing stalled: Flawed tests, red tape and resistance to using the millions of tests produced by the WHO  —  When Olfert Landt heard about the novel coronavirus, he got busy.  —  Founder of a small Berlin-based company, the ponytailed 54-year-old first raced …
Discussion: Townhall and Common Dreams
Daniel Desrochers / Lexington Herald-Leader:
McConnell calls on McGrath to take down political ads as coronavirus cripples Kentucky  —  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign called on a potential Democratic opponent — former Marine Corps pilot Amy McGrath — to stop running political advertisements during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Mitch McConnell complains it's not fair for his opponent to be attacking him while there's a pandemic going on
Discussion: Political Flare
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Coronavirus in NYC: Bill de Blasio considering a shelter-in-place edict  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio may soon order New Yorkers to only leave their homes for food, medicine and exercise — a major escalation of the Big Apple's coronavirus containment plan.  —  De Blasio was asked on CNN Tuesday morning …
Discussion: Associated Press and Sean Hannity
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Politico:
Before Trump's inauguration, a warning: ‘The worst influenza pandemic since 1918’  —  Seven days before Donald Trump took office, his aides faced a major test: the rapid, global spread of a dangerous virus in cities like London and Seoul, one serious enough that some countries were imposing travel bans.
Gino Spocchia / The Independent:
Video emerges showing Trump talking about cutting pandemic team in 2018, despite saying last week 'I didn't know about it'  —  Video appears to contradict president's claim of ignorance about the cuts  —  A video has emerged of Donald Trump talking about cutting the US pandemic response team in 2018 …
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.
Discussion: Althouse
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Democrats vote in Florida and more: What polls show for Biden, Sanders  —  Amid the coronavirus pandemic, three states are casting ballots in what could be the Vermont senator's last chance to stop the former VP.  —  Democrats are scheduled to vote in primaries for their presidential nominee …
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
NBC News projects Joe Biden wins Washington state primary
Discussion: Politico, ABC News, CNN, New Republic and UPI
Jason Riley / wdrb.com:
Kentucky Derby to be postponed until September as concerns heighten over COVID-19 pandemic  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The 146th running of The Kentucky Derby will be postponed until the first Saturday in September, multiple sources told WDRB News, the latest sporting event to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
South Korea's coronavirus success story underscores how the U.S. initially failed  —  Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter.  —  There seems to be no shortage of grim tidings for those in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic.  In the United States, public-health officials are bracing …
Wall Street Journal:
House Democrats Scale Back Paid-Leave Program in Coronavirus-Aid Bill  —  Measure would still provide two weeks of sick leave to a wide swath of workers, but restrict eligibility for further time off  —  WASHINGTON—The Democratic-led House scaled back a paid-leave program that the chamber …
Washington Post:
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's coronavirus response has become a national guide to the crisis  —  When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced a ban on spectators at the Arnold Classic, a juggernaut of a sports festival that brings tens of millions in revenue, the move seemed radical.
Discussion: Vox
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Giving Americans Money to Offset Coronavirus Impact Gains Bipartisan Support in Congress  —  Lawmakers in both parties say the government should send funds to households to cushion economic pain  —  WASHINGTON—Republican and Democratic lawmakers are increasingly calling on Congress …
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
U.S. Coronavirus Concerns Surge, Government Trust Slides  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the past month, as the coronavirus moved from an outbreak mainly limited to China to a worldwide pandemic, the percentage of Americans worried about being exposed to the virus has surged …
Danelladebel / California Governor:
Governor Newsom Issues Executive Order to Protect Renters and Homeowners During COVID-19 Pandemic  —  The Executive Order authorizes local governments to halt evictions, slows foreclosures, and protects against utility shut offs  —  SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom today issued …
Discussion: UPI and The Hill
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Grieving for My Sick City  —  For those who revel in urban life, it's hard to believe it can just stop.  —  There is a lot to mourn right now.  Many thousands of people all over the world are mourning dead loved ones.  People are mourning lost jobs, lost savings, lost security.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
SoftBank Owned Patent Troll, Using Monkey Selfie Law Firm, Sues To Block Covid-19 Testing, Using Theranos Patents  —  Honestly, I wasn't sure how to begin this story or how to fit all the insanity into the title.  It's a story involving patents, patent trolling, Covid-19, Theranos …
Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon to Hire 100,000 Warehouse and Delivery Workers Amid Coronavirus Shutdowns  —  Company will raise pay by $2 an hour for warehouse and delivery employees through April  —  Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire an additional 100,000 employees in the U.S. as millions of people turn to online deliveries …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Here's how to guarantee coronavirus won't disrupt our elections
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Never have GOP votes against impeachment seemed more shortsighted
David French / The Dispatch:
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One Simple Idea That Explains Why the Economy Is in Great Danger
Stephen L. Miller / Spectator USA:
The American media is in a Chinese finger-trap
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
China Boomeranging  —  Its bad behavior in the wake of COVID-19 …
Rich Lowry / New York Post:
Suddenly, the left is complaining that Trump isn't dictatorial enough
Politico:
‘Who is going to advise him to drop out?’: Bernie may not be ready for quick exit
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VA's mission to see civilian patients in times of crisis vanished from its website
Ron Paul / ronpaulinstitute.org:
The Coronavirus Hoax  —  Governments love crises because when …
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Mark Weiner / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Former Rep. Richard Hanna, GOP moderate from Upstate NY, dies at 69
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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
 

 
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