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10:50 AM ET, March 17, 2020

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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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David Nather / Axios:   Exclusive poll: Public trusts health agencies more than Trump
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Bloomberg:
Mnuchin to Ask Congress for $850 Billion Virus Stimulus Package
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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: NBC News
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 …
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.
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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 and Balloon Juice
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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CNN:   Biden receives Secret Service protection
NBC News:
Biden under Secret Service protection again
Discussion: Fox News and MSNBC
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.
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.
Dave Clark / The Amazon Blog:
Amazon ramps hiring, opening 100,000 new roles to support people relying on Amazon's service in this stressful time  —  Company will invest over $350 million globally to increase pay by $2/hour in the U.S., £2/hr in the UK, and approximately €2/hr in many EU countries for employees …
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New York Times:
Wall Street Wobbles After Monday's Slump: Live Updates
Discussion: BIG by Matt Stoller
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, Reason and Common Dreams
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: CapX and Redstate
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Noah Millman / The Week:
The conservatives who would sacrifice the elderly to save the economy
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
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
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 …
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
Discussion: Fox News and HuffPost
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.
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
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Sergei Klebnikov / Forbes:
America Is Likely Already In A Recession—Even If Trump Won't Admit It
Discussion: Slate and Washington Post
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
One Simple Idea That Explains Why the Economy Is in Great Danger  —  What happens when a major section of machinery that is supposed to run perpetually suddenly grinds to a halt?  We are about to find out.  —  To understand why the world economy is in grave peril because of the spread of coronavirus …
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 …
Discussion: Politico
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.
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 …
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 …
Politico:
A chastened Trump presents a newly somber tone  —  Before markets started spiraling like 1987's “Black Monday” crash, and even before President Donald Trump heard from state governors and G-7 leaders trying to stave off deaths at home, the president received a series of fresh warnings …
Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill, IJR and CNBC
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
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Labor organizer Jane McAlevey on how the left builds power all wrong  —  Educators, parents, students, and supporters of the Los Angeles teachers strike wave and cheer in Grand Park on January 22, 2019, in downtown Los Angeles, California.  Scott Heins/Getty Images
 
 
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
On the Political Right, Anger and Suspicion Over Virus Precautions
Derek Hunter / Townhall:
Liberals Are Content To Watch It All Burn
John Daniel Davidson / The Federalist:
Why States ‘Governing Themselves’ During The Coronavirus Outbreak Is A Good Thing
Discussion: CNN, New York Times and Redstate
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
A collapsing economy is a disaster for an incumbent president
Washington Post:
Here's how to guarantee coronavirus won't disrupt our elections
Discussion: The Hill
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Grieving for My Sick City
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
China Boomeranging  —  Its bad behavior in the wake of COVID-19 …
 Earlier Items: 
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
Danelladebel / California Governor:
Governor Newsom Issues Executive Order to Protect Renters and Homeowners During COVID-19 Pandemic
Discussion: UPI and The Hill
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
U.S. Coronavirus Concerns Surge, Government Trust Slides
Hillary Dixler Canavan / Eater:
Restaurants Are Fucked — Unless They Get a Bailout
Discussion: Eater NY and PJ Media Home
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
VA's mission to see civilian patients in times of crisis vanished from its website
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
SoftBank Owned Patent Troll, Using Monkey Selfie Law Firm, Sues To Block Covid-19 Testing, Using Theranos Patents
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court allows a claim by The Intercept that DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but throws out its claims against Microsoft

 
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