White House coronavirus plan aims to send $2,000 to many Americans, includes $300 billion for small businesses  —  Talks remain fluid, but discussions with Congress are intensifying as virus fallout worsens  —  White House officials are working with congressional Republicans …

Trump invokes wartime authority of Defense Production Act to address coronavirus crisis - live updates  —  Courtney Subramanian John Fritze David JacksonUSA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump confirmed that he plans to invoke a provision that would allow him to prohibit certain people …

Sen. Ron Johnson is telling people to keep coronavirus in perspective  —  Republican Ron Johnson of Wisconsin raised some eyebrows last week when he was quoted in The New York Times suggesting the media was devoting too little attention to the high rate of survival among people with coronavirus.

Bernie Sanders suspends his 2020 campaign Facebook ads  —  Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign currently has no active Facebook ads, the morning after another disappointing finish in a series of primary contests.  —  Why it matters: A pause in digital advertising spend on Facebook …

Focus on the Incompetence  —  The “Chinese Virus” is a test.  Don't fail the test.  —  Staff writer at The Atlantic  —  Tests for COVID-19 are not yet widely available in this country, but a test for gullibility is now available on Twitter in the form of Donald Trump's feed.

Thousands flock to Florida beaches, ignoring coronavirus concerns  —  Thousands of people in Florida are seemingly ignoring social distancing guidelines during the coronavirus outbreak.  Despite warnings from public health experts, photos and videos show beaches across the state packed with spring breakers.

US Air Force Flew Half a Million Coronavirus Test Swabs From Italy to Tennessee  —  Similar missions to distribute COVID-19 test kits are expected in coming days.  —  UPDATE 2:30 PM: This story has been updated to include comments from Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman and Air Force Brig …

China's coronavirus propaganda campaign is putting lives at risk  —  The Chinese authorities are engaged in a full-scale effort to rewrite the history of the coronavirus epidemic.  Some in the West might be tempted to dismiss the significance of Beijing's propaganda efforts.  But they shouldn't.

There is no new Trump  —  If you think you've been hearing a different President Trump this week — more accepting of the reality of the coronavirus pandemic — don't be fooled.  The new Trump is the same as the old Trump.  He can't help it.  He's incapable of taking responsibility …

Trump invokes Defense Production Act as coronavirus response  —  President Trump announced Wednesday that he will invoke the Defense Production Act (DPA), which would allow the administration to force American industry to manufacture medical supplies that are in short supply in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump ban on fetal tissue research blocks coronavirus treatment effort  —  A senior scientist at a government biomedical research laboratory has been thwarted in his efforts to conduct experiments on possible treatments for the new coronavirus because of the Trump administration's restrictions on research with human fetal tissue.

Dow erases all gains made since Trump took office  —  The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday erased all the gains it had made since President Trump took office amid the ongoing economic fallout from the coronavirus epidemic.  —  The morning of Trump's inauguration, the stock index opened at 19,795 and closed at 19,827.

‘Hell is coming’ — Bill Ackman has dire warning for Trump, CEOs if drastic measures aren't taken now  —  Bill Ackman's plea to Trump to save US from the coronavirus's economic destruction  —  Bill Ackman urged President Donald Trump to shut down the country for 30 days to contain …

Leaked McDonalds recording shows the company is fighting against parts of Trump's coronavirus bill that would give workers paid sick leave  — McDonald's is lobbying the Trump administration to make changes to a bill that would require some employers to provide paid sick leave amid the coronavirus outbreak …

There Aren't Enough Ventilators to Cope With the Coronavirus  —  The United States and other countries face a critical shortage of the lifesaving machines — and no easy way to lift production.  —  As the United States braces for an onslaught of coronavirus cases, hospitals and governments …

Ghislaine Maxwell stakes claim to a piece of Jeffrey Epstein's fortune  —  She hasn't appeared publicly in months and her former neighbors just off posh Park Avenue say they've heard nothing.  Yet from some mystery location, Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime partner and alleged enabler …

California preparing for worst case scenarios  —  In readying the National Guard for action, Gov. Gavin Newsom's office emphasized that it's for duties routinely performed during natural disasters and other emergencies.  But Newsom grimly added that “we have the ability to do martial law ... if we feel the necessity.”

How Washington Failed to Build a Robust Coronavirus Testing System  —  Government decisions that limited testing for the pathogen blinded the U.S. to the outbreak's scale.  Here's how it happened.  —  When cases of the new coronavirus began emerging several weeks ago in California …

Presidential race now leans toward the Democrats  —  ANALYSIS — More than 14 months ago, I wrote a column in this space suggesting that the 2020 presidential contest was a toss-up, but one that tilted toward the Democrats.  I offered caveats about the economy and the Democratic nomination …

Exclusive: Inside The Military's Top Secret Plans If Coronavirus Cripples the Government  —  Even as President Trump says he tested negative for coronavirus, the COVID-19 pandemic raises the fear that huge swaths of the executive branch or even Congress and the Supreme Court could also be disabled …

Questioning the Clampdown  —  Will people lose faith when they find out they are expected to get the virus anyway?  —  Experts now agree the virus's spread can be slowed but not contained.  It will take its place among mostly seasonal respiratory infections.

New York Stock Exchange to Move Temporarily to Fully Electronic Trading  —  Equities and Options Trading Floors Will Temporarily Close  —  Fully Electronic Trading Begins With Market Open on Monday, March 23  —  Trading and Regulatory Oversight of All NYSE-listed Securities Will Continue Without Interruption

This is not the end of the world, according to Christians who study the end of the world  —  Chuck Pierce's son was concerned, like a lot of other people looking out on a world of ransacked grocery stores and canceled sports seasons and eerie lines of people standing six feet apart from one another.

The Pandemic Is Too Big for Trumpworld to Spin  —  Last Friday, we got a sign that Fox News changed the party line on the coronavirus.  Then suddenly, Trump changed his tune, too.  Hmmm...  BEAST INSIDE  —  The Trumpy media from top to bottom is having a rough time of it these days.

5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes near Salt Lake City knocking out Utah's coronavirus hotline  —  The quake was reported shortly after 7 a.m. local time.  —  A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, early Wednesday, knocking out the state's coronavirus hotline, according to the governor.

Republicans like me built this moment.  Then we looked the other way.  —  Stuart Stevens is a writer and Republican political consultant who has advised a pro-Bill Weld super PAC in the 2020 election.  His book about the Republican Party, “It Was All A Lie,” will be published next month.

Trump is frantically rewriting his epic failures.  Don't let him.  —  In retrospect, it's now clear that when President Trump defiantly declared that “I don't take responsibility at all” for key aspects of his catastrophic response to the coronavirus, he meant it both seriously and literally.

Fox News Returns to Twitter (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Fox News is making a return to Twitter, more than a year after going silent on the social-media platform.  —  At 2:18 p.m. on Nov. 8, 2018, the Fox Corporation-owned cable-news outlet issued a tweet telling its followers that a federal appeals court …

William Weld, Trump's Last G.O.P. Challenger, Exits Presidential Race  —  The former governor of Massachusetts carried out a long-shot primary campaign focused on appealing to moderate Republicans.  —  WASHINGTON — A day after President Trump officially racked up enough delegates to become …

Oil and gas companies want to drill within a half-mile of Utah's best-known national parks  —  The Interior Department has received over 230 nominations for oil and gas leases covering more than 150,000 acres across southern Utah, a push that would bring drilling as close as a half-mile …