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Craig Gilbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
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.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:   GOP Senator Upbeat Coronavirus May Kill ‘No More Than 3.4 Percent of Our Population’
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
More than 80 national security professionals break with tradition and endorse a presidential candidate — Biden  —  More than 80 career national security professionals have signed an open letter of support for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, saying that President Trump …
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Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:   Presidential race now leans toward the Democrats
Sophie Lewis / CBS News:
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.
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Tracey McManus / Tampa Bay Times:   Clearwater Beach will shut down for 2 weeks starting Monday
USA Today:
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 …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate passes House's coronavirus aid bill, sending it to Trump
Politico:
Senate passes coronavirus package as Treasury proposes rescue with emergency checks
Discussion: TheBlaze and The Hill
Paul McLeod / BuzzFeed News:
Congress Passed A Major Coronavirus Aid Bill And Is Already Working On Another
Discussion: CNN
Washington Post:
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 …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Trump administration adds to its purge of professionals
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:   Trump's $1 trillion stimulus is a gamble for reelection — and a sea change for Republicans once opposed to bailouts
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
This Is the Only Way to End the Coronavirus Financial Panic  —  Bailouts of companies or industries just cause division.  The answer: a government “bridge loan” to everyone.  —  The Covid-19 crisis will take time to be solved by science.  The economic crisis can be solved right now.
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Yun Li / CNBC:
NYSE to temporarily close floor, move to electronic trading after positive coronavirus tests  — The New York Stock Exchange said starting March 23, it will temporarily close its historic trading floor and move fully to electronic trading.  — The move came after two people tested positive …
Discussion: National Review
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ir.theice.com:
New York Stock Exchange to Move Temporarily to Fully Electronic Trading
Discussion: TechCrunch
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart becomes first member of Congress to test positive for coronavirus  —  Here's how the novel coronavirus outbreak unfolded  —  (CNN)Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida has become the first member of Congress to test positive for coronavirus.
Discussion: The Independent and WINK NEWS
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Gregg Re / Fox News:   Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart is first congressman to announce testing positive for coronavirus
Katelyn Burns / Vox:
Pressure is growing to allow members of Congress to vote remotely amid coronavirus concerns
Discussion: Associated Press and Fox News
Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
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.
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Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Younger Adults Comprise Big Portion of Coronavirus Hospitalizations in U.S.  —  New C.D.C. data showed that nearly 40 percent of patients sick enough to be hospitalized were aged 20 to 54.  But the risk of dying was significantly higher in older people.  —  American adults of all ages …
Discussion: STAT
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
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.
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Michael Auslin / Real Clear Politics:
Beijing Fears COVID-19 Is Turning Point for China, Globalization
Marcus Weisgerber / Defense One:
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 …
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Washington Post:
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.
Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
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.
Discussion: LifeNews.com and Raw Story
George Conway / Washington Post:
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 …
Kate Taylor / Business Insider:
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 …
Discussion: OpenSecrets.org and Raw Story
Yun Li / CNBC:
‘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 …
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Executive Order on Prioritizing and Allocating Health and Medical Resources to Respond to the Spread of Covid-19  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.)
Discussion: Bloomberg and Vox
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump invokes Defense Production Act as coronavirus response
Discussion: Breitbart, The Root and Redstate
Associated Press:
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.”
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
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 …
CBS Baltimore:
Baltimore Mayor Begs Residents To Stop Shooting Each Other So Hospital Beds Can Be Used For Coronavirus Patients  —  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore Mayor Jack Young urged residents to put down their guns and heed orders to stay home after multiple people were shot Tuesday night amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
Sarah Viren / New York Times:
The Accusations Were Lies.  But Could We Prove It?  —  When the university told my wife about the sexual-harassment complaints against her, we knew they weren't true.  We had no idea how strange the truth really was.  —  To hear more audio stories from publishers, like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
Discussion: Reason
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld ends long-shot primary challenge to Trump  —  Weld was the last of three major GOP primary challengers to exit the race.  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld on Wednesday became the last major Republican primary challenger to President Donald Trump to exit the race …
Washington Post:
ICE to stop most immigration enforcement inside U.S., will focus on criminals during coronavirus outbreak  —  U.S. immigration authorities will temporarily halt enforcement across the United States, except for its efforts to deport foreign nationals who have committed crimes or who pose a threat to public safety.
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Rand Paul Calls Undocumented Immigrants ‘Non-People’  —  NONE FOR YOU  —  In a Senate floor speech Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul described undocumented immigrants as not “legitimate” people and “non-people” while making the case that they should not be given access to federal child tax credits.
Niv Elis / The Hill:
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.
CNBC:
NYC mayor pushes for ‘shelter-in-place’ order as coronavirus cases surge to almost 1,900  — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he's pushing Gov. Andrew Cuomo to approve a “shelter-in-place” order for the city as coronavirus cases surge to almost 1,900 across the five boroughs.
Jacob Heilbrunn / The National Interest:
The Next Coronavirus Nightmare: There's a Drug Shortage on the Horizon  —  Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, weighs in on how to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and what the future holds for those Americans who haven't been infected by the virus.
New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: New York Post and Daily Kos
 
 
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Reuters:
Special Report: How Korea trounced U.S. in race to test people for coronavirus
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Kushner coronavirus team sparks confusion, plaudits inside White House response efforts
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Here Are the 8 Senators Who Voted Against the Coronavirus Relief Package on Wednesday
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
ProPublica:
The Trump Administration Drove Him Back to China, Where He Invented a Fast Coronavirus Test
European Central Bank:
ECB announces €750 billion Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP)
Discussion: Bloomberg
Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
With Revenue Forecasts Dim, a Tax Increase Is on the Table in New York
Courtney Connley / CNBC:
How women could be uniquely impacted by the coronavirus
 Earlier Items: 
Nicole Kaeding / NTU:
Congress Needs To Step In To Delay Tax Filing, Not Just Tax Payments
Discussion: Tax Foundation
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Only Congress Could Change Date of November Election
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News Returns to Twitter (EXCLUSIVE)
Kevin G. Hall / Miami Herald:
Ghislaine Maxwell stakes claim to a piece of Jeffrey Epstein's fortune
William M. Arkin / Newsweek:
Exclusive: Inside The Military's Top Secret Plans If Coronavirus Cripples the Government
Discussion: Raw Story
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes near Salt Lake City knocking out Utah's coronavirus hotline
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Questioning the Clampdown  —  Will people lose faith when they find …
Discussion: CBS Boston