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9:10 AM ET, March 18, 2020

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New York Times:
Biden Sweeps Three States and Takes Commanding Lead, as Virus Reshapes American Politics  —  With a broad coalition, Joseph R. Biden Jr. defeated Bernie Sanders in Florida, Illinois and Arizona, in a rout that could add to pressure on Mr. Sanders to end his campaign.
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NBC News:
NBC News Primary Poll: Arizona's Latino voters split between Biden and Sanders
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
New York Times:
Live Primary Election Results: Florida, Illinois and Arizona
Discussion: Daily Kos
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.
Tim Herrera / New York Times:
My Coronavirus Test: 5 Days, a Dozen Calls, Hours of Confusion
Discussion: Gizmodo
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
US and Canada preparing to suspend non-essential travel between the two countries  —  (CNN)The United States and Canada are preparing to issue a joint statement in the next 24-48 hours to suspend non-essential travel between the two countries, a Trump administration official tells CNN.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Anger builds over virus dangers in immigration courts
Discussion: Mother Jones
New York Times:
Administration Seeks $850 Billion and Plans Strict Border Controls
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump Finally Enlists Much of Government in Coronavirus Attack  —  Hospital ships stayed in port, veterans hospitals awaited orders and requests for help went unanswered, as much of the government remained on the sidelines.  —  WASHINGTON — The mayor of Seattle wanted “mass tents” …
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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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 …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Illinois Rep. Lipinski loses to insurgent Marie Newman in high-profile Democratic primary rematch
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Marie Newman Beats Dan Lipinski, Democratic Incumbent, in Illinois House Primary
Discussion: Townhall and Big League Politics
New York Times:
These Places Could Run Out of Hospital Beds as Coronavirus Spreads  —  Percentage of occupied hospital beds that would need to be emptied or added  —  A new Harvard analysis shows that many parts of the United States will have far too few hospital beds if the new coronavirus continues …
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 …
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.
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: Washington Post, The Week and Deadline
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
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.
Discussion: The US Sun
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A global pandemic in the age of political venom  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  “I'VE BEEN THROUGH A FEW OF THESE,” Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL reminded reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday.  “I was here [for] 9/11.  I was here during the financial crisis in '08.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, The Hill and CNBC
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Justin Wingerter / Denver Post:   Cory Gardner will self-quarantine after contact with coronavirus patient
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
They Went Off the Grid.  They Came Back to the Coronavirus.  —  25 days rafting through the Grand Canyon meant no access to the news — and a new reality when the trip ended.  —  Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large.  —  Every time Zach Elder sets out on a rafting trip …
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?
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
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.
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.
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump tries to erase the memory of him downplaying the coronavirus  —  Washington (CNN)The somber President Donald Trump of Monday's press conference bore little resemblance to the Trump who had relentlessly played down the coronavirus over the previous two months.
Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Signal, Politico and IJR
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Four Pillars to Safeguard Voting Rights with Vote by Mail  —  Increasingly, we are seeing calls for states to adopt no-excuse absentee and vote by mail.  This is a very important step in ensuring the right to vote, particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Discussion: Politico
Jason Breslow / NPR:
Pence Warns Coronavirus Disruptions Could Last ‘Well Into July’  —  Toggle more options  —  With the Trump administration hoping to inject as much as $1 trillion into the economy to deal with the mounting coronavirus crisis, Vice President Pence warned on Tuesday that disruptions from the outbreak …
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.
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
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.
Ted Anthony / Associated Press:
Analysis: American attitudes make virus response a hard sell  —  When Americans are summoned to deal with an attack or defy overwhelming odds, the response typically goes something like this: Fight.  Hold the line.  Stand together.  This won't stop us.  Keep on living your life.  We will prevail.
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
Washington Post:
U.S. coronavirus death toll surpasses 100  —  Coronavirus has killed from coast to coast.  It devastated a nursing home in Washington state and crept into the heartland.  Across the United States, more than 100 people infected with the highly contagious new virus have now died — a toll that experts expect to rise quickly.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nihar Kabinittal / Associated Press:
White House postpones Spain state visit, cites coronavirus  —  The White House is postponing an upcoming state visit by Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia because of the coronavirus pandemic  —  WASHINGTON — The White House says it's postponing an upcoming state visit by Spain's King Felipe VI …
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
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Discussion: Opinion Today
Politico:
Republicans suddenly find a bailout they can back
Discussion: Bloomberg, Slate and Daily Kos
Reuters:
U.S. sanctions Iran, seeks release of Americans amid coronavirus outbreak
Discussion: VICE
 Earlier Items: 
Colleen Shalby / Los Angeles Times:
California death toll from coronavirus rises to 11 amid extraordinary rules to slow spread
Discussion: The Week and The Hill
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Sanders faces growing pressure to withdraw from presidential race
Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice
Andy Newman / New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.C.: Drastic ‘Shelter in Place’ May Be Next
Discussion: UPI and The Daily Caller
Stephen Singer / Hartford Courant:
Connecticut unemployment claims reach 30,000 since Friday as coronavirus takes toll on state's economy
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Trump loyalists take command of the intelligence community
Pankaj Mishra / Bloomberg:
Get Ready, A Bigger Disruption Is Coming
Bill Scher / Politico:
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Discussion: Detroit News and NBC News