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Politico:
Senate to pass coronavirus package as Treasury proposes emergency checks starting April 6  —  The Senate is expected to pass a multibillion-dollar emergency aid package on Wednesday to confront the economic impacts of the coronavirus, as the Treasury Department calls for $250 billion in direct payments to Americans starting April 6.
Discussion: NBC News
Politico:
Republicans suddenly find a bailout they can back  —  For Republicans, this time is different.  —  Senior GOP lawmakers are moving quickly to inject as much as $1 trillion into the economy to save a slew of industries and millions of jobs from the devastation of the fast-spreading coronavirus.
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 …
CNN:   GOP senators close to agreement among themselves on stimulus package — including sending checks to Americans
CNBC:
Mnuchin warns senators of 20% US unemployment without coronavirus rescue, source says
Discussion: Reuters
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 …
Discussion: IJR, Deadline, New York Post and Twitchy
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Sanders Campaign Is a Menace to Public Health  —  Bernie Sanders can't beat Joe Biden.  But he can force millions of people to risk being exposed to the coronavirus.  —  On Tuesday night Bernie Sanders lost three more states, all of them large.  In Arizona he was on track to lose by double-digits.
Ursula Perano / Axios:
CORRECTION: Bernie Sanders has not decided to suspend campaign
Discussion: New York Post
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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Alex Ward / Vox:
Exclusive: Sen. Warren to ask Trump to deploy Army Corps of Engineers for coronavirus help
Discussion: Daily Kos and New York Post
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
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 …
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
Coronavirus poses dreadful choice for global leaders: Wreck your economy or lose millions of lives  —  The coronavirus pandemic has confronted governments around the globe with the ultimate bad choice: Wreck your economy or lose millions of lives.  —  While some initially hesitated …
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New York Times:
The Coronavirus Is Here to Stay, So What Happens Next?
Discussion: Wired
William Booth / Washington Post:
A chilling scientific paper helped upend U.S. and U.K. coronavirus strategies
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Robert Brand / Bloomberg:
U.S. Stocks Plunge; Global Debt and Oil Tumble: Markets Wrap  — Europe bonds sell off on fiscal risks; Treasuries stabilize  — Dollar gains for seventh day; industrial metals, gold decline  —  Financial markets continued to spasm Wednesday, with U.S. stocks plunging toward levels …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Niv Elis / The Hill:
Dow erases all gains made since Trump took office
Discussion: Politico
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.
Discussion: CBS Boston
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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Dan Mangan / CNBC:   Coronavirus response: US and Canada closing world's longest border to non-essential traffic, Trump and Trudeau say
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
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 …
Antonia Farzan / Washington Post:
‘NOT TRUE’: Oprah Winfrey debunks bizarre QAnon conspiracy theory spreading across the Internet  —  Late Tuesday night, as results trickled in from Democratic primary elections and the number of people infected by the novel coronavirus continued to climb, Oprah Winfrey's name began trending on Twitter.
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Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
The Coronavirus Is Conspiracy Theory Gold For QAnon
Discussion: Raw Story
Tim Herrera / New York Times:
My Coronavirus Test: 5 Days, a Dozen Calls, Hours of Confusion  —  The symptoms have been easy to deal with.  The health care system has not.  —  Almost a dozen calls with five health care providers over five hours.  Two hours of hold music.  Two hours in a hospital.
Discussion: VICE
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.”
Discussion: Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
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.
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
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.
Thomas M. Burton / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Sought to Expand Virus Drug Tests Over FDA Objections  —  Plan would have expanded use of investigational drugs for coronavirus; FDA officials said plan would pose risks to patients  —  WASHINGTON—The White House considered issuing an executive order greatly expanding the use …
Discussion: New York Post
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.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Era of Small Government Is Over  —  We're going to have to reach much deeper than stimulus and bailouts into the way we conduct business with each other.  —  To stop the spread of the coronavirus, state and local governments have shut down as much of communal life as possible.
Stuart Stevens / Washington Post:
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.
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.
Bloomberg:
Hospital Workers Make Masks From Office Supplies Amid U.S. Shortage  —  'We're not getting new supplies and our stores are almost depleted.'  —  Hospital workers in Washington state have been making protective medical gear out of office supplies and other run-of-the-mill materials as they deal …
Discussion: STAT and TheBlaze
CNBC:
Dow plunges 1,000 points as stretch of unprecedented volatility continues because of coronavirus  —  Stocks set to fall sharply at open following Tuesday's bounce  —  Stocks tumbled on Wednesday as the markets remained highly volatile with the government response to the coronavirus fallout still unfolding.
Discussion: The Week
Marcus Weisgerber / Defense One:
US Air Force Flew Half a Million Coronavirus Test Kits From Italy to Tennessee  —  Similar missions to distribute COVID-19 test kits are expected in coming days.  —  The U.S. Air Force quietly flew 500,000 COVID-19 testing kits from Italy to Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday, Defense One has learned.
C-SPAN.org:
President Trump and Coronavirus Task Force Brief Reporters  —  President Trump, Vice President Pence, and members of the coronavirus task force brief reporters at the White House on the latest developments and the administration's response.
Discussion: Townhall and The Hill
Los Angeles Times:
Hospitals are straining under the coronavirus.  The big wave coming could break them  —  The new coronavirus threatens to overwhelm California hospitals in the coming weeks unless the unprecedented social-distancing measures imposed across the state slow its rapid spread.
 
 
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Mike Pence / USA Today:
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