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The Daily Beast:
Sen. Kelly Loeffler Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefing — The Georgia Republican is the second Senator who has gotten rid of their holdings right as the stock market went bad. — The Senate's newest member sold off seven figures worth of stock holdings in the days and weeks …
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ProPublica:
Senator Dumped Up to $1.6 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus Preparedness — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — Soon after he offered public assurances …
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Republican Jim Inhofe dumped up to $450,000 in stock — the fourth GOP senator implicated in scandal: report … Third GOP Senator caught dumping stock before the market crash — this time up to $25 million worth
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Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Perdue, Loeffler among senators whose stock trading during coronavirus raises questions
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Karl Evers-Hillstrom / OpenSecrets.org:
Senate Intel chair unloaded stocks in mid-February before coronavirus rocked markets
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New York Times:
Senator Sold Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Stocks After Suggesting U.S. Was Prepared for Coronavirus
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Brian Murphy / Raleigh News & Observer:
Burr sold stocks, gave dire warning to private group before coronavirus took off in US
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Sarah Chaney / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Asks States to Keep Quiet About Jobless Figures — Coronavirus crisis spurs a spike in unemployment claims as industries are forced to shut down — The Trump administration asked states to abstain from releasing unemployment-claims figures prior to the publication …
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Elaina Plott / New York Times:
Her Facebook Friends Asked If Anyone Was Actually Sick. She Had an Answer. — Heaven Frilot is normally a private person. But this is not a normal time. So she and her husband are now the face of the coronavirus for their conservative Louisiana community.
New York Times:
California Governor Orders All Residents to Stay Home — The Trump administration asked states to hold off on releasing grim data on unemployment claims, and Italy's death toll surpassed China's. … Staying at home “is not a permanent state,” California's governor says.
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Jobless Claims Mount as Employers and Workers Face Bleak Outlook
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
Newsom orders all 40M Californians to stay home in nation's strictest lockdown — BERKELEY — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered California's nearly 40 million residents to stay home, making it the first state to impose that strict mandate on all residents to counteract a looming surge of new infections.
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Exclusive: McConnell defends crafting $1 trillion stimulus plan without Democrats — Washington (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday defended the Senate Republicans coming up with a proposed $1 trillion economic stimulus plan to battle the coronavirus without any input from Democrats …
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Wall Street Journal:
Rethinking the Coronavirus Shutdown — No society can safeguard public health for long at the cost of its economic health. — By The Editorial Board — Financial markets paused their slide Thursday, but no one should think this rolling economic calamity is over.
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Hannah Kuchler / Financial Times:
US drugmaker doubled price on potential coronavirus treatment — Therapy touted by President Trump made more expensive in January as China outbreak spread — The only US drugmaker that makes a potential treatment for the coronavirus that was touted by President Donald Trump raised the price …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
3 Rules for the Trump Pandemic — One: Don't trust the president. — So Donald Trump is now calling Covid-19 the “Chinese virus.” Of course he is: Racism and blaming other people for his own failures are the defining features of his presidency. But if we're going to give it a nickname …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Of Course Trump Deserves Blame for the Coronavirus Crisis
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
We Need Time to Absorb All This — Everyone is thinking through the reality of the coronavirus pandemic and how to rise to the occasion. — This is a quick piece that touches on where we are, where we may be going, and an attitude for the journey. — The screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan once …
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Red and Blue America Aren't Experiencing the Same Pandemic — Even a disease as far-reaching as the coronavirus hasn't entirely crossed the chasm between red and blue America. — In several key respects, the outbreak's early stages are unfolding very differently in Republican- and Democratic-leaning parts of the country.
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Michael Donnelly:
COVID-19: NYC should brace for impact and shut down now. — Five days ago I wrote this medium post (COVID-19: New York Will Be The Next Italy, But Doesn't Have to Be). In it, I forecast that NYC's hospitals would be at capacity as early as March 30. Unfortunately, I was wrong.
New York Times:
‘At War With No Ammo’: Doctors Say Shortage of Protective Gear Is Dire — The lack of proper masks, gowns and eye gear is imperiling the ability of medical workers to fight the coronavirus — and putting their own lives at risk. — The Open Cities Community Health Center in St. Paul …
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Mariel Padilla / New York Times:
‘It Feels Like a War Zone’: Doctors and Nurses Plead for Masks on Social Media
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Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump's new public health ‘star’ — After being sidelined for much of the Trump administration, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams has suddenly emerged as a key player in its messaging about the coronavirus outbreak, often echoing the president's arguments and winning his favor.
travel.state.gov:
Global Level 4 Health Advisory - Do Not Travel — Level 4: Do Not Travel — The Department of State advises U.S. citizens to avoid all international travel due to the global impact of COVID-19. In countries where commercial departure options remain available, U.S. citizens who live …
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Michelle Kaufman / Miami Herald:
American Airlines grounds 55,000 flights, offers voluntary leaves to employees
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The Points Guy
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Coronavirus upends nation as three in four Americans' lives changed by pandemic: POLL — A new ABC News/Ipsos poll shows a far different portrait of a country. — As a deepening public health crisis rocks the nation, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday shows a far different portrait …
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New York Times:
Under the Virus's Cloak, Trump Pursues Long-Sought Policies — From border controls to anti-union efforts, the Trump administration is using the coronavirus to seek policies that the president wanted before the pandemic. — WASHINGTON — The White House, under the guise of its coronavirus response …
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Coronavirus and Poverty: A Mother Skips Meals So Her Children Can Eat — Americans with tight financial resources have fewer options as they navigate coronavirus closures and layoffs. — BRENHAM, Texas — With her six hungry children in the car, Summer Mossbarger was one of the first in line for lunch at the drive-through.
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Acting counterterrorism center head fired, according to former U.S. officials — The acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center was fired Wednesday night in what insiders fear is a purge by the Trump administration of career professionals at an organization set up after 9/11 …
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Tomas Pueyo:
Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance — What the Next 18 Months Can Look Like, if Leaders Buy Us Time … Summary of the article: Strong coronavirus measures today should only take a few weeks, there wouldn't be a peak of infections afterwards, and it can all be done for a reasonable cost to society …
Baltimore Sun:
Howard County 5-year-old is first Maryland child with confirmed coronavirus; Hogan says some Marylanders treating crisis like ‘spring break’ — A 5-year-old girl in Howard County became the first Maryland child to test positive for the new coronavirus, Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday as he imposed …
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