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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Three big takeaways from the stunning GOP stock-selling revelations — We already know President Trump spent weeks misleading the country by playing down the potential impact of the coronavirus, at a time when many officials in his government surely knew what a dire threat it posed …
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Defense One, The Daily Caller, The American Independent and 12-Point, Double-Spaced
Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Perdue, Loeffler among senators whose stock trading during coronavirus raises questions
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National Review, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Unprecedented, Politico, Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story, wabe.org and Fox News
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
NBC News employee dies after testing positive for coronavirus — Larry Edgeworth “was the guy you wanted by your side no matter where you were,” NBC News Chairman Andy Lack wrote to staff members. — A longtime employee of NBC News died Thursday after testing positive for the coronavirus …
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, ABC News, MSNBC and The Wrap
Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg transfers his campaign assets to Democratic Party to fight President Trump in swing states — Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg has decided to donate significant componentsof his shuttered presidential campaign to the Democratic Party, a historic bequest that includes …
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Politico, ABC News, Associated Press and The Hill
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Bloomberg campaign transfers $18 million to DNC — (CNN)Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign transferred $18 million to the Democratic National Committee on Friday, turning to the committee to fund and manage the effort to take down President Donald Trump instead of creating a Bloomberg-backed independent expenditure.
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.
CNBC:
New Yorkers ordered to mostly stay inside to fight coronavirus: 'We're all under quarantine now,' Gov. Cuomo says — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a press conference Friday to update the public on the COVID-19 outbreak in New York state. — New York institutes ‘pause’ with 100% non-essential workforce reduction
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
Newsom orders all 40M Californians to stay home in nation's strictest lockdown
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LiveScience, Common Dreams, National Review and The Hill
covid19.ca.gov:
Stay home except for essential needs
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Keshia Clukey / Bloomberg:
Cuomo Orders 100% of Non-Essential N.Y. Workforce to Stay Home
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Danielle Muoio / Politico:
De Blasio: 'People are going to die who don't have to' unless Trump steps up supplies
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Kansas City Star:
Kansas official: Pandemic isn't a problem here because there are few Chinese people — BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD — The chairman of the Riley County Commissioners suggested this week that the global coronavirus pandemic is not a problem locally because unlike in Italy …
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IJR, Raw Story, Poynter, Global Research, HuffPost, The Hill, Mediaite, Political Flare, The Week, The American Independent and The Wrap
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 …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump administration, lawmakers huddle to negotiate massive $1T stimulus, amid coronavirus crisis — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and members of President Trump's economic team are huddling with lawmakers on Capitol Hill Friday as he continues negotiations with Senate Republicans …
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Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Exclusive: McConnell defends crafting $1 trillion stimulus plan without Democrats
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Government response updates: Trump moving Tax Day to July 15, says Mnuchin
Politico:
Who wins in the Senate GOP's big bailout
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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 …
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Raw Story, Associated Press and Kaiser Health News
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump expected to announce new travel restrictions between US and Mexico, Canada
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Politico
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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Power Line
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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Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Today we are switching our coverage of Donald Trump to an emergency setting — “This means our journalism will work in a different way, as we try to prevent the President from misinforming you through us.” — Even this far into his term, it is still a bit of a shock to be reminded …
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The Atlantic, Balloon Juice and The National Interest
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Susan Shultz / Darien Times:
CANCELED: Town of Darien has canceled drive-through coronavirus testing — UPDATE: Darien's drive-through testing has been canceled, according to a tweet from First Selectman Jayme Stevenson. The testing was to start Thursday. Some neighbors expressed complaints with the location of testing so close to their home on social media.
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Extends Individual Tax Filing Deadline to July 15 — WASHINGTON—The U.S. will extend the individual tax filing deadline until July 15, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Twitter. — The Internal Revenue Service earlier this week deferred the payment deadline for most people until July 15 …
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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.
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 …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Cult of Personality Did This — The president of the United States is a menace to public health. — I don't mean that I disagree with him on policy, although I do. I don't mean that I abhor the president's expressed bigotry toward religious and ethnic minorities, although that is also true.
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Kaiser Health News
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.
Annalyn Kurtz / CNN:
Goldman Sachs predicts 2.25 million Americans filed initial unemployment claims this week, the highest on record — New York (CNN Business)Americans are starting to lose their jobs in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and economists expect it's only going to get worse from here. And quickly, too.
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Bloomberg, POLITICUSUSA, The Week, Slate, Lawyers, Guns & Money and New York Times
Abigail Abrams / TIME:
Total Cost of Her COVID-19 Treatment: $34,927.43 — When Danni Askini started feeling chest pain, shortness of breath and a migraine all at once on a Saturday in late February, she called the oncologist who had been treating her lymphoma. Her doctor thought she might be reacting poorly to a new medication …
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