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7:45 AM ET, March 23, 2020

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Jon Cohen / Science:
'I'm going to keep pushing.' Anthony Fauci tries to make the White House listen to facts of the pandemic  —  Anthony Fauci, who to many watching the now-regular White House press briefings on the pandemic has become the scientific voice of reason about how to respond to the new coronavirus …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Rupert Murdoch Put His Son in Charge of Fox.  It Was a Dangerous Mistake.  —  The 48-year-old Lachlan Murdoch stood by as Fox News hosts played down the danger of the deadly coronavirus to their viewers.  —  The chief executive of Fox News, Suzanne Scott, reacted swiftly to the threat …
New York Times:
As State Pleas Mount, Trump Outlines Some Federal Action; Senate Democrats Block Stimulus Package  —  New York State has 15,000 cases, roughly 5 percent of the pandemic's growing global total.  Senator Rand Paul tested positive for the coronavirus.  —  This briefing has ended.
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Thomas Burr / Salt Lake Tribune:
Rep. Ben McAdams hospitalized with coronavirus while Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney self-quarantine  —  Editor's note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern.  See more coverage here.  —  Washington
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Rand Paul's coronavirus diagnosis sends shockwaves through Senate  —  Republicans gathered for a closed-door caucus lunch when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) broke the news: One of their own, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Discussion: The Week
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:   Rep. Ben McAdams hospitalized after coronavirus positive test
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Rand Paul becomes first known senator to test positive for coronavirus
Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
The Virus Can Be Stopped, but Only With Harsh Steps, Experts Say  —  Scientists who have fought pandemics describe difficult measures needed to defend the United States against a fast-moving pathogen.  —  Terrifying though the coronavirus may be, it can be turned back.
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Week
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
Lost Sense of Smell May Be Peculiar Clue to Coronavirus Infection  —  A mother who was infected with the coronavirus couldn't smell her baby's full diaper.  Cooks who can usually name every spice in a restaurant dish can't smell curry or garlic, and food tastes bland.
Discussion: Fox News and ABC7
Marisa Taylor / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. axed CDC expert job in China months before virus outbreak  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began, the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China, Reuters has learned.
Discussion: Slate, The Hill and Quartz
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi says House will draft its own coronavirus funding bill  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that House Democrats would draft their own coronavirus stimulus bill after all sides failed to reach a deal on a massive proposal being negotiated in the Senate.
Discussion: Fox News
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Special Edition: Coronavirus rescue package in limbo
Discussion: Fox News, Breitbart and The Hill
Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:   Schumer: Democratic Coronavirus Financial Relief Plan Is “Unemployment Insurance On Steroids”
New York Times:
Trump Bets Business Will Answer Call to Fight Virus, but Strategy Bewilders Firms  —  It remains unclear if the effort to enlist companies like General Motors, Apple and Hanes constitutes an effective strategy.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's refusal to invoke the Defense Production Act …
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Washington Post:
Governors and mayors in growing uproar over Trump's lagging coronavirus response
Discussion: Slate
Joe Mahoney Cnhi / Niagara Gazette:
At New York prison, Harvey Weinstein put in isolation after contracting virus  —  ALBANY — Oscar-winning movie producer Harvey Weinstein, now one of New York's most notorious prison inmates after being sentenced for sexual assault, has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, according to officials connected to the state prison system.
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CNN:
12-year-old girl with coronavirus is on a ventilator and fighting for her life  —  (CNN)Emma, a 12-year-old girl, is “fighting for her life” in an Atlanta hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to her cousin.  —  Justin Anthony told CNN that Emma was diagnosed …
Discussion: New York Times and New York Post
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Washington Is About to Pick Which Companies Survive  —  Two ugly truths about any epic economic crisis are that not all businesses will survive, and government interventions help determine which businesses will survive.  —  As coronavirus crushes the economy, Washington policymakers …
Politico:
Dems seize on ‘slush fund’ to oppose Republican rescue package  —  As Senate Democrats went to the floor Sunday night to vote — the first time they'd been there in days — they had one thing on their minds: a secret “slush fund” for Corporate America.  —  That's what Democrats are calling …
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Josh Margolin / ABC News:
White supremacists encouraging their members to spread coronavirus to cops, Jews, FBI says  —  The alert was sent to local police agencies by federal officials.  —  Racist extremist groups, including neo-Nazis and other white supremacists, are encouraging members who contract novel …
Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Trump: I haven't consulted past presidents  —  President Donald Trump said Sunday that as he tackles the current national crisis, he doesn't want to “bother” his predecessors and doesn't think he's “going to learn much” from them.  —  In response to a reporter's question on whether …
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
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New York Times:   ‘Wartime President’? Trump Rewrites History in an Election Year
Robert Kuttner / New York Times:
This Stimulus Bill Will Not Save the Economy From Collapse  —  Let's not repeat the slow and timid response to the financial crash of 1929.  —  Mr. Kuttner is a co-editor of The American Prospect.  —  When the stock market crashed in 1929, the Dow plummeted from its September peak of 381.17 to a low of 41.22 in July 1932.
Politico:
Illinois Gov. Pritzker mocks Trump's coronavirus efforts  —  “All I can say is get to work or get out of the way.”  —  Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said: “This is the time for serious people.”  Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo  —  In an escalating war of words Sunday, Illinois …
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
On a call with Trump officials, police chief pleads: ‘Stop testing NBA players, start testing first responders’  —  ABC News reviewed a recording of a call with administration officials on Friday.  —  At the end of an hour-long phone call with White House and Homeland Security officials …
3M:
3M CEO on COVID-19 response: We have a unique and critical responsibility  —  3M Stories, Community & Giving, Company & Brand, People & Careers, Science & Innovation  —  Posted by 3M Chairman and CEO Mike Roman on LinkedIn, March 22, 2020:  —  3M has a unique and critical responsibility …
Discussion: Breitbart and Twitchy
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.C.: Region Is Now an Epicenter of the Pandemic  —  New York City and its suburbs account for roughly 5 percent of global cases, forcing officials to take urgent steps to stem the outbreak.  —  Three weeks after its first coronavirus infection was discovered …
Discussion: KTLA, HuffPost and VICE
 
 
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Joe Biden:
Statement from Vice President Joe Biden on FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor's Comments on CNN State of the Union
Politico:
Coronavirus upends the battle for the House
David Siders / Politico:
‘Extraordinary change’: How coronavirus is rewiring the Republican and Democratic parties
Dominic Lawson / Daily Mail:
Please can our politicians stop calling this a war. It's nothing like it
Agence France-Presse:
Don't stop the music: DJ hosts 10-hour Instagram dance party
Paul LeBlanc / CNN:
Trump outlines national guard activations for New York, California and Washington
Discussion: FOX31 Denver and The Week
Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Decline in stock futures worsens as investors await a stimulus agreement — Futures hit ‘limit down’
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Greg Robb / MarketWatch:
Fed will make up to $4 trillion in loans to businesses to rescue the U.S. economy, Mnuchin says
CNN:
Trump made 33 false claims about the coronavirus crisis in the first two weeks of March
Washington Post:
Many Americans' biggest worry right now is April 1 rent and mortgage payments
Discussion: Florida Politics
Trita Parsi / Quincy Institute …:
Trump thinks Iran is on its knees. But Covid-19 may have given it an unprecedented path to the bomb
Discussion: New Republic
Steve Matthews / Bloomberg:
U.S. Jobless Rate May Soar to 30%, Fed's Bullard Says
Discussion: MarketAlpha and Quartz
The Boston Globe:
Boston PR pro and Biden confidante Larry Rasky has died
Kaitlyn Olvera / WKBN-TV:
College students in Florida test positive for coronavirus after spring break trip
Discussion: WFTS and Breitbart