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4:05 PM ET, March 23, 2020

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump signals an economic pivot on coronavirus shutdowns  —  President Trump and some of his senior officials are losing patience with the doctors' orders.  —  The state of play: Amid dire predictions for jobs and the economy, the White House is beginning to send signals to business …
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New York Times:
Trump Says Coronavirus Cure Cannot ‘Be Worse Than the Problem Itself’  —  The president, who has watched the economy plunge amid social distancing measures, says restrictions will be reassessed.  —  President Trump on Sunday night said that the government would reassess the recommended period for …
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 …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He Can't Make Any Big Decisions”: As the Crisis Escalates, Trump Experiments With a Pivot  —  As the death toll from the coronavirus accelerates across the country—by Monday there have been more than 400 domestic fatalities—Donald Trump is grasping for a strategy before the crisis destroys his presidency.
Washington Post:
Trump weighs restarting economy despite warnings from U.S. public health officials  —  The Washington Post is providing this story for free so that all readers have access to this important information about the coronavirus.  For more free stories, sign up for our daily Coronavirus Updates newsletter.
Discussion: Mediaite and POLITICUSUSA
NBC News:
Tensions brewing inside the White House over economic consequences of coronavirus response  —  Public health officials have pushed the White House to urge Americans to stay at home in an effort to blunt the spread of the virus.  —  WASHINGTON — Tensions are beginning to brew between the president …
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump leads from behind on the coronavirus, invoking federalism to excuse his dithering response
Discussion: National Review, CNN and New York Post
New York Times:
Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear For Their Safety  —  As bigots blame them for the coronavirus and President Trump labels it the “Chinese virus,” many Chinese-Americans say they are terrified of what could come next.  —  WASHINGTON — Yuanyuan Zhu was walking to her gym …
Christine Brennan / USA Today:
IOC member says that 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed due to coronavirus pandemic  —  Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA TODAY Sports Monday afternoon that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to be postponed, likely to 2021, with the details to be worked out in the next four weeks.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP just smuggled another awful provision into the stimulus  —  With coronavirus cases in the U.S. mounting into the tens of thousands and our economy sliding into recession, Washington is locked in a brutal standoff over a $1.8 trillion economic rescue package.
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John Parkinson / ABC News:
Senate showdown over pandemic relief stalls as Pelosi preps Democratic bill
Discussion: Townhall
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Procedural vote on coronavirus stimulus fails for 2nd time in 24 hours
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Democrats Should Vote Down Trump's Corrupt Stimulus Slush Fund
Discussion: Althouse
James Arkin / Politico:
McConnell-aligned super PAC books $67M for fall Senate ads
Discussion: The Hill
Amy Klobuchar:
Statement from Senator Amy Klobuchar  —  I have news that many Americans are facing right now: my husband John has the coronavirus.  We just got the test results at 7 a.m. this morning.  While I cannot see him and he is of course cut off from all visitors, our daughter Abigail and I are constantly calling and texting and emailing.
Fiona Lowenstein / New York Times:
I'm 26.  Coronavirus Sent Me to the Hospital.  —  Millennials: If you can't stay at home for others, do it for yourselves.  —  I'm 26.  I don't have any prior autoimmune or respiratory conditions.  I work out six times a week, and abstain from cigarettes.
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Biden: Trump's ‘failure of planning and preparation’ worsened coronavirus crisis  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday accused President Trump of dithering in the early days of the coronavirus, saying that a “failure of planning and preparation” by the White House has worsened the health and economic crises the nation faces.
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Tara Golshan / HuffPost:   Joe Biden Rips Donald Trump's Response To Coronavirus Pandemic
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Biden Addresses a Visibility Question: ‘How Do We Get More of You?’
Discussion: National Review, Slate and Politico
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Bloomberg sued by aides for stiffing them on yearlong pay promise  —  Former campaign workers for Mike Bloomberg are suing the billionaire former presidential candidate for fraud, alleging in a nationwide class action lawsuit that as many as 2,000 employees were promised to be paid though the general election before he laid them off.
Discussion: New York Times, IJR and The Week
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Biden calls on Trump to drop ACA case in wake of coronavirus outbreak
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Bloomberg campaign faces potential class action lawsuit for layoffs
Discussion: The Hill and The Boston Globe
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump privately says he's facing pressure over refusal to use Defense Production Act  —  Rep. Ocasio-Cortez criticizes Trump: This is going to cost lives  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has told people around him that he's under pressure to utilize the authorities given to him under …
Discussion: Raw Story and Reason
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Rep. Ben McAdams hospitalized after coronavirus positive test  —  He called a COVID-19 hotline number Friday night and he said he was told to go to the hospital and check in with the isolation unit.  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, who tested positive last week for the disease caused …
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Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Secret Service employee tests positive for coronavirus
Discussion: PJ Media Home, Redstate and The Week
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Federal Reserve announces extensive new measures to support the economy  —  The Federal Reserve is committed to using its full range of tools to support households, businesses, and the U.S. economy overall in this challenging time.  The coronavirus pandemic is causing tremendous hardship across the United States and around the world.
Marc Lipsitch / Washington Post:
Far more people in the U.S. have the coronavirus than you think  —  We aren't testing enough to know.  The confirmed count could be less than 10 percent of the total.  —  As an infectious disease epidemiologist who's worked on pandemics for two decades, I've talked in recent days to journalists …
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Surgeon General has coronavirus warning: 'This week, it's going to get bad'  —  The disease is spreading, the surgeon general said, because many people are not following the guidance to stay at home.  —  WASHINGTON — Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams warned Monday that the coronavirus outbreak …
Discussion: Fox News and Breitbart
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.
James Griffiths / CNN:
Hong Kong appeared to have the coronavirus under control, then it let its guard down  —  Hong Kong (CNN)Only a week ago, Hong Kong seemed like a model for how to contain the novel coronavirus, with a relatively small number of cases despite months of being on the front lines of the outbreak.
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Twitter Says Beijing's Coronavirus Lies Are Just Fine  —  Chinese officials have spread disinformation about the origin of the coronavirus, including blaming its creation on the United States.  —  Coronavirus disinformation spread by senior Chinese government officials does not violate Twitter's terms …
Emma Colton / Washington Examiner:
Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg News: Federal stockpile of N95 masks was depleted under Obama and never restocked  —  The national shortage of N95 respirator masks can be traced back to 2009 after the H1N1 swine flu pandemic, when the Obama administration was advised to replenish a national stockpile …
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.
ABC News:
Hospitals trying to figure out how they would ration ventilators  —  The hospitals are faced with critically ill COVID-19 patients.  —  Faced with more critically ill COVID-19 patients than equipment to treat them, New York hospitals are mapping out how they can ration care and equipment …
 
 
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
The Latest Cook Political Report Electoral College Map
Discussion: CNN and Political Wire
John Gans / Washington Post:
How can Trump fight the pandemic when he's chasing experts out of government?
Noga Tarnopolsky / Los Angeles Times:
In the end, Holocaust survivor couldn't outlast virus, becoming Israel's first COVID-19 fatality
Discussion: The Week
Greg Hilburn / The News Star:
Coronavirus: 14 more die in Louisiana as cases spike above 1,000
Michael Stratford / Politico:
Student debt emerges as sticking point in stimulus debate
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Jessie Van Berkel / Star Tribune:
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan's brother dies of COVID-19
Discussion: Raw Story
MSNBC:
Doctor criticizes Sen. Paul for not self-quarantining
Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
Trump cannot block critics on Twitter, federal court affirms in ruling
 Earlier Items: 
New York Post:
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Trials of a Never Trump Republican
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

Reuters:
Palestinian sources say an Israeli airstrike killed five journalists from Al-Quds Today; the Israeli military called the five “operatives posing as journalists”

 
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