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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Has Given Unusual Leeway to Fauci, but Aides Say He's Losing His Patience — The president has become increasingly concerned as Dr. Anthony S. Fauci has grown bolder in correcting his falsehoods about the spread of the coronavirus. — President Trump has praised Dr. Anthony S. Fauci as a “major television star.”
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How one Trump tweet put a deal in doubt — DRIVING THE DAY — OK, NOW THIS IS GETTING REALLY INTERESTING. — FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS, TREASURY SECRETARY STEVEN MNUCHIN has been playing shuttle diplomacy between warring factions, hashing out a deal with Senate Minority …
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Political Wire
Washington Post:
Trump says he may soon push businesses to reopen, defying the advice of coronavirus experts
Trump says he may soon push businesses to reopen, defying the advice of coronavirus experts
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NBC News, Jacobin, The More Stable Union …, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story, Vox, Lawyers, Guns & Money, NPR, The Better Letter and Forbes
Politico:
Health officials want Trump to ‘double down, not lighten up’ restrictions
Health officials want Trump to ‘double down, not lighten up’ restrictions
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Breitbart, IJR, Vox, The Guardian, New York Times, The Daily Beast, CNN, HuffPost and Rolling Stone
New York Times:
Trump Considers Reopening Economy, Over Health Experts' Objections
Trump Considers Reopening Economy, Over Health Experts' Objections
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Washington Post, Florida Politics, POLITICUSUSA, Foreign Policy and CNN
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Back to Waging War on Science, at the Worst Possible Moment
Trump Is Back to Waging War on Science, at the Worst Possible Moment
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The Bulwark, The Independent, CNN, Mediaite, HuffPost and Redstate
Washington Post:
White House agrees to allow oversight of huge coronavirus loan program as $2 trillion Senate deal nears — Schumer, Mnuchin voice optimism that deal is at hand, but hurdles remain — The White House has agreed to allow enhanced scrutiny over a massive loan program that is a centerpiece …
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Public Policy Polling:
Majority Think Burr Should Resign; Tillis Unpopular Too — PPP's newest North Carolina poll finds that a majority of North Carolinians think Richard Burr should resign, and that his approval numbers have plummeted since revelations last week about his stock sales in the wake of the coronavirus.
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Contemptor
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New York Times:
See Which States and Cities Have Told Residents to Stay at Home — In a matter of days, millions of Americans have been asked to do what might have been unthinkable only a week or two ago: Don't go to work, don't go to school, don't leave the house at all, unless you have to.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Domestic Passenger Flights Could Virtually Shut Down, Voluntarily or by Government Order — As airlines struggle to keep aircraft flying with minimal passengers, various options are being considered — Major U.S. airlines are drafting plans for a potential voluntary shutdown of virtually …
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National Review, CNBC, The US Sun and Econlib
Richard Chumney / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Thousands of Liberty students expected to return to campus amid coronavirus outbreak — LYNCHBURG — As the coronavirus threatens to spread across the Lynchburg region, Liberty University officials are preparing to welcome back up to 5,000 students from spring break this week.
Bob Herman / Axios:
Man dies after self-medicating with chloroquine — “A man has died and his wife is under critical care after the couple, both in their 60s, ingested chloroquine phosphate,” one of the anti-malaria drugs that President Trump has mentioned in recent days, according to Banner Health, the hospital system that treated both patients.
New York Post:
Brooklyn principal dies from coronavirus complications — A Brooklyn principal has died due to complications from the coronavirus — the first known death of a city public schools staffer tied to the pandemic, officials said Monday. — Dezann Romain, 36, led the Brooklyn Democracy Academy in Brownsville …
CNN:
Prominent 30-year-old Zimbabwe broadcaster dies of coronavirus — (CNN)A prominent 30-year-old television journalist has died in Zimbabwe after contracting the new coronavirus infection, the first person to die in the country from the virus. — Zororo Makamba was one of the two people who tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday.
Washington Post:
Italy's coronavirus deaths are staggering. They may be more preview than anomaly. — ROME — Italy has become the flash point of the coronavirus pandemic, with a death toll at 6,077 and counting — the highest in the world. More than 2,000 Italians have been killed by the virus in the past four days alone.
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Kaiser Health News and New York Times
KTAR.com:
Arizona man dies after ingesting substance touted by President Trump — PHOENIX - Hospital officials are warning against home remedies for COVID-19 after a metro Phoenix man died and his wife was hospitalized when they ingested a chemical touted by President Donald Trump as a possible coronavirus treatment.
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Man Fatally Poisons Himself While Self-Medicating for Coronavirus, Doctor Says
Man Fatally Poisons Himself While Self-Medicating for Coronavirus, Doctor Says
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump eyes a back-to-work plan despite coronavirus — President Trump egged on by a growing number of advisers and business leaders, believes the economy will crater absent a strong signal, and wants to stagger the reopening of work nationwide, people who've spoken to him tell Axios.
New York Times:
Justin Trudeau in Home Isolation: 'Daddy's on an Important Phone Call' — Canada's prime minister has been a housekeeper and single parent to three children while running the nation, after his wife tested positive for the coronavirus. — TORONTO — He has been stuck inside his house …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Obama logs on amid the coronavirus pandemic — The former president comes off the sidelines to share health information, say thanks and offer inspiration — but avoids criticism of Trump. — Former President Barack Obama is making use of his large social media platforms to address …
William Feuer / CNBC:
CDC says coronavirus survived in Princess Cruise ship cabins for up to 17 days after passengers left — The coronavirus can survive on surfaces for up to 17 days, a study published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. — The study examines two public health responses …
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Townhall
Wall Street Journal:
Bezos, Other Corporate Executives Sold Shares Just in Time — With the pandemic bearing down on the market, sales by insiders spared them $1.9 billion in paper losses, a Journal analysis shows — Top executives at U.S.-traded companies sold a total of roughly $9.2 billion in shares …
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New York Post
New York Times:
Party Zero: How a Soirée in Connecticut Became a ‘Super Spreader’ — About 50 people gathered this month for a party in the upscale suburb of Westport, then scattered across the region and the world, taking the coronavirus with them. — About 50 guests gathered on March 5 at a home …
The Intercept:
Coronavirus Treatment Developed by Gilead Sciences Granted “Rare Disease” Status, Potentially Limiting Affordability — This afternoon, the Food and Drug Administration granted Gilead Sciences “orphan” drug status for its antiviral drug, remdesivir. The designation allows the pharmaceutical company …
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Washington Post:
Before Trump called for reevaluating lockdowns, they shuttered six of his top-earning clubs and resorts — President Trump's private business has shut down six of its top seven revenue-producing clubs and hotels because of restrictions meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus …
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The Week and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Sanjana Karanth / HuffPost:
Trump Claims U.S. Will See More Death By Keeping Economy Shut Than By Coronavirus — The president's downplaying of COVID-19 reached dangerous levels as he threatened to open up the economy despite skyrocketing cases. — President Donald Trump's insistence on downplaying …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Elite hackers target WHO as coronavirus cyberattacks spike — WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Elite hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier this month, sources told Reuters, part of what a senior agency official said was a more than two-fold increase in cyberattacks.
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Kaiser Health News and CyberSecurity Insights
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 …
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CBS News:
Americans see months-long pandemic fight ahead — CBS News poll — Most Americans (57%) say the nation's efforts to combat the coronavirus are going badly right now, most call it a crisis and see a months-long process before it is contained. But the public is pinning its hopes heavily …
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National Review
Ben Smith / New York Times:
As Fox News Played Down the Coronavirus, Its Chief Protected Himself — The cancellation of an 89th birthday party for Rupert Murdoch highlights a disconnect between his family's behavior and statements made on air by some Fox commentators. — If you were watching some of the commentators …
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Media Matters for America
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump works to rewrite narrative on coronavirus response — Team Trump is rushing to rewrite the early narrative about the president's response to coronavirus. — Faced with endless video clips of Donald Trump downplaying the escalating outbreak, Trump aides and allies are working furiously …