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2:05 PM ET, March 13, 2020

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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Trump administration blocks states from using Medicaid to respond to coronavirus crisis  —  Despite mounting pleas from California and other states, the Trump administration isn't allowing states to use Medicaid more freely to respond to the coronavirus crisis by expanding medical services.
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Chris Irvine / Fox News:
Brazil's President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus, further testing being done  —  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus, Fox News can confirm.  —  Bolsonaro's son Eduardo told Fox News that they are doing further testing to confirm the diagnosis …
The Guardian:
Coronavirus live news: UK local and mayoral elections postponed to 2021, as WHO calls Europe ‘centre of pandemic’  —  Queen cancels engagements; Canadian prime minister self-isolates; UK cases rise by 208  —  Lufthansa to apply for financial aid  —  The leading German business daily …
Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
Donald Trump will declare a national state of emergency over coronavirus …
Discussion: New York Post and Contemptor
Sheri Fink / New York Times:
The Worst-Case Estimate for U.S. Coronavirus Deaths  —  Officials at the C.D.C. and epidemic experts conferred last month about what could happen in the U.S.  —  Officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and epidemic experts from universities around the world conferred …
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Peter Dutton, Australian Official Who Recently Met Ivanka Trump, Has the Virus  —  A Chinese official promoted a conspiracy theory that the U.S. introduced the virus to China.  In the United States, Congress neared a deal with the White House on a sweeping economic rescue package.
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The Trump Presidency Is Over  —  When, in January 2016, I wrote that despite being a lifelong Republican who worked in the previous three GOP administrations, I would never vote for Donald Trump, even though his administration would align much more with my policy views than a Hillary Clinton presidency would …
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
It's Beltway wishful thinking — Joe's no fighter  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  “Hot takes” in politics are a little like armpit noises.  Anybody can make them and nobody wants to hear somebody else's.  —  But there is one political “hot take” emerging this week that really must be considered.
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CNBC:
Louisiana postpones Democratic primary over coronavirus, the first state to do so
Discussion: Frontloading HQ and The Verge
ohpredictiveinsights.cmail19.com:   Biden the electable Democrat in 2020 race
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:   What's the moral justification for Bernie Sanders's fruitless campaign?
Bloomberg:
Trump to Declare National Emergency to Speed Virus Response  —  President Donald Trump plans to declare a national emergency on Friday over the coronavirus outbreak, invoking the Stafford Act to open the door to more federal aid for states and municipalities, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Inside Jared Kushner's coronavirus research: a wide net on a giant Facebook group  —  Just before midnight Wednesday, a doctor asked a group of fellow emergency room physicians on Facebook how they would combat the escalating coronavirus outbreak.  —  “I have direct channel to person …
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Miami New Times:
Andrew Gillum Involved in Alleged Crystal-Meth Incident in Miami Beach … Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum was allegedly present during an incident involving crystal meth at a Miami Beach hotel early this morning, according to an incident report obtained by New Times.
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
An ‘inebriated’ Gillum found with suspected overdose victim  —  TALLAHASSEE — Andrew Gillum, a Florida Democrat who narrowly lost a bid for governor in 2018, was found “inebriated” and vomiting in a hotel room with another man apparently experiencing a drug overdose, according to a police report.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Mediaite
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Something Weird Is Happening on Wall Street, and Not Just the Stock Sell-Off  —  A sinking feeling reminiscent of the global financial crisis, when all kinds of obscure markets went haywire.  —  It has been an unsettling week on global financial markets, and not just because the stock market …
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Politico:
House GOP wants Trump support before backing coronavirus bill
Discussion: Vox, BBC, Breitbart and The Smoke Eater
newyorkfed.org:
Statement Regarding Treasury Reserve Management Purchases and Repurchase Operations
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Refused To Campaign More For Bernie Sanders  —  The popular New York lawmaker's absence was notable as Sanders lost his Democratic front-runner status to Joe Biden.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) turned down repeated requests from Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign …
Ben Rhodes / The Atlantic:
How Trump Designed His White House to Fail  —  President Donald Trump failed the defining test of his presidency in his Oval Office address on the coronavirus.  He turned to a format meant to calm the nation, provide clarity, and offer a clear plan of action, but accomplished none of those things.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Washington Post:
Ten minutes at the teleprompter: Inside Trump's failed attempt to calm coronavirus fears
Bloomberg:
Inside the Oval Office, a Fierce Fight Over Trump's Virus Speech
Discussion: Raw Story and NPR
Politico:
Louisiana postpones primary as states scramble to adjust to coronavirus  —  Louisiana will postpone its presidential primary, which was originally scheduled for April 4, as part of the state government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.  —  The state is the first in the nation to postpone …
Discussion: Chicago Tribune
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Sam Karlin / www.theadvocate.com:
Louisiana's presidential primary election to be delayed because of coronavirus
Discussion: BuzzFeed News and HuffPost
Rick Rouan / The Columbus Dispatch:   Ohio elections boards frantically seeking poll workers due to coronavirus outbreak
Barnini Chakraborty / Fox News:
China hints at denying Americans life-saving coronavirus drugs  —  Now that the number of new people infected with the coronavirus in China is slowing down, the country's Communist Party is ratcheting up threats against the West, with a particularly nasty warning about access to life-saving drugs aimed at the United States.
Discussion: Redstate, The Independent and WND
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Are Conservatives Obsessed With Revenge on China for the Coronavirus?
Discussion: Breitbart and The Federalist
New York Times:
Two Women Fell Sick From the Coronavirus.  One Survived.  —  The young medical professionals, who worked long hours on the front lines in Wuhan, first came down with fevers.  Within weeks, both were in hospital beds, hooked up to IVs or oxygen machines.  —  Deng Danjing  —  Xia Sisi
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Democrats Pushed Impeachment While Coronavirus Spread  —  We now know the cost of impeachment.  —  While Democrats were diverting the attention and energy of the entire country into a pointless trial that could not possibly have ended in anything other than President Donald Trump's acquittal …
Discussion: The Daily Dot
Politico:
Coronavirus consumes Trump's reelection bid  —  When Donald Trump's top campaign advisers met with the president in the White House on Wednesday, they came prepared with reams of polling data on his standing with voters eight months out from the election.  —  But Trump was focused on something else: The coronavirus.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Tim Loh / Bloomberg:
New Coronavirus Test 10 Times Faster Is FDA Approved  — FDA grants emergency use approval to highly automated process  — Roche shares jump 11%, the most in more than two decades  —  We're tracking the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and the global response.
PBS NewsHour:
U.S. federal response to coronavirus a ‘fiasco,’ says global health expert  —  As the novel coronavirus pandemic takes hold in the U.S., some Americans are expressing concerns over how the government is handling the situation, the availability of testing kits and the U.S. response in comparison to that of other countries.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
“This feels much worse than 2008”: Obama's chief economist on coronavirus's economic threat  —  A New York Stock Exchange trader watched as President Barack Obama signed a $800 billion economic stimulus bill on February 17, 2009.  Mario Tama/Getty Images  —  Coronavirus could do more economic damage …
Discussion: The Week
Christine Stapleton / Palm Beach Post:
Coronavirus in Florida: Hundreds to attend Mar-a-Lago fundraiser despite crowd warnings  —  Big Dog Ranch Rescue will not cancel its annual Wine, Women & Shoes fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's private club, in response to the coronavirus pandemic but guests will be encouraged to …
 
 
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The Boston Globe:
To limit coronavirus, US must enact lockdowns
BBC:
Coronavirus: English local elections postponed for a year
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Live updates: Coronavirus cancels schools, cherry blossom parade; cases in D.C. region doubling every 48 hours
Jayme Fraser / USA Today:
US hospitals will run out of beds if coronavirus cases spike
Discussion: New York Times
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
Why the U.S. Is So Behind on Coronavirus Testing
 Earlier Items: 
Dom Calicchio / Fox News:
Dan Crenshaw rips Biden coronavirus tweet slamming Trump actions: ‘Walls quite literally stop a virus’
Discussion: Redstate and IJR
Daniel Turner / The Federalist:
How The Wuhan Virus Is Accomplishing The Green New Deal's Goals
Discussion: Heritage Foundation
David Corn / Mother Jones:
How the GOP's War on Government Paved the Way for Trump's Deadly Incompetence
Li Zhou / Vox:
The Michigan primary results raised a striking question about sexism
Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Crisis Tests Trump's Unusual Governing Style