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4:40 PM ET, March 14, 2020

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Jack Nicas / New York Times:
He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Nowhere to Sell Them  —  Amazon cracked down on coronavirus price gouging.  Now, while the rest of the world searches, some sellers are holding stockpiles of sanitizer and masks.  —  On March 1, the day after the first coronavirus death …
New York Times:
On a Saturday Night in Florida, a Presidential Party Became a Coronavirus Hot Zone  —  A weekend getaway at Mar-a-Lago put the president in contact with several people who later tested positive for the virus.  He said he has no symptoms.  —  WASHINGTON — The lights were low …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox Business Benches Trish Regan After Outcry Over Coronavirus Comments  —  The host of “Trish Regan Primetime” told viewers this week that concerns about the coronavirus were “yet another attempt to impeach the president.”  —  The Fox Business anchor Trish Regan, whose on-air dismissal …
New York Times:
There's a Giant Hole in Pelosi's Coronavirus Bill  —  The legislation passed by the House Friday night doesn't actually guarantee paid sick leave to most American workers.  —  The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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Politico:
White House starts temperature checks for people around Trump  —  The White House on Saturday began checking the temperatures of anyone in close contact with President Donald Trump or Vice President Mike Pence.  —  White House staff met reporters at the door of the press briefing room with a thermometer …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
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Laura Italiano / New York Post:
Third person at Mar-a-Lago with Trump tests positive for coronavirus
Discussion: The Root
Joanna Tan / CNBC:
Trump shared table with another Mar-a-Lago guest who tested positive for coronavirus: White House doctor
Discussion: The Guardian, UPI and New York Post
Fox News:
President Trump reveals he took coronavirus test
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Does Donald Trump Have the Coronavirus?
Discussion: Mediaite and HuffPost
Washington Post:
Trump is breaking every rule in the CDC's 450-page playbook for health crisis  —  The communication chaos on coronavirus is eroding the most powerful weapon we have: Public trust  —  Amid an outbreak where vaccines, drug treatments and even sufficient testing don't yet exist …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
America's hospitals will be overrun with coronavirus in just EIGHT DAYS: Obama's Medicare boss issues dire warning as doctors say as many as 500,000 are already infected and 10 MILLION will need care  — There are only 790,000 hospital beds 100,000 ICU beds total in all of the hospitals across the country
Discussion: Yahoo Finance and USA Today
Charles Ornstein / ProPublica:
This Coronavirus Is Unlike Anything in Our Lifetime, and We Have to Stop Comparing It to the Flu  —  Longtime health reporter Charles Ornstein says that comparing the novel coronavirus to the flu is dangerously inaccurate.  Not one public health expert he trusts has called that comparison valid.
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Kay Coles James / Fox News:   Trump's coronavirus national emergency declaration helps mobilize nation
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Trump's False Claims About His Response to the Coronavirus  —  The president inaccurately described travel restrictions he had announced, falsely blamed his predecessor for testing shortages and misstated the role Google was playing in mitigating the outbreak.
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Wired:
Trump Caught Google Off Guard With a Bogus Coronavirus Site Announcement
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Former Judge Resigns From the Supreme Court Bar  —  In a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, he detailed why he's lost faith in the court.  —  James Dannenberg is a retired Hawaii state judge.  He sat on the District Court of the First Circuit of the state judiciary for 27 years.
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:   How coronavirus could change the Supreme Court
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Trump administration to extend European travel ban to include UK and Ireland
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:   Trump Administration Expands Europe Travel Ban to U.K. and Ireland as Countries Take More Aggressive Measures
Nicole Acevedo / NBC News:
Live Blog / Coronavirus updates live: France to close all restaurants, clubs, cinemas  —  Here are the latest updates from around the world.  —  President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he had been tested for coronavirus, with results coming in a few days.
Gregory Barber / Wired:
How Long Does the Coronavirus Last on Surfaces?  —  Researchers looked at how long the virus can survive on cardboard, plastic, and stainless steel, as well as after being aerosolized and suspended in midair.  —  By now, let's hope you're safely ensconced at home—going a little stir-crazy …
NBC News:
Mismanagement, missed opportunities: How the White House bungled the coronavirus response  —  Trump's own advisers acknowledged to NBC News that the failure to focus on widespread testing was a major misstep.  —  Luciana Borio once worked on President Donald Trump's National Security Council …
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
As Europe Shuts Down, Britain Takes a Different, and Contentious, Approach  —  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has largely kept Britain open, opting for more targeted measures, a strategy that has startled some epidemiologists.  —  LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain once …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Two senators take extreme measures to show allegiance to Trump  —  Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton, a freshman senator up for reelection in November, launched a highly unusual new TV ad this week.  —  The content was standard, pro-Trump, anti-Democrat fare.
Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
Western media parroting Chinese Communist Party propaganda  —  China is engaged in a wide-scale propaganda effort to convince the world that it is not responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, portraying itself with carefully distributed disinformation as being the most proactive, intelligent, and responsible of the world superpowers.
Discussion: Scripting News, Redstate and Twitchy
Jamie Gangel / CNN:
Trump sends signed chart showing stock market gains to supporters after he declared coronavirus a national emergency  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump on Friday sent a note to supporters that included a chart showing the Dow Jones Industrial Average dramatically rising roughly at the time he began …
Associated Press:
Spain to follow Italy into lockdown as virus cases soar  —  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain decided Saturday to follow Italy in declaring a nationwide lockdown to slow the accelerating spread of the coronavirus epidemic, Spanish media reported.  —  Spain's decision came as European countries took ever …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Joe Biden Forgets Year, Meanders Off Frame in Disastrous Livestream  —  Grandpa Joe Biden wants to run the country and save us from coronavirus when he can't even run a livestream and has no idea what year it is.  —  On Friday, Grandpa Joe held what his campaign billed as a “virtual town hall” in Illinois.
Discussion: Redstate and Louder With Crowder
Associated Press:
Straight-talking Fauci explains outbreak to a worried nation  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — If Dr. Anthony Fauci says it, you'd be smart to listen.  As the coronavirus has upended daily life across the globe, Fauci has become the trusted voice in separating fact and fiction.
 
 
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Lauren Thomas / CNBC:
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