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10:40 AM ET, March 14, 2020

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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:
Contrary to Trump's claim, Google is not building a nationwide coronavirus screening website  —  Instead, Verily is building a triage website just for the Bay Area  —  Google is not working with the US government in building a nationwide website to help people determine whether …
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Wired:
Trump Caught Google Off Guard With a Bogus Coronavirus Site Announcement  —  Google's not making a nationwide coronavirus testing website.  And the company had no idea the president would say it was.  —  President Donald Trump announced Friday that the US government's coronavirus testing apparatus …
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.
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Google Contradicts Trump: Coronavirus Site in ‘Early Stages’
Discussion: CNBC and TheStreet
Ashley Feinberg / Slate:
Does Donald Trump Have the Coronavirus?  —  Donald Trump insists that he's fine.  He feels “extremely good,” in fact, and also “very good.”  He'd be happy to get a coronavirus test, he said Friday, if one were ever needed.  But, he tells us, there's no reason.  The president is doing great.
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Washington Post:
Trump defiant on testing and handshakes even as third Mar-a-Lago case emerges  —  President Trump said Friday that he has not yet been tested for the novel coronavirus, even as three people who were with him at the Mar-a-Lago Club last weekend have now tested positive.  —  Trump said he would be tested “fairly soon.
BuzzFeed News:
A Map Of The Coronavirus Exposures In Trump's Orbit In Just Two Weeks  —  A growing number of people in President Donald Trump's orbit have been in contact with someone known to be infected with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus — with a few testing positive themselves.
Washington Post:
Live updates: Third Mar-a-Lago guest tests positive for coronavirus; Pentagon halts domestic travel
Discussion: HuffPost and UPI
Laura Italiano / New York Post:   Third person at Mar-a-Lago with Trump tests positive for coronavirus
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 in the United States …
Chris Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Fox Business Host Trish Regan on Hiatus After Virus Comments  —  The Fox Business show hosted by Trish Regan is going on hiatus following controversial comments she made on the air Monday about the coronavirus.  —  The hiatus also applies to another host, Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery …
Discussion: HuffPost
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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 …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox Business Puts Trish Regan, Kennedy Shows on Hiatus
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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.
Discussion: The White House and Reason
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Kay Coles James / Fox News:
Trump's coronavirus national emergency declaration helps mobilize nation  —  Trump on coronavirus: We want to make sure those who need testing can get one safely and conveniently  —  President Trump's declaration of a national emergency Friday to deal with the coronavirus pandemic is anything but a sign to panic.
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.
Beth Cameron / Washington Post:
I ran the White House pandemic office.  Trump closed it.  —  The federal government is moving too slowly, due to a lack of leadership.  —  When President Trump took office in 2017, the White House's National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense survived the transition intact.
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.
Associated Press:
Iraq officials: Rocket attack hits base housing US troops  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi security officials said, just days after a similar attack killed three servicemen, including two Americans.
Washington Post:
White House, House Democrats reach deal on coronavirus economic relief package, Pelosi announces  —  The White House and House Democrats reached agreement Friday on a coronavirus relief package to spend tens of billions of dollars on sick leave, unemployment insurance, food stamps and other measures to address the unfolding crisis.
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:   How Trump may have flattened the political curve of coronavirus
Lauren Thomas / CNBC:
Patagonia is closing all of its stores and shutting down its website because of the coronavirus  —  KEY POINTS  — Patagonia is closing all of its stores and its online operations because of the coronavirus.  — It said it will update customers more broadly about its next steps on March 27.
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 …
Paul Farrell / Heavy.com:
Travis Dyson: Andrew Gillum Found in Hotel Room With Male Escort & Crystal Meth, Cops Say  —  Travis Dyson is the 30-year-old Florida man who was found in a hotel room with Democratic politician Andrew Gillum on March 13.  Police said Dyson appeared to have suffered a drug overdose.
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Politico:
Biden readies plan to finish off Bernie  —  Joe Biden has long complained about the crowded debate stage and a restrictive format that doesn't allow enough time for candidates to speak.  —  Now, in his one-on-one debate Sunday with Bernie Sanders, he finally gets the debate terms he wanted …
Jennifer Smith / Daily Mail:
Mexico is considering closing its border to stop Americans bringing coronavirus into its country as US case count passes 2,000  — Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said: 'Mexico wouldn't bring the virus to the United States, rather the United States would bring it here'
Discussion: Political Flare
Douglas Quan / Toronto Star:
'We're hustlers': Amid coronavirus fears, this couple has made more than $100,000 reselling Lysol wipes  —  JOIN THE CONVERSATION  —  VANCOUVER—As Manny Ranga and his wife, Violeta Perez, loaded up their Ford F-150 pickup outside a Costco near downtown Vancouver this week, some passersby couldn't help but stop and stare.
Discussion: TheBlaze and The Independent
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
What Would a Proper Coronavirus Stimulus Plan Look Like?  —  After a record fall on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nearly two thousand points on Friday, as Donald Trump declared a national emergency in response to the coronavirus and negotiators from his Administration tried …
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
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 …
Washington Post:
Coronavirus is shutting down American life as states try to battle outbreak  —  Much of life in America, and across the globe, has ground to a near halt in recent days as the coronavirus spreads, closing schools, thwarting travel, forcing employees to telework and shuttering beloved institutions.
Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
Thoughts on the Pandemic  —  Several reporters have emailed me, asking my thoughts about the current economic situation in light of the ongoing pandemic.  Here they are, in abbreviated form:  — A recession is likely and perhaps optimal (not in the sense of desirable but in the sense of the best we can do under the circumstances).
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
How to Run an Election in a Pandemic  —  Three days from now, millions of voters in Arizona, Illinois, Florida, and Ohio will grasp the same door handles, drag their fingers across the same touch-screen voting machines, and wait in long lines with dozens of other people.
Chad P. Bown / PIIE:
Trump's trade policy is hampering the US fight against COVID-19  —  Hexuan Li provided outstanding data assistance.  Melina Kolb, William Melancon, and Oliver Ward assisted with graphics.  David J. Vanness, Mihir Torsekar, Rod Hunter, and many other experts helped identify COVID-19 related health products.
 
 
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Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Right Wing Can't Decide If Virus Is No Big Deal, or Big Deal and China's Fault
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Associated Press:
Schools scramble to feed students after coronavirus closures
Jason Sattler / USA Today:
This coronavirus outbreak must unite everyone who wants to defeat Trump
Gabby Orr / Politico:
USAID chief to leave post
BuzzFeed News:
Here's How The National Security Agency Will Protect Itself During A Pandemic
Governor Steve Bullock:
Governor Bullock Confirms Four Presumptively Positive Coronavirus Cases in Montana
The Daily Beast:
Army Says It's $1 Billion Short on Coronavirus Prep
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
JM Rieger / Washington Post:
Trump shook hands, patted backs and touched the microphone 31 times while declaring the coronavirus national emergency
Discussion: Mediaite
Associated Press:
Appeals court orders new hearing in McGahn subpoena case
Discussion: The Hill
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Reality Arrives to the Trump Era
Discussion: The College Fix
Brian Naylor / NPR:
FACT CHECK: Trump's Accusations About The Obama Administration And Swine Flu
 

 
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The Guardian:
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Renee DiResta / The Guardian:
How a rightwing smear campaign against NPR and its CEO Katherine Maher, who is on Signal Foundation's board, led Elon Musk to malign Signal

Rodney Tiffen / Inside Story:
Court discovery docs from the UK's News Group phone hacking cases give more detail about evidence destruction and indicate the company gathered political intel

 
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