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Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Stock futures drop — hit ‘limit down’ — even as Fed slashes rates; Dow futures off 1,000 points — Stock futures plunged Sunday night even after the Federal Reserve embarked on a massive monetary stimulus campaign to curb slower economic growth amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement — The coronavirus outbreak has harmed communities and disrupted economic activity in many countries, including the United States. Global financial conditions have also been significantly affected. Available economic data show that the U.S. economy came …
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Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Federal Reserve cuts rates to zero and launches massive $700 billion quantitative easing program — In an emergency move Sunday, the Federal Reserve announced it is dropping its benchmark interest rate to zero and launching a new round of quantitative easing.
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Fed announces massive stimulus to shield economy from coronavirus
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Politico:
Biden and Bernie face off: Key moments from Sunday's debate — Bernie Sanders spent more than an hour dissecting elements of Joe Biden's record that he considers anathema to today's Democratic Party — from protections for big banks to his skepticism of Medicare for all healthcare.
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NBC News:
Live Blog / Democratic debate live updates: Biden and Sanders go head to head in Washington, D.C. — The coronavirus outbreak, which prompted a change in venue, is all but certain to be a focus of the debate. — Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders will go mano a mano on stage …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
‘Go to the YouTube right now’ — In one of the most prolonged exchanges of the night, Sanders repeatedly attacked Biden, accusing him of having supported cutting Social Security and other entitlement programs. — “You have been on the floor time and time again about the need to cut Social Security,” Sanders said.
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MSNBC:
Biden leads Trump by 9 points in a one-to-one matchup
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ABC News:
Biden commits to female running mate, touts electability in heads-up debate with Sanders
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Suhauna Hussain / Los Angeles Times:
Bars to close and restaurants must go takeout only, Mayor Garcetti orders — Los Angeles bars and nightclubs will close and restaurants must halt dine-in service and limit their business to takeout until March 31 as part of the city's efforts to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Mayor Garcetti said Sunday night.
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: C.D.C. Gives New Guidelines, New York to Close Restaurants and Schools and Italian Deaths Rise
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The Hill:
California governor calls for bar closures, restaurant restrictions as crisis worsens
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Taylor Dolven / Miami Herald:
Thousands leave Miami cruise ship without screenings after former passenger got COVID-19 — Note: The Miami Herald and McClatchy news sites have lifted the paywall on this developing story, providing critical information to readers. To support vital reporting such as this, please consider a digital subscription.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Complete List of Trump's Attempts to Play Down Coronavirus — He could have taken action. He didn't. — President Trump made his first public comments about the coronavirus on Jan. 22, in a television interview from Davos with CNBC's Joe Kernen. The first American case had been announced …
New York Times:
U.S. Offered ‘Large Sum’ to German Company for Access to Coronavirus Vaccine Research, German Officials Say — The United States says it will share any vaccine breakthroughs with the world, but German officials appeared rattled by its reported overture to a biotech firm.
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Reuters:
Germany tries to stop US from luring away firm seeking coronavirus vaccine
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Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
Trump ‘offers large sums’ for exclusive access to coronavirus vaccine
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New York Times:
‘There Is Plenty of Food in the Country’ — Americans have been alarmed by empty grocery shelves, but while food suppliers and retailers say they are struggling with surging demand, they insist the supply chain remains strong. — The aisles and aisles of empty store shelves give the appearance …
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New York Times:
NY and Coronavirus: Live Coverage — The moves are the most far-reaching and disruptive the city has taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus. — RIGHT NOW New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday that five people in the city had died from the coronavirus, all of whom had underlying health issues.
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New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.C.: Schools, Restaurants and Bars Are Shut Down
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Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.: New York City Public Schools to Close
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Axios:
Pence's presidential moment — Vice President Mike Pence, often caricatured as the White House Yes Man, is doing many of the things critics wish President Trump would do. — The big picture: He's a daily, consistent presence on the airwaves. He provides useful info rather than random digressions.
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William Hanage / The Guardian:
I'm an epidemiologist. When I heard about Britain's ‘herd immunity’ coronavirus plan, I thought it was satire — Vulnerable people should not be exposed to Covid-19 right now in the service of a hypothetical future — Your house is on fire, and the people whom you have trusted with your care are not trying to put it out.
Denis Campbell / The Guardian:
UK coronavirus crisis ‘to last until spring 2021 and could see 7.9m hospitalised’ — Exclusive: Public Health England document seen by Guardian says four in five ‘expected’ to contract virus — The coronavirus epidemic in the UK will last until next spring and could lead to 7.9 million people …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Madeleine Westerhout to release Oval Office memoir — Madeleine Westerhout, who spent 2½ years as President Trump's Oval Office gatekeeper, will release a frank memoir on Aug. 11 about one mistake that cost her one of the world's most fascinating jobs.
Cheryl Benard / Washington Post:
Landing at Dulles Airport, I encountered a case study in how to spread a pandemic — Cheryl Benard is a former senior analyst with the RAND Corporation and has written about health systems in post-conflict environments. — Like thousands of Americans and Europeans scrambling …
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