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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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The Week
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Wall Street Journal:
Stocks and Bond Yields Plummet After Fed Slashes Rates — U.S. equity futures drop by almost 5%, signaling markets are poised for a sharp drop after the opening bell — Stocks globally plunged Monday even after the Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark interest rate to near zero …
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
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The Federalist, Board of Governors …, Talking Points Memo, Reason, Redstate, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze and WND
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Fed announces massive stimulus to shield economy from coronavirus
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The Federalist, Board of Governors …, One America News Network and Breitbart
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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The Federalist, IJR, Breitbart, The Hill, One America News Network, NBC News and The Week
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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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Politico
NBC News:
Live Blog / Democratic debate live updates: Biden and Sanders go head to head in Washington, D.C.
MSNBC:
Biden leads Trump by 9 points in a one-to-one matchup
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NBC News, Associated Press and The Hill
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 …
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Raw Story
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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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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The Hill and New York Post
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Virus Relief Risks Being Slowed by a Few GOP Senators' Concerns — Single objection in Senate could delay passage for days — Trump administration backs quick vote on package this week — We're tracking the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and the global response.
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Karen Weise / New York Times:
Two Emergency Room Doctors Are in Critical Condition With Coronavirus — The hospitalizations sharpen fears that the nation's front-line medical workers could be uniquely vulnerable, a health care organization said. — SEATTLE — Two emergency medicine doctors, in New Jersey and Washington State …
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Christina Johnsen / Polls:
State Takes on a Purple Hue; Partisans Divided Over Coronavirus — Kelly leads McSally in Senate race — West Long Branch, NJ - Arizona's Electoral College votes could be in play in November, according to a Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll of registered voters in the state.
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Politico
New York Times:
New York City to Close Schools, Restaurants and Bars: Live Updates — The moves are the most far-reaching and disruptive the city has taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus. — RIGHT NOW Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Sunday night that he would order all bars and restaurants in New York City to close.
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Bobby Allyn / NPR:
White House Says More Drive-Through Coronavirus Test Sites To Open This Week
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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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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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Talking Points Memo
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 …
Washington Post:
Most federal workers will report to the office Monday — as the rest of the country isolates itself — Most of the nation's 2.1 million federal employees will report to work Monday to tightly packed office cubicles and other workplaces where they serve the public, even as schools and colleges across …
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Outside the Beltway and The Hill
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
The coronavirus paradox - our lowest point and finest hour: Opinion — Our collective actions from here will dictate the outcome. — The paradox of the novel coronavirus response is that it only works if we take aggressive steps before they seem necessary and, if they work, will not have seemed necessary.
New York Times:
To Track Coronavirus, Israel Moves to Tap Secret Trove of Cellphone Data — The information, intended for use in counterterrorism, would help identify people who have crossed paths with known patients. — JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has authorized …
Politico:
Gillum withdraws from politics after link to suspected drug overdose — TALLAHASSEE — Andrew Gillum said he would withdraw from public life, closing a chapter in his career that took him from the peak of Florida power to a Miami Beach hotel room where he was found inebriated with a man suspected of overdosing on crystal meth.
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Government official: Coronavirus vaccine trial starts Monday — WASHINGTON (AP) — A clinical trial evaluating a vaccine designed to protect against the new coronavirus will begin Monday, according to a government official. — The first participant in the trial will receive the experimental vaccine …
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TechCrunch and The Week
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.
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