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12:40 PM ET, March 18, 2020

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Washington Post:
White House coronavirus plan aims to send $2,000 to many Americans, includes $300 billion for small businesses  —  Talks remain fluid, but discussions with Congress are intensifying as virus fallout worsens  —  White House officials are working with congressional Republicans …
Discussion: National Review
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Politico:
Republicans suddenly find a bailout they can back
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Hill
Manu Raju / CNN:
GOP senators close to agreement among themselves on coronavirus stimulus package
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Week
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Bernie Sanders suspends his 2020 campaign Facebook ads  —  Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign currently has no active Facebook ads, the morning after another disappointing finish in a series of primary contests.  —  Why it matters: A pause in digital advertising spend on Facebook …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Sanders Campaign Is a Menace to Public Health  —  Bernie Sanders can't beat Joe Biden.  But he can force millions of people to risk being exposed to the coronavirus.  —  On Tuesday night Bernie Sanders lost three more states, all of them large.  In Arizona he was on track to lose by double-digits.
BBC:
US election 2020: Rampant Biden crushes Sanders in hat-trick
Discussion: Contemptor
NBC News:
Senate coronavirus vote delayed after Rand Paul pushes doomed amendment  —  Mitch McConnell had said he wanted to pass the bill at “warp speed.”  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would move at “warp speed” to pass coronavirus legislation on Tuesday, but Sen. Rand Paul …
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Politico:
Senate to pass coronavirus package as Treasury proposes emergency checks starting April 6
Discussion: NBC News
CNBC:
Mnuchin warns senators of 20% US unemployment without coronavirus rescue, source says
Discussion: Reuters
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: A global pandemic in the age of political venom
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
China's coronavirus propaganda campaign is putting lives at risk  —  The Chinese authorities are engaged in a full-scale effort to rewrite the history of the coronavirus epidemic.  Some in the West might be tempted to dismiss the significance of Beijing's propaganda efforts.  But they shouldn't.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump's new pandemic drumbeat: ‘Chinese virus’
Michael Auslin / Real Clear Politics:
Beijing Fears COVID-19 Is Turning Point for China, Globalization
New York Times:
These Places Could Run Out of Hospital Beds as Coronavirus Spreads  —  Percentage of occupied hospital beds that would need to be emptied or added  —  A new Harvard analysis shows that many parts of the United States will have far too few hospital beds if the new coronavirus continues …
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Questioning the Clampdown  —  Will people lose faith when they find out they are expected to get the virus anyway?  —  Experts now agree the virus's spread can be slowed but not contained.  It will take its place among mostly seasonal respiratory infections.
Discussion: CBS Boston
William Booth / Washington Post:
A chilling scientific paper helped upend U.S. and U.K. coronavirus strategies  —  LONDON — Immediately after Boris Johnson completed his Monday evening news conference, which saw a somber prime minister encourage his fellow citizens to avoid “all nonessential contact with others,” …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Trump Finally Enlists Much of Government in Coronavirus Attack  —  Hospital ships stayed in port, veterans hospitals awaited orders and requests for help went unanswered, as much of the government remained on the sidelines.  —  WASHINGTON — The mayor of Seattle wanted “mass tents” …
Antonia Farzan / Washington Post:
‘NOT TRUE’: Oprah Winfrey debunks bizarre QAnon conspiracy theory spreading across the Internet  —  Late Tuesday night, as results trickled in from Democratic primary elections and the number of people infected by the novel coronavirus continued to climb, Oprah Winfrey's name began trending on Twitter.
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Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
The Coronavirus Is Conspiracy Theory Gold For QAnon
Discussion: Raw Story
Thomas M. Burton / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Sought to Expand Virus Drug Tests Over FDA Objections  —  Plan would have expanded use of investigational drugs for coronavirus; FDA officials said plan would pose risks to patients  —  WASHINGTON—The White House considered issuing an executive order greatly expanding the use …
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Presidential race now leans toward the Democrats  —  ANALYSIS — More than 14 months ago, I wrote a column in this space suggesting that the 2020 presidential contest was a toss-up, but one that tilted toward the Democrats.  I offered caveats about the economy and the Democratic nomination …
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
The Pandemic Is Too Big for Trumpworld to Spin  —  Last Friday, we got a sign that Fox News changed the party line on the coronavirus.  Then suddenly, Trump changed his tune, too.  Hmmm...  BEAST INSIDE  —  The Trumpy media from top to bottom is having a rough time of it these days.
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes near Salt Lake City knocking out Utah's coronavirus hotline  —  The quake was reported shortly after 7 a.m. local time.  —  A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, early Wednesday, knocking out the state's coronavirus hotline, according to the governor.
Kurt Bardella / NBC News:
Trump's ‘Chinese Virus’ coronavirus tweets echo his Mexico insults — with similar results  —  Just as we saw following Trump's rhetoric against Latinos, the violent trickle-down effect is clear.  —  CBS White House correspondent Weijia Jiang tweeted Tuesday that “this morning …
Tim Herrera / New York Times:
My Coronavirus Test: 5 Days, a Dozen Calls, Hours of Confusion  —  The symptoms have been easy to deal with.  The health care system has not.  —  Almost a dozen calls with five health care providers over five hours.  Two hours of hold music.  Two hours in a hospital.
Discussion: VICE and Gizmodo
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
US and Canada preparing to suspend non-essential travel between the two countries  —  (CNN)The United States and Canada are preparing to issue a joint statement in the next 24-48 hours to suspend non-essential travel between the two countries, a Trump administration official tells CNN.
James Arkin / Politico:
Alabama Senate runoff postponed until July  —  Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday the state is delaying primary runoff elections that were scheduled for later this month until July 14 because of concerns about coronavirus, delaying the GOP Senate runoff between former Attorney General Jeff Sessions …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Stuart Stevens / Washington Post:
Republicans like me built this moment.  Then we looked the other way.  —  Stuart Stevens is a writer and Republican political consultant who has advised a pro-Bill Weld super PAC in the 2020 election.  His book about the Republican Party, “It Was All A Lie,” will be published next month.
Bloomberg:
Hospital Workers Make Masks From Office Supplies Amid U.S. Shortage  —  'We're not getting new supplies and our stores are almost depleted.'  —  Hospital workers in Washington state have been making protective medical gear out of office supplies and other run-of-the-mill materials as they deal …
CNBC:
Dow plunges 1,000 points as stretch of unprecedented volatility continues because of coronavirus  —  Stocks set to fall sharply at open following Tuesday's bounce  —  Stocks tumbled on Wednesday as the markets remained highly volatile with the government response to the coronavirus fallout still unfolding.
Discussion: The Week
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
OPM chief Dale Cabaniss abruptly resigns  —  Dale Cabaniss, the director of the government's Office of Personnel Management, resigned abruptly on Tuesday, effective immediately.  —  Cabaniss stepped down because of what two people familiar with the matter said was poor treatment …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
The Columbus Dispatch:
Unemployment applications jump in Ohio amid coronavirus outbreak  —  The Columbus Dispatch  —  The state is being hit with a steep surge in applications for unemployment benefits tied to the coronavirus outbreak.  —  The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said 36,645 claims were filed Monday.
Wall Street Journal:
Lessons From Italy's Hospital Meltdown.  ‘Every Day You Lose, the Contagion Gets Worse.’  —  The coronavirus is pushing a wealthy region with high-tech health care toward a humanitarian disaster  —  BERGAMO, Italy—Ambulances here have stopped using sirens.  The frequent blaring only adds to local fears.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The US Sun
Ted Anthony / Associated Press:
Analysis: American attitudes make virus response a hard sell  —  When Americans are summoned to deal with an attack or defy overwhelming odds, the response typically goes something like this: Fight.  Hold the line.  Stand together.  This won't stop us.  Keep on living your life.  We will prevail.
HuffPost:
Florida's AG Contracted With Trump Doral In Violation Of U.S. Constitution  —  The crime prevention conference was canceled because of coronavirus, but would have put tens of thousands of state dollars into Trump's cash registers.  —  Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody …
Greg B. Smith / The City:
FIRST HOMELESS SHELTER RESIDENT TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS  —  A resident of a city homeless shelter tested positive for coronavirus — a first-of-its-kind case that sent the woman's dorm roommates into quarantine, officials said Tuesday.  —  Department of Homeless Services (DHS) …
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
How To Get More Ventilators And What To Do If We Can't  —  Factory capacity can be ramped up, but the components come from overseas and they could be hard to find.  —  The coronavirus pandemic could cause a dramatic upsurge of hospital patients in the U.S., creating unprecedented demand for ventilators.
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Trump's Job Approval Rating Slips to 44%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the COVID-19 pandemic hits the U.S. and President Donald Trump's impeachment acquittal becomes a distant memory for Americans, his 44% job approval rating is down five percentage points, and back to where it was before the Senate acquitted …
Discussion: The Week and Opinion Today
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
The Bernie Sanders Revolution Has Moved to Mom's Couch  —  For some college students who support Mr. Sanders, leaving campus means more time to phone bank, and a captive, if skeptical, audience at home.  —  With the country in crisis mode, Melat Eskender, 19, has assumed battle position …
New York Times:
At Party for Donald Trump Jr.'s Girlfriend, Donors Helped Pick Up the Tab  —  Attendees of the bash for Kimberly Guilfoyle at the president's private club chipped in — including financial backers of the Trump re-election campaign.  —  WASHINGTON — It was a lavish birthday party for Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle.
 
 
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Associated Press:
World virus infections pass 200,000, Europe's borders jammed
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
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Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Anti-Gay Lawmaker Voted Against Coronavirus Bill Because It “Redefined Family” …
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
DHS inspector general's office nearly dormant under Trump as reports and audits plummet
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Coronavirus Gave Trump the Handshake-free World He Always Wanted
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Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
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Ida Garibaldi / Washington Post:
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New York Times:
Once Political B-Listers, Governors Lead Nation's Coronavirus Response