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12:30 PM ET, March 23, 2020

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Jon Cohen / Science:
'I'm going to keep pushing.' Anthony Fauci tries to make the White House listen to facts of the pandemic  —  Anthony Fauci, who to many watching the now-regular White House press briefings on the pandemic has become the scientific voice of reason about how to respond to the new coronavirus …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump signals an economic pivot on coronavirus shutdowns  —  President Trump and some of his senior officials are losing patience with the doctors' orders.  —  The state of play: Amid dire predictions for jobs and the economy, the White House is beginning to send signals to business …
New York Times:
Trump Says Coronavirus Cure Cannot ‘Be Worse Than the Problem Itself’  —  The president, who has watched the economy plunge amid social distancing measures, says restrictions will be reassessed.  —  President Trump on Sunday night said that the government would reassess the recommended period for …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump signals growing weariness with social distancing and other steps advocated by health officials  —  The Washington Post is providing this story for free so that all readers have access to this important information about the coronavirus.  For more free stories, sign up for our daily Coronavirus Updates newsletter.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
CNN:
Trump itching to scale back social distancing after 15 day-period, aides say
Discussion: The Nation, Reason, AIER and Econlib
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
‘I know, but what do you want me to do?’:  Fauci's strikingly honest review of Trump's coronavirus response
Discussion: American Thinker and Raw Story
Amy Klobuchar:
Statement from Senator Amy Klobuchar  —  I have news that many Americans are facing right now: my husband John has the coronavirus.  We just got the test results at 7 a.m. this morning.  While I cannot see him and he is of course cut off from all visitors, our daughter Abigail and I are constantly calling and texting and emailing.
New York Times:
Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear For Their Safety  —  As bigots blame them for the coronavirus and President Trump labels it the “Chinese virus,” many Chinese-Americans say they are terrified of what could come next.  —  WASHINGTON — Yuanyuan Zhu was walking to her gym …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Democrats Should Vote Down Trump's Corrupt Stimulus Slush Fund  —  Three days ago, Senate Republicans unveiled their version of an economic-rescue bill, planning to secure quick bipartisan Senate approval followed by a pro forma approval in the House.  Instead, Senate Democrats blocked it.
Discussion: Althouse
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Fiona Lowenstein / New York Times:
I'm 26.  Coronavirus Sent Me to the Hospital.  —  Millennials: If you can't stay at home for others, do it for yourselves.  —  I'm 26.  I don't have any prior autoimmune or respiratory conditions.  I work out six times a week, and abstain from cigarettes.
Discussion: Raw Story and Althouse
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Rupert Murdoch Put His Son in Charge of Fox.  It Was a Dangerous Mistake.  —  The 48-year-old Lachlan Murdoch stood by as Fox News hosts played down the danger of the deadly coronavirus to their viewers.  —  The chief executive of Fox News, Suzanne Scott, reacted swiftly to the threat …
Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
The Virus Can Be Stopped, but Only With Harsh Steps, Experts Say  —  Scientists who have fought pandemics describe difficult measures needed to defend the United States against a fast-moving pathogen.  —  Terrifying though the coronavirus may be, it can be turned back.
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and The Week
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump privately says he's facing pressure over refusal to use Defense Production Act  —  Rep. Ocasio-Cortez criticizes Trump: This is going to cost lives  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has told people around him that he's under pressure to utilize the authorities given to him under …
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Times:
Trump Bets Business Will Answer Call to Fight Virus, but Strategy Bewilders Firms
Discussion: Reason and The Mahablog
David Leonhardt / New York Times:   How Trump Is Worsening the Virus Now
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Biden Addresses a Visibility Question: ‘How Do We Get More of You?’  —  As President Trump appears at daily briefings, the Democratic front-runner faces the challenge of raising his profile in a presidential race that has moved almost entirely into the digital realm.
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Biden launching his own coronavirus briefings, as he fights to return from ‘sideline’
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill
Washington Post:   Trump and Biden face off on a dramatically altered political landscape
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Federal Reserve announces extensive new measures to support the economy  —  The Federal Reserve is committed to using its full range of tools to support households, businesses, and the U.S. economy overall in this challenging time.  The coronavirus pandemic is causing tremendous hardship across the United States and around the world.
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
Lost Sense of Smell May Be Peculiar Clue to Coronavirus Infection  —  A mother who was infected with the coronavirus couldn't smell her baby's full diaper.  Cooks who can usually name every spice in a restaurant dish can't smell curry or garlic, and food tastes bland.
Discussion: Fox News and ABC7
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Rep. Ben McAdams hospitalized after coronavirus positive test  —  He called a COVID-19 hotline number Friday night and he said he was told to go to the hospital and check in with the isolation unit.  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, who tested positive last week for the disease caused …
Bob Johnson / MLive.com:
Trump's claims that GM, Ford making ventilators ‘right now’ not true  —  President Donald Trump's assertion that automakers can quickly manufacture ventilators and that some are already making them is false, according to fact-checkers from the Associated Press.
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Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump hype on auto industry and ventilators
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Surgeon General has coronavirus warning: 'This week, it's going to get bad'  —  The disease is spreading, the surgeon general said, because many people are not following the guidance to stay at home.  —  WASHINGTON — Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams warned Monday that the coronavirus outbreak …
Discussion: Fox News
YouTube:
Exponential Threat … Priorities USA Action was founded in 2011 to educate and engage Americans to speak out and stand strong against the outdated views of the far right that threaten our democracy and undermine the middle class.
Discussion: The Hill and CNN
Marisa Taylor / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. axed CDC expert job in China months before virus outbreak  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several months before the coronavirus pandemic began, the Trump administration eliminated a key American public health position in Beijing intended to help detect disease outbreaks in China, Reuters has learned.
Nathaniel Mott / Tom's Hardware:
A Mysterious Database Exposed 200 Million Americans' Personal Info  —  And we have no idea who it belonged to.  —  Here's a strange one: CyberNews reported Friday that a Google Cloud database exposed the personal information of roughly 200 million Americans.
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Biden calls on Trump to drop ACA case in wake of coronavirus outbreak  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden said in a letter Monday to President Trump and other conservatives challenging the Affordable Care Act that the novel coronavirus outbreak shows why they should drop their legal case.
Discussion: The Hill
Marc Lipsitch / Washington Post:
Far more people in the U.S. have the coronavirus than you think  —  We aren't testing enough to know.  The confirmed count could be less than 10 percent of the total.  —  As an infectious disease epidemiologist who's worked on pandemics for two decades, I've talked in recent days to journalists …
Bloomberg:
Trump Weighs Easing Stay-at-Home Advice to Curb Economic Rout  — President began talking about relaxing guidelines last week  — Economic toll rising as Americans practice social distancing  —  We're tracking the latest on the coronavirus outbreak and the global response.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The People in Charge See an Opportunity  —  On March 13—Friday the 13th, as it happened—my husband was driving down a Polish highway when he turned on the news and learned that the country's borders would shut down in 24 hours.  He pulled over and called me.  I bought a ticket from London to Warsaw minutes later.
Associated Press:
Over 1.5 billion globally asked to stay home to escape virus  —  PARIS (AP) — The hunt for masks, ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe, as more than 1.5 billion people — one-fifth of the world's population — were urged or ordered to stay home Monday to try to blunt the spread of the coronavirus.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Trials of a Never Trump Republican  —  The lifelong conservative Sarah Longwell has been hoping for the President's downfall, but he has proved immune to every scandal.  Will the coronavirus pandemic be any different?  —  For four years, Sarah Longwell has been hoping for Donald Trump's downfall.
CNN:
Will Sinophobia be our downfall in the fight against coronavirus?  —  Kuan-lin F. Liu is a Spanish-born Taiwanese writer with experience reporting on Asia Pacific for media outlets in Taiwan.  He holds a BA in Government and Women's and Gender Studies modified with Geography from Dartmouth College …
Russia Today / RT:
I am an American constitutional lawyer - and I see our government using Covid-19 to take away our fundamental rights  —  Police guard area where New York State's first drive through coronavirus mobile testing center opened, March 13, 2020 © Reuters / Mike Segar  —  Do we really think “it can't happen here” in America?
Discussion: USA Today
 
 
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Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Secret Service employee tests positive for coronavirus
Discussion: PJ Media Home, Breitbart and NBC News
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Trump Declines To Promise That His Own Company Won't Get Coronavirus Bailout Money
Discussion: Vox and Washington Post
New York Post:
Staten Island couple still holds wedding amid coronavirus warnings
Joe Biden:
Statement from Vice President Joe Biden on Congressional Economic Stimulus Negotiations
Richard North Patterson / The Bulwark:
Coming Soon: Donald Trump As the Hero of COVID-19
Discussion: Raw Story
M. Catharine Evans / American Thinker:
What did Dr. Fauci have to say in 2009 about the deadly H1N1 pandemic?
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Trump's “China Virus” Pivot
Discussion: The Federalist
 Earlier Items: 
Joe Biden:
Statement from Vice President Joe Biden on FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor's Comments on CNN State of the Union
Mike Levine / ABC News:
On a call with Trump officials, police chief pleads: ‘Stop testing NBA players, start testing first responders’
David Siders / Politico:
‘Extraordinary change’: How coronavirus is rewiring the Republican and Democratic parties
Politico:
Coronavirus upends the battle for the House
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Washington Is About to Pick Which Companies Survive
Joe Mahoney Cnhi / Niagara Gazette:
At New York prison, Harvey Weinstein put in isolation after contracting virus
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount is planning for what happens if no big deal happens, mulling cutting $2B in costs, selling BET and TV stations, starting a streaming JV, more

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Some founders say TikTok ban won't impact creator economy startups much, as they have diversified across multiple platforms after Trump tried banning it in 2020

 
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