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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Has Given Unusual Leeway to Fauci, but Aides Say He's Losing His Patience  —  The president has become increasingly concerned as Dr. Anthony S. Fauci has grown bolder in correcting his falsehoods about the spread of the coronavirus.  —  President Trump has praised Dr. Anthony S. Fauci as a “major television star.”
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Washington Post:
White House agrees to allow oversight of huge coronavirus loan program as $2 trillion Senate deal nears  —  Schumer, Mnuchin voice optimism that deal is at hand, but hurdles remain  —  The White House has agreed to allow enhanced scrutiny over a massive loan program that is a centerpiece …
Discussion: Politico
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How one Trump tweet put a deal in doubt  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  OK, NOW THIS IS GETTING REALLY INTERESTING.  —  FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS, TREASURY SECRETARY STEVEN MNUCHIN has been playing shuttle diplomacy between warring factions, hashing out a deal with Senate Minority …
Politico:
Negotiators expect deal Tuesday on massive coronavirus emergency package  —  Congressional negotiators signaled Tuesday morning that they are likely hours away from clinching a bipartisan agreement on a nearly $2 trillion emergency stimulus package to confront the economic impacts …
Discussion: Breitbart
Richard Chumney / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Thousands of Liberty students expected to return to campus amid coronavirus outbreak  —  LYNCHBURG — As the coronavirus threatens to spread across the Lynchburg region, Liberty University officials are preparing to welcome back up to 5,000 students from spring break this week.
Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Tight Race for President  —  Decrease in voters who say their finances are improving  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a negligible 3 point lead over Donald Trump in the race for president, according to a national Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll.
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill and Political Wire
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David A. Hopkins / Honest Graft:
Four Reasons to Be Cautious About Trump's Approval Ratings  —  Ever since the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis began to accelerate a couple of weeks ago, political obsessives have wondered about the likely effect that it would have on President Trump's job approval ratings—and, by extension, his chances of re-election in November.
Discussion: CNN, Breitbart and The Hill
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Biden holds 3-point edge over Trump in White House race: poll
Discussion: The Hill
International Olympic Committee:
Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee … THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC), THOMAS BACH, AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, ABE SHINZO, HELD A CONFERENCE CALL THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT …
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CBS News:
Americans see months-long pandemic fight ahead — CBS News poll  —  Most Americans (57%) say the nation's efforts to combat the coronavirus are going badly right now, most call it a crisis and see a months-long process before it is contained.  But the public is pinning its hopes heavily …
Discussion: National Review, Breitbart and NB Blog
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi warns against ‘poison pills’ as Senate negotiators near a stimulus deal  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday said she's hopeful Congress can reach a deal a massive coronavirus relief package by day's end, but warned that Republican “poison pills” could gum up the process …
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Pelosi says there is ‘real optimism’ Congress can reach a stimulus deal in the next few hours
Discussion: NPR
Wall Street Journal:
The Pelosi-Schumer Coronavirus Contagion
Discussion: New York Times
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A viral plea to let grandparents sacrifice themselves captures a truth about Trump  —  Everyone is talking about Dan Patrick's on-air death plea.  —  Patrick, the lieutenant governor of Texas, touched off an outpouring of anger when he declared to Tucker Carlson that people like him …
Discussion: Baltimore Sun, HuffPost and NBC News
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Washington Post:
Trump says he may soon push businesses to reopen, defying the advice of coronavirus experts
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New York Times:   See Which States and Cities Have Told Residents to Stay at Home
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Networks face decision: How long to stick with Trump?  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Six television networks began showing President Donald Trump's briefing on the coronavirus outbreak late Monday, but only Fox News Channel stuck it out to the end nearly two hours later.
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Jeffrey Lord / The American Spectator:
The Washington Post Turns Totalitarian
Discussion: The Stranger
Wall Street Journal:
Bezos, Other Corporate Executives Sold Shares Just in Time  —  With the pandemic bearing down on the market, sales by insiders spared them $1.9 billion in paper losses, a Journal analysis shows  —  Top executives at U.S.-traded companies sold a total of roughly $9.2 billion in shares …
Discussion: New York Post
Ursula Perano / Axios:
Texas Lt. Gov.: Grandparents would be willing to die to save the economy  —  Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said on Fox News Monday night that “lots of” grandparents would be willing to die in order to save the economy for their grandchildren.  —  What they're saying: “No one reached out to me and said …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and VICE
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New York Post:
Brooklyn principal dies from coronavirus complications  —  A Brooklyn principal has died due to complications from the coronavirus — the first known death of a city public schools staffer tied to the pandemic, officials said Monday.  —  Dezann Romain, 36, led the Brooklyn Democracy Academy in Brownsville …
Discussion: Daily Mail
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: India Imposes a Lockdown; Pence Says No Such Move Is Under Consideration for U.S.  —  The Tokyo Olympics have been postponed.  India announced a countrywide lockdown.  New York, now the center of the outbreak in America, braces for a flood of patients.
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New York Times:
Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Domestic Passenger Flights Could Virtually Shut Down, Voluntarily or by Government Order  —  As airlines struggle to keep aircraft flying with minimal passengers, various options are being considered  —  Major U.S. airlines are drafting plans for a potential voluntary shutdown of virtually …
Washington Post:
Italy's coronavirus deaths are staggering.  They may be more preview than anomaly.  —  ROME — Italy has become the flash point of the coronavirus pandemic, with a death toll at 6,077 and counting — the highest in the world.  More than 2,000 Italians have been killed by the virus in the past four days alone.
CNN:
Prominent 30-year-old Zimbabwe broadcaster dies of coronavirus  —  (CNN)A prominent 30-year-old television journalist has died in Zimbabwe after contracting the new coronavirus infection, the first person to die in the country from the virus.  —  Zororo Makamba was one of the two people who tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday.
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump works to rewrite narrative on coronavirus response  —  Team Trump is rushing to rewrite the early narrative about the president's response to coronavirus.  —  Faced with endless video clips of Donald Trump downplaying the escalating outbreak, Trump aides and allies are working furiously …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Coronavirus Spurs a Wave of Suspect Websites Looking to Cash In  —  Hundreds of e-commerce sites are popping up daily to sell virus-fighting products.  Many are being shut down for making exaggerated claims or selling phantom products.  —  A popular technology company that has helped launch thousands …
New York Times:
Party Zero: How a Soirée in Connecticut Became a ‘Super Spreader’  —  About 50 people gathered this month for a party in the upscale suburb of Westport, then scattered across the region and the world, taking the coronavirus with them.  —  About 50 guests gathered on March 5 at a home …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump eyes a back-to-work plan despite coronavirus  —  President Trump egged on by a growing number of advisers and business leaders, believes the economy will crater absent a strong signal, and wants to stagger the reopening of work nationwide, people who've spoken to him tell Axios.
Alan Judd / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The coronavirus claims two Georgia health care workers  —  Two Georgia health care workers died late last week after contracting the novel coronavirus, apparently the state's first medical personnel claimed by the pandemic.  —  A 48-year-old woman who worked at Donalsonville Hospital …
Discussion: Raw Story
Dana Rubinstein / Politico:
Cuomo seeks federal unemployment relief for gig workers  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo has asked the federal government to provide unemployment assistance to New York's gig-economy workers, many of whom remain ineligible for those benefits at the state level.  —  “While we continue …
Discussion: Breitbart
Ellen Gabler / New York Times:
States Say Some Doctors Stockpile Trial Coronavirus Drugs — For Themselves  —  Doctors are hoarding medications touted as possible coronavirus treatments by writing prescriptions for themselves and family members, according to pharmacy boards in states across the country.
ABC News:
Joe Biden urges Trump, Americans to ‘listen to the doctors’ like Fauci on coronavirus  —  “Listen to what they have to say,” he told the hosts of “The View.”  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden, currently the Democratic front-runner in the 2020 presidential race, joined ABC's “The View” …
Discussion: The Hill and The Guardian
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Obama logs on amid the coronavirus pandemic  —  The former president comes off the sidelines to share health information, say thanks and offer inspiration — but avoids criticism of Trump.  —  Former President Barack Obama is making use of his large social media platforms to address …
Discussion: HuffPost
New York Times:
Justin Trudeau in Home Isolation: 'Daddy's on an Important Phone Call'  —  Canada's prime minister has been a housekeeper and single parent to three children while running the nation, after his wife tested positive for the coronavirus.  —  TORONTO — He has been stuck inside his house …
 
 
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Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Unclogging Toilets at $400,000 a Flush Among Navy Cost Overruns
Leah Barkoukis / Townhall:
‘Democrat Totalitarianism’: NJ Releases Prisoners From Jail Over Wuhan Coronavirus But Threatens …
Discussion: The Appeal, Politico and New York Times
Politico:
Trump will use Defense Production Act to secure thousands of test kits
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Publishers Weekly:
Strand, Books & Books Lay Off, Furlough Booksellers
Discussion: Gothamist, New York Post and Fox News
Marcy Gordon / Associated Press:
Buddy, can you spare a dime? Echoes of '30s in viral crisis?
Charles Steele / The Federalist:
Coronavirus May Kill, But So Does Economic Disruption
Public Policy Polling:
Majority Think Burr Should Resign; Tillis Unpopular Too
Discussion: Contemptor
New York Times:
Covid-19's Economic Pain Is Universal. But Relief? Depends on Where You Live.
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Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
The End of American Exceptionalism
Eric Ting / SFGATE:
California's increase of unemployment insurance claims is absolutely staggering
Ben Smith / New York Times:
As Fox News Played Down the Coronavirus, Its Chief Protected Himself
William Feuer / CNBC:
CDC says coronavirus survived in Princess Cruise ship cabins for up to 17 days after passengers left
Discussion: Townhall
Bob Herman / Axios:
Man dies after self-medicating with chloroquine