**Mitch McConnell Criticized For Calling Coronavirus Bill 'Urgent' Priority After Leaving D.C. For The Weekend**
*by Thinkingonsleeping (<https://redd.it/fjk6ke>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-criticized-calling-coronavirus-bill-urgent-priority-after-leaving-d-c-weekend-1492469

**Poll: Biden leads Sanders in Arizona**
*by mar_kelp (<https://redd.it/fjk75c>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/16/poll-biden-sanders-arizona-130517

**Trump claims coronavirus is under control -- contradicting reality and his own top expert**
*by CharyBrown (<https://redd.it/fjk7h5>)*
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/16/politics/coronavirus-us-president-donald-trump-fauci-politics/index.html

**Biden: The Leader as Follower - Over the past few days, the Democratic frontrunner has begun inching leftward, since he’s realized he needs to in order to beat Trump.**
*by 1-900-Miss-Cleo (<https://redd.it/fjk7sa>)*
https://prospect.org/politics/biden-the-leader-as-follower-democratic-debate/

**David Limbaugh: Leftists Smitten with Biden's 'Charming' Rudeness and Instability**
*by rusamerican (<https://redd.it/fjk8bi>)*
https://cnsnews.com/commentary/david-limbaugh/david-limbaugh-leftists-smitten-bidens-charming-rudeness-and-instability

**DC restaurant group planning to defy restrictions**
*by fredfredburger0123 (<https://redd.it/fjk8rh>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/487743-dc-restaurant-group-to-defy-restrictions

**Michigan bars, restaurants ordered to close by 3 p.m. due to coronavirus concerns**
*by RosyPalm (<https://redd.it/fjk8v7>)*
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/03/16/michigan-bars-restaurants-closed-coronavirus/5057262002/

**Analysis: Trump says the pandemic crisis was 'unforeseen' -- but lots of people foresaw it**
*by CharyBrown (<https://redd.it/fjka38>)*
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/15/politics/fact-check-trump-coronavirus-nobody-predicted/index.html

**Trump falsely claims Google is working on Coronavirus-Triage website despite Google and later says CEO Pichai called to apologise about the “fake news.”**
*by JanB1 (<https://redd.it/fjkb27>)*
https://www.wired.com/story/google-coronavirus-site-testing-trump-pence/

**The toxic fallout of the 'deal of the century' — Kushner and Netanyahu's 'with us or against the US' campaign breeds anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism.**
*by 2legit2fart (<https://redd.it/fjkcc1>)*
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/toxic-fallout-deal-century-200316060820463.html

**Nunes Encourages People to Dine Out as Experts Urge Them to Stay Home**
*by mepper (<https://redd.it/fjkepi>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/us/stay-home-go-out-coronavirus.html

**'Not for sale': Germany has reacted furiously to Trump's attempts to poach German scientists working on a coronavirus vaccine**
*by Frocharocha (<https://redd.it/fjkf5s>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-germany-covid-19-vaccine-not-for-sale-donald-trump-2020-3

**Carper staffer tests positive in Delaware**
*by nada_brahman (<https://redd.it/fjkfcl>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/487740-carper-staffer-tests-positive-in-delaware?amp#click=https://t.co/TccJnUcieJ

**Trump's Mar-a-Lago getting a deep clean after confirmed coronavirus cases**
*by mar_kelp (<https://redd.it/fjkfd7>)*
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/politics/mar-a-lago-deep-clean-coronavirus/index.html

**How Trump snapped out of coronavirus delusion mode**
*by travadera (<https://redd.it/fjkg63>)*
https://www.axios.com/trump-coronavirus-hoax-behind-scenes-a54314da-4fae-4086-ac34-85964a46c4fc.html

**Border Wall Construction Fight Plays Out at Ninth Circuit**
*by Zuom (<https://redd.it/fjkgq9>)*
https://www.courthousenews.com/border-wall-construction-fight-plays-out-at-ninth-circuit/

**U.S. Health Agency Suffers Cyber-Attack During Covid-19 Response**
*by reverendrambo (<https://redd.it/fjkgzj>)*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-16/u-s-health-agency-suffers-cyber-attack-during-covid-9-response

**Who’s your climate champion? Sanders and Biden vied for the title at Sunday’s debate**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/fjkh9b>)*
https://grist.org/politics/whos-your-climate-champion-sanders-and-biden-vied-for-the-title-at-sundays-debate/?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=84776497&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_nVZvBoUnXL0K3rHB-oN2gdRgqL7pufKLKQ_CNZy5ip6DGWZ-e9GebhUQ-71PU4FZ2jAlcFp2ESky_iTf_vNnDLH05tg&_hsmi=84776497

**Biden and Sanders tear into Trump over coronavirus response**
*by 2legit2fart (<https://redd.it/fjki5k>)*
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/biden-sanders-tear-trump-coronavirus-response-200315233758673.html

**Stocks poised for more losses Monday even as Fed intervenes to try to calm markets**
*by Mamacrass (<https://redd.it/fjkig6>)*
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/03/16/dow-tumbles-halted-trading-fed-cuts-rates-coronavirus/5057108002/

**This Coronavirus Is Unlike Anything in Our Lifetime, and We Have to Stop Comparing It to the Flu | Longtime health reporter Charles Ornstein says comparing the novel coronavirus to the flu is dangerously inaccurate. Not one public health expert he trusts has called that comparison valid. Here’s why.**
*by juan-ton-tomato (<https://redd.it/fjkir0>)*
https://www.propublica.org/article/this-coronavirus-is-unlike-anything-in-our-lifetime-and-we-have-to-stop-comparing-it-to-the-flu

**Teetering economy sparks talk of second stimulus package**
*by huttjedi (<https://redd.it/fjkk87>)*
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/487531-teetering-economy-sparks-talk-of-second-stimulus-package

**Schumer to be GOP 2020 poster boy after anti-judge, pro-abortion rant**
*by rusamerican (<https://redd.it/fjkk8u>)*
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/schumer-to-be-gop-2020-posterboy-after-anti-judge-pro-abortion-rant

**5 times Trump and US officials downplayed coronavirus as the administration struggled to prepare for the growing pandemic**
*by dogismywitness (<https://redd.it/fjkllu>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/five-times-the-trump-administration-downplayed-the-coronavirus-2020-3

**For environmentalists, a 'monumental' legislative session**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/fjkmta>)*
https://apnews.com/dd1d08b8189d2b0a44280864063f650a?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=84776497&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_nVZvBoUnXL0K3rHB-oN2gdRgqL7pufKLKQ_CNZy5ip6DGWZ-e9GebhUQ-71PU4FZ2jAlcFp2ESky_iTf_vNnDLH05tg&_hsmi=84776497

**The Coronavirus, Emergency Powers, and the Military: What You Need to Know**
*by Kunphen (<https://redd.it/fjkn0s>)*
https://www.justsecurity.org/69215/the-coronavirus-emergency-powers-and-the-military-what-you-need-to-know/

**Swooning stocks signal higher likelihood of Trump losing election-Moody's Analytics**
*by newnemo (<https://redd.it/fjko4w>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-coronavirus-economy-idUSL1N2B62ZN

**Newsletter: With the coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom finds a crisis that changes by the hour**
*by RavenPro555 (<https://redd.it/fjkp0y>)*
https://www.latimes.com/politics/newsletter/2020-03-16/with-coronavirus-gavin-newsom-finds-crisis-that-changes-by-the-hour-newsletter-essential-politics

**Time to test Biden, Sanders for coronavirus**
*by throwawaycryptodream (<https://redd.it/fjkqf2>)*
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/03/15/adriana-cohen-time-to-test-biden-sanders-for-coronavirus/

**Senate scrambles on coronavirus package as U.S. begins to shut down**
*by Al-Andalusia (<https://redd.it/fjkqqq>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/16/senate-coronavirus-emergency-package-131465

**Trump 'offers large sums' for exclusive US access to coronavirus vaccine -- German government tries to fight off aggressive takeover bid by US**
*by pauz43 (<https://redd.it/fjkqug>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/15/trump-offers-large-sums-for-exclusive-access-to-coronavirus-vaccine

**Treasury Secretary Mnuchin tells Cramer there will be a lot of ‘pent-up demand’ when crisis ends**
*by Another-Chance (<https://redd.it/fjkr0i>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/16/treasury-secretary-mnuchin-tells-cramer-there-will-be-a-lot-of-pent-up-demand-when-crisis-ends.html

**Experts see recession, 26% drop for stock market amid coronavirus panic**
*by ShowerBeatMeUp (<https://redd.it/fjkrtb>)*
https://www.axios.com/stock-market-coronavirus-recession-federal-reserve-d00acf48-0ff8-47a9-bbd1-9b9003afe860.html

**Coronavirus and climate change: 6 ways the Trump administration has botched responses to both**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/fjks9j>)*
https://thebulletin.org/2020/03/coronavirus-and-climate-change-6-ways-the-trump-administration-has-botched-responses-to-both/?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=84776497&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_nVZvBoUnXL0K3rHB-oN2gdRgqL7pufKLKQ_CNZy5ip6DGWZ-e9GebhUQ-71PU4FZ2jAlcFp2ESky_iTf_vNnDLH05tg&_hsmi=84776497

**Michigan bars, restaurants to close by 3 p.m. due to coronavirus**
*by uberares (<https://redd.it/fjksh6>)*
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/03/16/michigan-bars-restaurants-closed-coronavirus/5057262002/

**Goldman Sachs officially predicts a coronavirus-driven recession will hit the US, sees GDP shrinking 5% in 2nd quarter**
*by AdventurousScientist (<https://redd.it/fjksvu>)*
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/economic-recession-forecast-coronavirus-fuel-us-gdp-contraction-market-goldman-2020-3-1028999426

**Trump Says He Is Considering Pardoning Ex-Adviser Michael Flynn | Trump accused the FBI of losing Flynn’s “records.” Attorney General William Barr recently ordered a review Flynn’s criminal case.**
*by SetMau92 (<https://redd.it/fjkt6u>)*
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5e6e6b10c5b6bd8156f98cc2

**90 US cities and states suspend water shutoffs to tackle coronavirus pandemic**
*by Kunphen (<https://redd.it/fjktgx>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/90-us-cities-and-states-suspend-water-shutoffs-to-tackle-coronavirus-pandemic

**Kentucky has its first coronavirus death, Beshear says. He was from Bourbon County.**
*by SteelDirigible98 (<https://redd.it/fjktkh>)*
https://www.kentucky.com/news/health-and-medicine/article241223216.html

**Neil Young, Jim James to Appear at Digital Rally for Bernie Sanders**
*by Jonny43 (<https://redd.it/fjktyj>)*
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-james-james-to-appear-at-digital-rally-for-bernie-sanders-967675/

**White House Seeks Financial Crisis-Era Powers to Buttress Economy**
*by LouDiamond (<https://redd.it/fjkv5i>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/us/politics/coronavirus-economy-dodd-frank.html