**Fed Cuts Main Interest Rate to Near Zero, to Boost Assets by $700 Billion**
*by duderos (<https://redd.it/fj9cjy>)*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-15/fed-cuts-main-rate-to-near-zero-to-boost-assets-by-700-billion?srnd=premium

**Donald Trump tried to convince German scientists to make coronavirus vaccine**
*by futuredude (<https://redd.it/fj9cw4>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-tried-convince-german-scientists-make-coronavirus-vaccine-only-united-states-1492416

**NYC schools to close till at least 4/20/20**
*by SkeeterIsBlue (<https://redd.it/fj9dzd>)*
https://nypost.com/2020/03/15/coronavirus-in-ny-nyc-schools-will-close/

**Italy : International Health Care System Profiles**
*by billsands (<https://redd.it/fj9f1p>)*
https://international.commonwealthfund.org/countries/italy/

**California governor calls for bar closures, restaurant restrictions as crisis worsens**
*by westondeboer (<https://redd.it/fj9fnm>)*
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/487695-california-governor-orders-new-restrictions-on-bars-restaurants-amid

**Trump says 'relax,' urges against hoarding as coronavirus cases soar and Fed cuts rates to zero**
*by OliverMarkusMalloy (<https://redd.it/fj9g4s>)*
**Trump says 'relax,' urges against hoarding as coronavirus cases soar and Fed cuts rates to zero**
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/15/trump-says-relax-urges-against-hoarding-as-coronavirus-cases-soar-and-fed-cuts-rates-to-zero.html

**Election-year spread of misinformation challenges local news**
*by Gonzo_B (<https://redd.it/fj9g5h>)*
https://apnews.com/c8e051fdfe92fe95d3b93bed413eea65

**Dow futures fall 600 points even after Fed slashes rates to calm markets amid coronavirus outbreak**
*by Traitor_Orange (<https://redd.it/fj9hlt>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/15/traders-await-futures-open-after-fed-cuts-rates-launches-easing-program.html

**Vice President Mike Pence Won't Get Tested for Coronavirus as He Announces 'All Testing Is Free'**
*by Frocharocha (<https://redd.it/fj9jor>)*
https://people.com/politics/mike-pence-wont-get-tested-for-coronavirus/

**We finally know some details about the Google and Verily coronavirus websites**
*by lonesome_cowboy (<https://redd.it/fj9kbw>)*
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/15/21180518/coronavirus-google-verily-website-testing-trump

**Sanders suffers tremendous blow to his 2020 campaign.**
*by BrightonY125 (<https://redd.it/fj9l6j>)*
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/sanderss-primary-losses-michigan-and-mississippi/607795/

**Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to near 0% amid coronavirus pandemic, will purchase 700B in bonds, securities**
*by DaFunkJunkie (<https://redd.it/fj9m3e>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/federal-reserve-slashes-interest-rates-near-0-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-will-purchase-700b-1492418

**Trump Reportedly Sees Upside To Coronavirus: Promoting His Closed Borders Agenda**
*by nclobo (<https://redd.it/fj9naf>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-coronavirus-borders-america-first_n_5e6e4772c5b6dda30fcb102f?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016&section=politics

**Dear USA, please get that walking catastrophe out of office - sincerely, the rest of the world**
*by nexusband (<https://redd.it/fj9oo0>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/curevac-rejects-giving-us-exclusive-rights-to-coronavirus-vaccine-2020-3

**Trump Talks Up Fed Rate Cut as Pence Reports Coronavirus Case Jump**
*by HeinieKaboobler (<https://redd.it/fj9peg>)*
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-talks-up-federal-reserve-interest-rate-cut-as-pence-reports-case-jump-at-coronavirus-press-conference

**Why Do Such Elderly People Run America?**
*by SuccessfulOperation (<https://redd.it/fj9qn4>)*
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/why-are-these-people-so-freaking-old/607492/

**Americans Will Have Access to More Than 2,000 Labs for Coronavirus Testing, Pence Says**
*by Frocharocha (<https://redd.it/fj9rlv>)*
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2020-03-15/americans-will-have-access-to-more-than-2-000-labs-for-coronavirus-testing-pence-says

**Trump says 'relax,' urges against hoarding as coronavirus cases soar and Fed cuts rates to zero**
*by Alec122 (<https://redd.it/fj9rsp>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/15/trump-says-relax-urges-against-hoarding-as-coronavirus-cases-soar-and-fed-cuts-rates-to-zero.html

**Trump urges Americans to stop hoarding food, supplies: ‘Take it easy. Just relax’**
*by ILikeTalkn2Myself (<https://redd.it/fj9tfi>)*
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-urges-americans-to-stop-hoarding-food-supplies-take-it-easy-just-relax-2020-03-15?mod=mw_latestnews

**Stock futures plummet — hit ‘limit down’ — even as Fed slashes rates; Dow futures off 1,000 points**
*by Alec122 (<https://redd.it/fj9tva>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/15/traders-await-futures-open-after-fed-cuts-rates-launches-easing-program.html

**All bars, restaurants to close to dine-in customers in Illinois through March 30 due to COVID-19 concerns**
*by Orangutan (<https://redd.it/fj9wah>)*
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/all-bars-restaurants-to-be-closed-to-dine-in-customers-in-illinois-due-to-covid-19-concerns/

**US Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero first time since the financial crisis**
*by defenestrateddragons (<https://redd.it/fj9xpg>)*
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/federal-reserve-cuts-rates-to-zero-restarts-quantitative-easing-qe-210001968.html

**New York mayor tells diplomats everyone has been exposed, as governor calls for Trump to deploy army ‘Our best hope is to utilise the Army Corps of Engineers to leverage its expertise, equipment and people power to retrofit and equip existing facilities... to serve as temporary medical centers’**
*by Benjirva (<https://redd.it/fj9yhg>)*
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-new-york-governor-cuomo-mayor-deblasio-trump-army-engineers-united-nations-a9403441.html

**Here's where Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders stand on key policy issues**
*by Exastiken (<https://redd.it/fj9yqr>)*
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-15/biden-sanders-where-candidates-stand-policy-issues

**The 2020 Campaign Is Over. The Coronavirus Campaign Just Started.**
*by futuredude (<https://redd.it/fj9ywj>)*
**The 2020 Campaign Is Over. The Coronavirus Campaign Just Started.**
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/us/politics/coronavirus-2020-campaign-events.html?smid=re-share

**Dollar, Equity Futures Drop as Fed Slashes Rates: Markets Wrap**
*by LordOfTheDerp (<https://redd.it/fj9z82>)*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-15/yen-gains-on-virus-worries-kiwi-slides-on-rates-markets-wrap?srnd=premium&sref=SCKvL4TY&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social

**Only 30 percent of Republicans are likely to avoid gatherings during coronavirus pandemic**
*by WyldBlu (<https://redd.it/fja0h1>)*
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/only-30-percent-of-republicans-are-likely-to-avoid-gatherings-during-coronavirus-pandemic-80681541952?fbclid=IwAR1InB7XUkgVUGXXxqWDcXGapWCgHgcdo_ia2EZbDmk9gInSqAADmRUVzBk

**Stock futures drop — hit ‘limit down’ — even as Fed slashes rates; Dow futures off 1,000 points**
*by Mayor_Minderbinder (<https://redd.it/fja323>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/15/traders-await-futures-open-after-fed-cuts-rates-launches-easing-program.html

**Understanding US and UK COVID-19 Rhetoric and Responses.**
*by alwaysneed (<https://redd.it/fja3pf>)*
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-trump-fox-business-trish-regan-removed-impeachment-conspiracy-a9403011.html?amp

**Poll shows partisan divide on coronavirus: Worst yet to come? Dems 80% agree, Republicans 40%. Worry family will catch? Dems 68%, Republicans 40%.**
*by gordonmcdowell (<https://redd.it/fja3t0>)*
https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2020/3/15/21180506/coronavirus-poll-democrats-republicans-trump

**MA Governor Charlie Baker closes all Mass. schools, announces restaurant restrictions, bans gatherings over 25 people.**
*by monotoonz (<https://redd.it/fja49w>)*
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/15/nation/baker-closes-all-mass-schools-announces-restaurant-restrictions-bans-gatherings-over-25-people/

**Two Emergency Room Doctors Are in Critical Condition With Coronavirus**
*by Traitor_Orange (<https://redd.it/fja9cw>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/us/coronavirus-physicians-emergency-rooms.html

**New York City to close schools; bars, restaurants around U.S. ordered closed over coronavirus**
*by shzadh (<https://redd.it/fja9he>)*
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-city-close-schools-bars-restaurants-around-u-s-n1159651

**James Clyburn: Trump is racist and America could "go the way of Germany in the 1930s"**
*by RavenPro555 (<https://redd.it/fja9mu>)*
https://www.axios.com/clyburn-trump-racist-white-supremacist-nazis-f99ffe79-f369-4614-80ad-bce00a9d52c9.html

**Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero as part of wide-ranging emergency intervention**
*by AspiringCanuck (<https://redd.it/fja9z1>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/15/federal-reserve-slashes-interest-rates-zero-part-wide-ranging-emergency-intervention/

**What if We Just Counted Up All the Votes for President and Saw Who Won?**
*by Balmerhippie (<https://redd.it/fjaal3>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/opinion/sunday/presidential-election-popular-vote.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

**Powell says the Fed doesn’t see negative rates as ‘appropriate’ policy for the United States**
*by elguiridelocho (<https://redd.it/fjaaxp>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/15/powell-says-the-fed-doesnt-see-negative-rates-as-appropriate-policy-for-the-united-states.html

**US stock futures hit 'limit down' after Fed cuts interest rate to zero**
*by prampsler (<https://redd.it/fjabfw>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/15/investing/stock-futures-global/index.html

**A Complete List of Trump’s Attempts to Play Down Coronavirus**
*by vesparider (<https://redd.it/fjabsl>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/opinion/trump-coronavirus.html?referringSource=articleShare

**Trump’s Florida sanctuary becomes a gilded petri dish for a global disease**
*by AdventurousScientist (<https://redd.it/fjaceh>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/15/trumps-florida-sanctuary-coronavirus-130787

**Discussion Thread: Eleventh Democratic Presidential Debate | 3/15/20 | 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT**
*by PoliticsModeratorBot (<https://redd.it/fjadhe>)*
Two candidates will be on stage tonight for the eleventh Democratic Presidential Debate in Washington, D.C. In order to qualify for this debate, a candidate must receive at least 20 percent of the pledged delegates awarded in primary contests up t...