by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, March 15.
- U.S. Adds U.K. And Ireland To Travel Ban; New Restrictions In Multiple Countries
- Lockdowns, self-isolation and entry bans imposed to fight global coronavirus spread
- France and Spain Implement Massive and Dramatic Quarantine Restrictions
- China Set for Unprecedented Contraction in Early-Year Data
- Aramco Plans 2020 Spending Cut as Oil Plunges and Profit Slips
- Netanyahu’s Trial Delayed by Two Months Due to Coronavirus
- Plagued by the President (“Trump washes his hands of responsibility.”)
- ‘It Has All Gone to Hell’ Businesses, Workers Bled Dry by Coronavirus (“As the outbreak forces the cancellation of trips, nights out and large gatherings, economic damage is mounting across the country.”)
- Top US health official warns that America has ‘not reached our peak’ in coronavirus cases
- Trump’s Discordant Display of Nativism in a Pandemic (“Trump won the Presidency while pledging to wall America off from the world. The COVID-19 crisis has reinforced his deep-seated belief in this impossibility.”)
- Infighting, missteps and a son-in-law hungry for results: Inside the Trump administration’s troubled coronavirus response
- ‘Totally Ad Hoc’: Why America’s Virus Response Looks Like a Patchwork (“For centuries, the United States has resisted a centralized public health policy. This week, Americans saw the cost.”)
- Lying, Tweeting and Wishing A Pandemic Away Doesn’t Work, It Turns Out (“The ‘I don’t take responsibility at all’ president’s efforts to downplay the disease could lead to tens or hundreds of thousands more serious cases and deaths.”)
- Mismanagement, missed opportunities: How the White House bungled the coronavirus response (“Trump’s own advisers acknowledged to NBC News that the failure to focus on widespread testing was a major misstep.”)
- This past week signaled a turning point in America’s health emergency
- Trump is breaking every rule in the CDC’s 450-page playbook for health crisis
- America has no real public health system – coronavirus has a clear run
- Mr. Trump said he could demote the Federal Reserve chair, risking more market turmoil.
- Coronavirus: Trump’s stumbles and testing failures pave way to disaster, experts say (“Efforts to avoid panic backfired, says surgeon as country braces for wave of infections without coherent government response”)
- President Trump Is Negative for Coronavirus, White House Says (Does anyone believe the White House on anything?)
- Airports Are Struggling to Cope With the Crowds
- Coronavirus Halts Public Gatherings
- Grocery Stores Start To Cut Hours As Coronavirus Prompts Surge In Panic-Buying
- Google says it’s not publishing a national-scale coronavirus site anytime soon after Trump announcement
- America Is Acting Like a Failed State (“Many businesses, local governments, and individuals are doing what is necessary to beat back the coronavirus—with little help from the White House.” Under Trump, of course, everything fails.)
- Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”
- Please, Don’t Go Out to Brunch Today (“Gathering in groups right now is selfish and puts the lives of others at risk.”)
- Infected people without symptoms might be driving the spread of coronavirus more than we realized
- The House coronavirus bill’s paid leave provision would leave out millions of workers (“In early drafts of the House bill, Democrats attempted to build in a permanent paid leave program that would address some of these issues. Facing pushback from Trump, what ultimately passed was an emergency funding bill that is only in effect through the year, in response to this specific public health emergency.”)
- Nation’s largest union, NEA, endorses Biden for president
- The Memo: Coronavirus scrambles the art of campaigning
- Biden endorses Warren’s bankruptcy plan, calling it ‘one of the things that I think Bernie and I will agree on’
- Amid coronavirus crisis, Biden and Sanders go head-to-head in Democratic debate
- For Biden and Sanders, the Fight’s Not Personal (“The amicable relationship the two have maintained could become an important factor in the Democrats’ ability to unite quickly against President Trump.”)
- Georgia second US state to delay presidential primaries over coronavirus fears
- Sanders had some vulnerable Democrats worried. Biden’s surge is easing their minds. (“House members in tough re-election fights ‘don’t want to spend every single day being consumed by having to answer for Sanders rhetoric or Sanders policy.'”)
- How about a hiatus for Sean Hannity? (Permanent would be good.)
- U.S. Internet Well-Equipped to Handle Work From Home Surge
- Statements on 363-40 U.S. House Passage of Coronavirus Response Act; Only Member of Virginia Delegation to Vote No Was…Yep, Bat****-Crazy, Far-Right Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA06)
- Video: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Rips Trump’s Politicization of Coronavirus, Including Wearing a Campaign Hat at the CDC
- Video: Amazing, Inspiring Story with VA01 Democratic Candidate Qasim Rashid Highlighted by CBS Evening News
- Some Virginia Schools Can’t Decide When to Close For Coronavirus
- BREAKING: Commonwealth of Virginia Reports First COVID-19 Death in the Peninsula Health District
- UPDATED: Virginia sees first death from coronavirus; first Chesterfield resident tests positive
- In the race to develop coronavirus testing, Virginia universities are stuck on hold
- Liberty University: Virginia’s Coronavirus Petri Dish?
- William & Mary staff member tests positive for coronavirus
- Gibson: Nine legislators who deserve profiles in courage (I’ve never been a Bob Gibson fan, but this column is particularly godawful.)
- Editorial: Open-government laws intended for citizens (“Journalists may use the Virginia Freedom of Information Act frequently, but the law was intended for citizens and the public should fight to preserve it.”)
- Metro Announces Service Cuts As Local Coronavirus Cases Increase
- Video: Arlington County Manager Declares Local Emergency in Response to Coronavirus
- Cooler today but drying out late morning into afternoon; mild into midweek with a few light showers
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