NYT's Thursday A1: "CITING PANDEMIC, TRUMP WILL RESTRICT TRAVEL" pic.twitter.com/O4HiUrdt8E

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 12, 2020

Trump announces US will temporarily halt travel from Europe to the US in coronavirus speech – live https://t.co/1GUmcoqKlG

— The Guardian (@guardian) March 12, 2020

“Trump turned in a laboring performance — one intended to project calm competence that instead seemed to reveal uncertainty. Seated behind the Resolute Desk, the president struggled at moments to read the words on the teleprompter.“ https://t.co/pYgj05H4cW

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) March 12, 2020

Nothing on testing? Expanding emergency care facilities? Stockpiling medicines? Shutting down mass meetings? Internal travel bans? Guess that will all have to wait for the cases to explode. Sad.

— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) March 12, 2020

Joe Biden tomorrow will be giving an address on the coronavirus at 1 p.m. in Wilmington, Del. Expect it, in many ways, to be different from the address just given from the Oval Office.

— Matt Viser (@mviser) March 12, 2020

What we are seeing right now is the collapse of civic authority and public trust at what is only the beginning of what will be a protracted crisis.

— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) March 12, 2020

the number of confirmed US coronavirus cases has doubled in the last 3 days

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) March 12, 2020

Trump, who is maintaining a national emergency to build a wall on the border, is loathe to announce a national emergency to address coronavirus. https://t.co/iYhZj5xgoF

— Philip Bump (@pbump) March 12, 2020

At meeting with finance executives at the White House today, according to person familiar w it, the execs played to the president's ego – told him the fundamentals of the economy are strong and that he made it that way – but that the psychology of the public needs to change.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 11, 2020

Reuters: WH has ordered health offls to treat top-level coronavirus meetings as classified, hampering govt response https://t.co/fXyk36c8ZV

— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) March 11, 2020

No doubt in my mind that the CORRUPT and POLITICALLY MOTIVATED WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION’S declaring COVID19 a pandemic has to do with the US and Trump’s pulling out of the Paris Climate change accord.https://t.co/3EcBXMuSGi

— David A. Clarke, Jr. (@SheriffClarke) March 11, 2020

Trump is seething over having to work with Pelosi on a coronavirus response, according to The Daily Beast. Among other things, the president fears that the House Speaker would use a private meeting to try and embarrass him.https://t.co/DAHGDUK0gy

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 12, 2020

No, the coronavirus isn't a flu. No, the virus isn't contained. No, not everybody who wants a test can get one. No, Obama didn't impede coronavirus testing and do nothing about swine flu. No, the number of cases wasn't going down to zero from 15. https://t.co/BsVJ2XRNW7

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 11, 2020

Stocks plunged on Wall Street, with the Dow falling into bear market territory for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis, bringing to an end an extraordinary, 11-year bull market https://t.co/LNrOUMJJJP pic.twitter.com/Pl1DnZ1LDe

— Reuters (@Reuters) March 12, 2020

"Bernie Sanders's claim––that the movement he leads, and only that movement, could propel real change––was all but refuted Tuesday," writes @conor64. https://t.co/L4V0uBUtl2

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) March 12, 2020

Florida—where polls show Sanders down by as much as 50 points—votes on Tuesday.

"Sanders has his strengths, but they’re nowhere near as formidable as Biden’s strengths—and half the states have already voted," writes @timothypmurphy. https://t.co/PSz0vrBkdU

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 12, 2020

WHO declares a pandemic of coronavirus disease covid-19 /After weeks of reluctance, group made declaration because of spread and ‘alarming levels of inaction’ -/https://t.co/eNrLiAV2k6

— Katrina vandenHeuvel (@KatrinaNation) March 12, 2020

Tom Hanks coronavirus: Actor and wife Rita Wilson test positive https://t.co/OCfmmuROMl

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 12, 2020

Breaking News: Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sex crimes, a stunning downfall for a Hollywood mogul whose abuse of women ignited #MeToo https://t.co/HXi0EyQiMi

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 11, 2020

It should come as no surprise to anyone to learn that Treasury figures from today’s Budget confirm there was no £350m a week Brexit dividend

Brexit has in fact cost every person in the UK £1,200 so far, spending watchdog says – as economy flat-lines https://t.co/qTyoMP4l3F

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) March 11, 2020

It’s perfect really. It feels like Trump did this as act of friendship toward Brexit Britain. It’s just so beautifully apt. The toxic embrace that will surely destroy us

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) March 12, 2020