TOP STORIES
Tuesday, March 10
TRUMP'S NEW CHIEF OF STAFF SELF-QUARANTINES Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), the incoming White House chief of staff, said he would quarantine himself after potentially coming into contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19 at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference last month. His office said he was tested out of an “abundance of caution,” and he would isolate himself for two weeks. President Donald Trump, who also attended the conference, has not been tested. [HuffPost]
ITALY LOCKS DOWN ENTIRE COUNTRY Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced all of Italy is on lockdown as the country tries to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The northern part of the country was already on lockdown. The new lockdown goes into effect on Tuesday and lasts until April 3. The country, which has about 60 million people, had over 9,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and at least 463 dead as of Monday. [HuffPost]
U.S. WARNS COMPANIES NOT TO MAKE FALSE VIRUS CLAIMS U.S. regulators warned seven companies to stop selling products with false claims that they can treat the new coronavirus. Those warned included The Jim Bakker Show. Last month, the disgraced former televangelist's program aired an episode in which a guest promoted silver particles in liquid, claiming it had been eliminated previous coronavirus strains in hours. [HuffPost]
STOCKS LOOK SET TO STABILIZE AFTER NOSEDIVE Coronavirus fears and a crash in oil prices sent a shudder through financial markets Monday, with stocks plummeting so fast on Wall Street that they triggered the first automatic halt in trading in over two decades. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 7.8%, its steepest drop since the financial crisis of 2008. The price of oil plunged nearly 25%, and Europe fell into a bear market. U.S. stocks are now down 19% from last month's peak. Overseas markets stabilized Tuesday, suggesting calm may return to U.S. markets. [HuffPost]
U.S. BEGINS WITHDRAWING TROOPS AMID AFGHANISTAN CHAOS The U.S. began withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the military said, while also praising Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s promise to start releasing Taliban prisoners after he had delayed for over a week. But Ghani and his main political rival, Abdullah Abdullah, were each sworn in as president in separate ceremonies on Monday. The dueling inaugurations have thrown plans for talks with the Taliban into chaos. [AP]
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN CHIEF FUNNELS PAY TO ERIC TRUMP'S WIFE, DON JR.'S GIRLFRIEND Trump’s campaign manager is quietly channeling money to Eric Trump’s wife, Lara Trump, and Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, The New York Times reported. The payments, ostensibly for work on the campaign, are hidden from public view because they’re made through campaign manager Brad Parscale’s private company, Parscale Strategy. [HuffPost]
HARVEY WEINSTEIN INJURED IN JAIL FALL Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein fell sometime Sunday morning at Rikers Island jail, his spokesperson Juda Englemayer told CNN. Englemayer said Weinstein was dizzy before he fell. "Harvey says his head throbs all the time and thinks he has a concussion. He has not been officially diagnosed," Englemayer said. [CNN] | 
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