1/ Trump’s re-election campaign sued the New York Times for libel over a 2019 opinion article, accusing the newspaper of intentionally publishing a false story about a “quid pro quo� between Russian officials and Trump’s 2016 campaign. The suit alleges that the Times “has engaged in a systematic pattern of bias� against Trump by falsely reporting “as fact a conspiracy with Russia� with the “intentional purpose� of damaging Trump’s chances for reelection. Trump’s campaign argues that the op-ed conclusion “is false� and that the Times published the essay “knowing it would misinform and mislead its own readers.� To win the lawsuit, however, the Trump campaign will have to prove that the Times knew in March 2019 that the op-ed was false because of what was later confirmed in the Mueller report, which was published in April 2019. (CNBC / Reuters / Mediate / New York Times)

2/ Trump appointed Mike Pence to coordinate his administration’s response to the coronavirus, saying his administration has the situation under control and is “ready to adapt� if the disease spreads. Trump maintained that the risk to the U.S. from the deadly coronavirus “remains very low� and that “We’re very, very ready for this.� Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar added that “Our containment strategy has been working.� Trump also said the U.S. is “rapidly developing a vaccine.� The statement was immediately contradicted by Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who said a vaccine won’t be ready for more than a year. Trump also contradicted federal health officials warning that the spread of coronavirus in the U.S. was “inevitable,� saying “I don’t think it’s inevitable.� (New York Times / Politico / NBC News / NPR / CNBC / CNN / Axios / CBS News / The Guardian / Associated Press / Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal)

3/ During the press conference, the CDC confirmed the first possible “community spread� of the coronavirus in Northern California by a patient who did not travel to a foreign country or have contact with another confirmed case. “At this point, the patient’s exposure is unknown,� a CDC statement said. “It’s possibl...