Red Zone States

A new federal report found that the number of states with outbreaks serious enough to place them in the “red zone” had grown to 21, and urged officials in them to impose more restrictions, as the NYT reports.

Trouble for GOP Virus Package

Senate Republicans complained today about key provisions in the GOP-authored coronavirus relief bill one day after its unveiling, underscoring the uphill battle for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as he kicks off negotiations with Democrats, as Politico reports.

NK’s First Infection

North Korea introduced tougher curbs against the coronavirus today, state media reported, after it locked down the town Kaesong, on the border with the South, to tackle what could be its first publicly confirmed infection, as Reuters reports.

CSIS Executive Education

Rolling applications are still open for the CSIS and Syracuse University’s joint Executive Master’s in International Relations, a first-of-its-kind degree allowing working professionals in the nation’s capital to benefit from the strengths of the #1 graduate school in public affairs and the #1 think tank in the United States.

Video Shorts

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In That Number

21

A new federal report found that the number of states with outbreaks serious enough to place them in the “red zone” had grown to 21, meaning they had more than 100 new cases per 100,000 people in the past week.

Source: NYT

Critical Quote

“Let’s be clear: Just as we have done with our healthcare workers, we will fight on all fronts for the safety of our students and their educators. But if authorities don’t protect the safety and health of those we represent and those we serve, as our executive council voted last week, nothing is off the table.”

— Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers

iDeas Lab

The U.S. federal government has adopted a multipronged strategy to crush Huawei and decouple the Western world from China’s telecom and semiconductor industries. In a new brief, CSIS's Scott Kennedy argues that although well-intentioned, this effort could seriously harm the United States’ economy and national security.

The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab at CSIS enhances our research with the latest in cutting-edge web technologies, design, and multimedia.

Optics

(Photo credit: Matt McClain-Pool/Getty Images.) Attorney General William Barr appears before the House Judiciary Committee today.

This Town Tomorrow

At 10:15 a.m., the Atlantic Council will convene a panel of of leaders from the Western Balkans Six—Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia—to discuss regional economic cooperation.

Later, at 10:30 a.m., the Wilson Center will host Brookings's Fiona Hill for a conversation about Vladimir Putin and Russia's new constitutional amendments extending his presidency to 2036.

And, at 2:30 p.m., Brookings will host a conversation with National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Chair Eric Schmidt and Vice Chair Robert Work on the current state of artificial intelligence in the national security environment.

Video

Amy K. Lehr, director of the Human Rights Initiative at CSIS, testified on the impact of surveillance technologies on freedom of religion in China and elsewhere before the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Learn more about her testimony in the latest installment of CSIS's “Testify” series.

Podcasts

Steve Morrison, CSIS senior vice president and director of the Global Health Policy Center, sat down for a conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci about what federal, state, and local actions may be necessary to safely reopen businesses and schools

Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Smiles

NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert’s has moved to an “Home” edition and is still putting out some of the best music around. Take this Lucinda Williams “Home” Tiny Desk Concert that they released yesterday. Lucinda isn’t exactly at home, she’s set up with her guitarist Stuart Mathis at Thirty Tigers' entertainment headquarters in Nashville, but the vibe is homespun.

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