On the feast of Saint Patrick (which wasn't really his name), as non-Irish people pretend to be Irish (although the saint known as "Patrick" was actually British), here are some things going on:
From WBOC, anyone in Maryland wishing to go out and drink some green beer will be disappointed.
From National Review, President Trump's response to the coronavirus is not dictatorial, but "characteristically American".
From FrontpageMag, the coronavirus could give Trump his biggest win. (In other words, he could win bigly.)
From Townhall, Trump calls the coronavirus the "Chinese virus", and the Democrats and the media (if you'll forgive the redundancy) go nuts.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the media and the Democrats (if you'll again forgive the redundancy) falsely claim that Trump "disbanded" the pandemic office.
From the Washington Examiner, according to President Trump, "we're going big".
From The Federalist, why it's good to let states govern themselves during the coronavirus outbreak.
From American Thinker, maps show that Jennifer Rubin is wrong to say that more Republicans than Democrats will die from the coronavirus.
From CNS News, in 2019, ICE arrested aliens who had been convicted of 1,549 homicides.
From LifeZette, Meathead gonna be Meathead.
From NewsBusters, left-wing CNN host Chris Cuomo interviews left-wing Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY).
From Canada Free Press, former aides for President Obama work to come up with ways to blame President Trump for the coronavirus.
From CBC News, the Supreme Court of Canada postpones a hearing on whether the country's federal carbon tax is constitutional.
From Global News, Canada will screen asylum seekers who cross into the country irregularly for the coronavirus.
From CTV News, legal experts worry about court delays due to the coronavirus.
From TeleSUR, a magnitude-6.0 earthquake reportedly strikes in southern Chile.
From Morocco World News, a Moroccan court gives a journalist a fine and a suspended jail sentence for insulting a judge on Twitter. (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey, Germany, the U.K. and France discuss the migration crisis and the coronavirus.
From Turkish Minute, according to a Russian official, Turkey will soon receive a second set of S-400 air defense missiles.
From Rûdaw, Kurdish authorities impose strict measures to prevent the coronavirus from spreading in Kurdistan's camps for refugees and internally displaced persons.
From In-Cyprus, the Cyprus Animal Party warns that the closure of restaurants is leading to food shortages for animals.
From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian government and the Free Syrian Army conduct a prisoner exchange.
From Arutz Sheva, Israel's Emergency Provisions Committee meets for the first time.
From The Times Of Israel, Israel cuts back its public transportation.
From The Jerusalem Post, why has Israel gone into near-lockdown with only around 300 coronavirus cases?
From YNetNews, Israel's health ministry starts constructing a "drive-in" coronavirus test center in Tel Aviv.
From the Egypt Independent, Egypt comfirms two deaths from the coronavirus and 40 new cases, bringing the country's total to 166.
From Egypt Today, Egypt bans popular markets in Cairo due to the coronavirus.
From StepFeed, Arab women succeed in the STEM fields.
From The New Arab, how many cases of the coronavirus does the Middle East have?
From Radio Farda, Iran's state-run TV "ejects" an actor for criticizing the Iranian government's coronavirus policies.
From IranWire, a British-Iranian journalist imprisoned in Iran is temporarily released with an ankle tag.
From Dawn, Prime Minister Imran Khan tells Pakistan to prepare for the coronavirus, but rules out a lockdown.
From The Express Tribune, Imran gives Pakistan a five-point advisory against the coronavirus.
From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani province of Sindh imposes a partial lockdown for 15 days.
From Khaama Press, U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad welcomes a statement by the Taliban on ISIS in Afghanistan.
From The Hans India, the Indian state of Maharashtra suspends its alcohol tests for drivers due to the coronavirus.
From the Hindustan Times, the Indian state of Odisha extends its coronavirus restrictions until April 15th.
From ANI, in the territory of Ladakh, the first Indian Army soldier tests positive for the coronavirus.
From India Today, India's Lok Sabha passes a bill raising the upper fetal age limit for permitting an abortion.
From the Dhaka Tribune, "is home quarantine working in Bangladesh?"
From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo closes down parks, libraries, gym, clinics and sports grounds.
From the Colombo Page, the U.S. donates medical supplies to Sri Lanka to help the fight against the coronavirus.
From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands shuts down all guesthouses and city hotels due to the corinavirus.
From the Saudi Gazette, Iranians protest the closing of Shiite pilgrimage sites.
From VOA, millions of girls worldwide are still subjected to FGM.
From Gatestone Institute, China's real disease isn't the coronavirus.
From The Jakarta Post, civil society groups call on the Indonesian government to clarify its recommendations on social distancing.
From The Straits Times, according to Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, goods and food supplies will move between Singapore and Malaysia even with the latter's lockdown.
From the Borneo Post, Malaysia orders its civil servants to work from home due to the coronavirus.
From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia extends its time to file income taxes by two months.
From The Mainichi, a man in Tokyo is arrested after falsely Tweeting that he had the coronavirus, which resulted in a concert being delayed.
From The Stream, why the cure for the coronavirus may be worse than the disease.
From Fox News, scientists map how the immune system fights back against the coronavirus.
From Accuracy in Media, CNN praises China for the inadvertent reduction in its air pollution due to the coronavirus.
From WPVI-TV, a list of cancellations, suspensions and shortages occurring due to the coronavirus.
From Breitbart, the U.S. Treasury will allow the deferment of income tax payments up to $1 million for up to 90 day after April 15th.
And from Twitchy, as the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago closes for two weeks, penguins get to explore the place.
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