What We're ReadingThe pandemic has stranded hundreds of thousands of sailors on their ships at sea, as they wait for countries borders to open up again, The New York Times Aurora Almendral reports. White HouseTRUMP ON TAPE: I WANTED TO ALWAYS PLAY IT DOWN  The White House is playing defense over its early handling of the coronavirus once again, after journalist Bob Woodward released recordings of Trump acknowledging in February that he was purposely downplaying the pandemic threat.  Democrats are seizing on the tapes as further evidence of Trumps failed response. The president insisted throughout Wednesday that masking the severity of the threat was necessary to keeping the nation calm, arguing that hed saved lives and declining to take responsibility for a Covid-19 death toll that will soon top 200,000. WELCOME TO THURSDAY PULSE  where theres no Covid-19 bubble drama quite like playoff bubble drama.
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