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Good Wednesday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing.

And I'm Jake Sherman. Something to ponder. When John Ratcliffe is confirmed as DNI, will Rick

Grinnell get another senior level Trump administration slot? Does the coronavirus even exist anymore?

The president traveled to Arizona and didn't

wear a mask. He's planning more travel. A trip is tentatively scheduled for next week. They

scrapped a trip to Ohio for late this week. They're shutting down the coronavirus task force.

Jared Kushner and President Trump keep touting the success of the federal response.

The South China Morning Post said an important column this morning about how the

U.S. seeking retaliation against China from the coronavirus might trigger a war between the two

countries. The coronavirus story will shift to Capitol Hill next week, with Anthony Fauci testifying in

front of Senate help on Tuesday, and Rick Bright, a newly anointed whistleblower, testifying before the Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday.

This holds political risk for Trump. Capital Hill will be rough waters for the president.

Even the Republican Senate has Democrats who are going to want to grill Fauci.

And the Bright hearing will represent a double team of sorts, a committee where House Democrats significantly outnumber

Republicans questioning a former Trump administration official who is turned against him.

Josh Gerstein has the latest on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized

after suffering from inflammation of her gallbladder. A statement from the court said Ginsburg is expected to spend a day or two in a Maryland hospital

and take part in the final arguments of the week from there.

The New York Times went long on Jared Kushner's volunteer force that led to a fumbling hunt

for medical supplies in the wake of the coronavirus.

Meanwhile, the Times is also reporting private equities getting the stiff arm from coronavirus relief funds and Burgess Everett burst the

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