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Some Nevada caucus sites facing volunteer shortages — A spokeswoman for state Democrats said the staffing issues were not causing voting problems. — LAS VEGAS — Voters were turning out for the Nevada caucuses on Saturday, but there was a lack of volunteers to meet them at some polling locations.
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Trump, Schiff spar ahead of Nevada caucuses over claim Russians trying to help Bernie Sanders — President Trump and Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff tangled on Twitter ahead of the Nevada caucuses on Saturday over the reports U.S. officials believe Russia is attempting to interfere …
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The Hill
NBC News:
Live Blog / Nevada caucuses live updates: Results and analysis from the third 2020 Democratic contest — The candidates — not including Mike Bloomberg, who is not on the ballot — are vying for the state's 36 pledged delegates. — The Nevada caucuses kick off on Saturday following …
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Breitbart
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
How Beating Up Bloomberg Has Reinvigorated the Democratic Field
How Beating Up Bloomberg Has Reinvigorated the Democratic Field
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NBC News
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Nevada Dems hope to avoid caucus chaos: Here's how the process is supposed to work
Nevada Dems hope to avoid caucus chaos: Here's how the process is supposed to work
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The Hill
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bernie unleashes volunteer army on Nevada
Bernie unleashes volunteer army on Nevada
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Mother Jones, ABC News and The Hill
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Sanders aims for Nevada caucus win to keep momentum going — but other Dems not giving up
Sanders aims for Nevada caucus win to keep momentum going — but other Dems not giving up
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ABC News, Politico and Associated Press
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Sonia Sotomayor Just Accused the Supreme Court's Conservatives of Bias Toward the Trump Administration — On Friday evening, by a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration's wealth test for immigrants to take effect in Illinois. All four liberal justices dissented from the order …
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Redstate, Townhall, Mother Jones, Vox, Washington Free Beacon, SCOTUSblog, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Vanity Fair, The Gateway Pundit and ArkansasTimes
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Nevada Democratic caucuses: Live results — You can follow the results here as they come in. — The Nevada caucuses — the third contest in the Democratic nomination process — are happening Saturday, with caucus locations opening at 10 am Pacific and the actual caucuses scheduled to begin at 12 pm Pacific (or 3 pm Eastern).
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The Nevada Independent and New York Times
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Bernie Sanders just declared war on the Democratic establishment — (CNN)Bernie Sanders took his long-running fight with the Democratic Party establishment very public Friday night, hours after news broke that Russia is working to help his 2020 primary bid and hours before the critical Nevada caucuses.
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CANNONFIRE, Twitchy and NB Blog
Rick Wilson / New York Daily News:
Memo to Mike: Bloomberg needs to go medieval on Bernie if he wants any chance of beating Trump — Dear Mr. Bloomberg, or may I call you Mike? — So, Wednesday didn't quite go according to plan, did it? — You've invested $400 million dollars in the biggest, fastest, shiniest campaign toy that money can buy.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Trump's new intel chief makes immediate changes, ousts top official — President Trump's new acting director of national intelligence, Richard Grenell, has already made major changes at the agency, including ousting the No. 2 official. — Former acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Efforts to Remove the Disloyal Heightens Unease Across His Administration — As senior officials are shown the door, a new personnel chief orders a search for political appointees as well as career officials deemed insufficiently supportive of the president.
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Raw Story, The National Memo, Breitbart, The Last Refuge and Axios
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 2-23-20: Amb. Robert O'Brien, Rep. Jim Clyburn
‘This Week’ Transcript 2-23-20: Amb. Robert O'Brien, Rep. Jim Clyburn
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Bloomberg
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Trump has flipped the 9th Circuit — and some new judges are causing a ‘shock wave’ — When President Trump ticks off his accomplishments since taking office, he frequently mentions his aggressive makeover of a key sector of the federal judiciary — the circuit courts of appeal …
Jordan Moreau / Variety:
Clint Eastwood Ditches Donald Trump for Mike Bloomberg in 2020 Election — Longtime Republican Clint Eastwood is pulling support from Donald Trump in the 2020 election. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the actor-director signaled that he thinks a different candidate would be the better choice.
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Debra J. Saunders / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Nevada GOP meets in Pahrump to bind delegates to Trump — Conservative guru encourages Republicans to vote in Democratic caucuses (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto — Nevada Republican Central Committee members, guests and candidates listen to Nevada GOP Chairman Michael …
Tunku Varadarajan / Wall Street Journal:
A Hollywood Legend Talks Politics
A Hollywood Legend Talks Politics
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Dean Balsamini / New York Post:
AOC wears rented luxe designer dress on ‘The View’ — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is clothes-minded! — The lefty darling set tongues wagging when she donned a luxe designer dress for her Wednesday appearance on “The View.” — “Don't you love it when an avowed SOCIALIST wears $580 dresses from Rickie Freeman?
Steven W. Mosher / New York Post:
Don't buy China's story: The coronavirus may have leaked from a lab — At an emergency meeting in Beijing held last Friday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke about the need to contain the coronavirus and set up a system to prevent similar epidemics in the future.
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The Gateway Pundit
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Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic:
How the Coronavirus Revealed Authoritarianism's Fatal Flaw
How the Coronavirus Revealed Authoritarianism's Fatal Flaw
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The National Interest
New York Times:
Digital Edits, a Paid Army: Bloomberg Is ‘Destroying Norms’ on Social Media — His campaign is testing the boundaries of what platforms like Twitter and Facebook allow in politics. They're having trouble coming up with an answer. — SAN FRANCISCO — In the first few months of his presidential campaign …
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Los Angeles Times:
Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing ‘platform manipulation’
Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing ‘platform manipulation’
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Judge rules against Devin Nunes in $9.9 million lawsuit over the salacious Steele Dossier — Internet heaps praise on CNN's Anderson Cooper for his ‘must watch’ destruction of Rod Blagojevich … Bill Barr's relationship with Trump ‘on the rocks’ as unleashed president ‘openly defies him’: ex-prosecutor
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court dumps Nunes' suit against Trump dossier firm
Court dumps Nunes' suit against Trump dossier firm
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POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
Washington Post:
Al-Qaeda and Islamic State groups are working together in West Africa to grab large swaths of territory — NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, at war with each other in the Middle East, are working together to take control of territory across a vast stretch …