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Washington Post:
Live updates: Spread of coronavirus in U.S. appears inevitable, health officials warn; U.S. financial markets drop sharply — Health officials in the United States warned Tuesday that the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country appears inevitable, marking a significant change in tone …
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Iran's Deputy Health Minister Tests Positive — An Italian doctor staying at a resort in the Canary Islands was also feared to have the virus. New outbreaks in Europe, Asia and the Middle East are renewing fears of a coming global pandemic.
Wall Street Journal:
Iran's Deputy Health Minister Contracts Coronavirus — Death toll from the virus rises to at least 15 in Iran with around 1,000 people being tested for the infection — The number of people killed by the coronavirus in Iran has risen to at least 15, the country's health ministry said …
Yahoo Finance:
CDC Tells Americans to Start Readying for Outbreak: Virus Update — (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans to prepare for a coronavirus outbreak at home that could lead to significant disruptions of daily life. Congress was told that there's shortage …
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Fortune
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran says official who played down virus fears is infected
Iran says official who played down virus fears is infected
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IJR, The Week, Washington Post, Associated Press and The Diplomat
Vox:
Bernie Sanders looks electable in surveys — but it could be a mirage — Sen. Bernie Sanders at the South Carolina Democratic Party's “First in the South” dinner on February 24, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. Drew Angerer/Getty Images — New research suggests Sanders would drive swing voters …
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Mother Jones, National Review, POLITICUSUSA, FiveThirtyEight and New York Times
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Politico:
Bloomberg internal poll claims Bernie would sink downballot Dems — Bernie Sanders' nomination could drag down vulnerable House Democrats trying to hold onto their competitive districts, according to a new poll conducted for Mike Bloomberg's campaign that is circulating among members …
Eli Okun / Politico:
Bloomberg adviser attacks Bernie's sex-focused alt newspaper articles — A top adviser to Mike Bloomberg unleashed a new — and salacious — line of attack against presidential primary frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday, part of an increasingly aggressive effort to slow the Vermont independent's rise to the top of the field.
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Townhall, PJ Media Home and Breitbart
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Dems, Want to Defeat Trump? Form a Team of Rivals — You can win in a landslide. — If this election turns out to be just between a self-proclaimed socialist and an undiagnosed sociopath, we will be in a terrible, terrible place as a country. How do we prevent that? — That's all I am thinking about right now.
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The Rush Limbaugh Show and The Moderate Voice
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The State:
The State endorses Pete Buttigieg in the South Carolina Democratic Party primary — The Democratic Party's presidential nominee will face a formidable general election opponent in Republican President Donald Trump, an incumbent armed with a strong economic record and a force of personality …
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Politico, Reason, The Hill, NBC News, Washington Times, Associated Press, The Week and New York Post
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg vs. Amy Klobuchar: An Abridged History of Midwestern Iciness
Brian Murphy / Raleigh News & Observer:
Two NC Democrats in Congress already picked Biden. Now David Price makes his choice.
Two NC Democrats in Congress already picked Biden. Now David Price makes his choice.
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Vox, FiveThirtyEight and Morning Consult
Fred Imbert / CNBC:
Larry Kudlow says US has contained the coronavirus and the economy is holding up nicely — “We have contained this. I won't say [it's] airtight, but it's pretty close to airtight,” said Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council. — He added that, while the outbreak is a …
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Trump slams Sotomayor and Ginsburg, says they should recuse themselves from ‘Trump-related’ cases — President Trump went after Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a pair of tweets and at a news conference in India on Tuesday, days after Sotomayor issued …
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Robert O'Harrow / Washington Post:
Trump nominee to federal court once called for abolishing Social Security, several government agencies
Trump nominee to federal court once called for abolishing Social Security, several government agencies
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Daily Kos
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Demands 2 Liberal Justices Recuse Themselves From His Cases
Trump Demands 2 Liberal Justices Recuse Themselves From His Cases
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New York Times:
New Delhi Streets Turn Into Battleground Between Hindus and Muslims — As President Trump tours India's capital, where at least 11 people have been killed in communal clashes that have upended a working-class neighborhood. — NEW DELHI — In one part of New Delhi, President Trump …
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Occupy Democrats
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Washington Post:
Trump praises Modi's record on religious tolerance as violence erupts over India's treatment of Muslims — NEW DELHI — As violence erupted in the streets Tuesday over a citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims, President Trump defended Prime Minister Narendra Modi's record …
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Associated Press, The Hill, The White House and Foreign Policy
Emily Singer / The American Independent:
Trump lies about everything from Ebola to Bernie Sanders in India press conference
Trump lies about everything from Ebola to Bernie Sanders in India press conference
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
70 former U.S. senators: The Senate is failing to perform its constitutional duties — The following signers are all former U.S. senators: Dean Barkley (I-Minn.), Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Mark Begich (D-Alaska), Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), David Boren (D-Okla.), Bill Bradley (D-N.J.), Bill Brock …
CNN:
Trump again considering Texas congressman to be intel chief after his candidacy floundered last year — (CNN)President Donald Trump is revisiting the idea of nominating Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe to be the next Director of National Intelligence, two sources told CNN.
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Talking Points Memo
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
2 Florida Democrats sue to keep Sanders off primary ballot — TALLAHASSEE — Two Florida Democrats are suing to block Bernie Sanders from running as a Democrat in the state's March 17 presidential primary. — In a lawsuit filed Monday in circuit court in Leon County …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Can Bernie Sanders really beat Trump? His pollster makes the case.
Can Bernie Sanders really beat Trump? His pollster makes the case.
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Townhall, Politico, Talking Points Memo and New York Post
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
A socialist is likely to win the 2020 election. No, not Bernie Sanders.
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Trump's Most Dangerous Destruction Yet — During the 2016 presidential campaign, many observers worried about what Donald Trump might do with the U.S. intelligence apparatus. These organizations kill people, after all, with scary flying robots. They have the ability to spy on huge numbers of people all over the world.
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Olivia Gazis / CBS News:
Intelligence agency pushes back on reports that it said Russia is actively aiding Trump
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Putin Would Hate President Bernie Sanders
Putin Would Hate President Bernie Sanders
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The Nation, USA Today and New Republic
U.S. Department of Justice:
Man Arrested for Attempting to Blow Up Vehicle at Pentagon — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An Arkansas man will make his initial appearance in federal court at 2 p.m. today on charges relating to his alleged attempt at blowing up a vehicle at the Pentagon yesterday. — According to court documents …
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The Markup:
Suckers List: How Allstate's Secret Auto Insurance Algorithm Squeezes Big Spenders — Insurers are supposed to price based on risk, but Allstate's algorithm put a thumb on the scale — Seven years ago, Allstate Corporation told Maryland regulators it was time to update its auto insurance rates.
New York Post:
FBI, NYPD raid fashion mogul Peter Nygard's Times Square office in sex-trafficking probe — The FBI and NYPD Tuesday morning raided the Time Square offices of Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard as part of a sex-trafficking investigation, officials said. — Nicholas Biase …
John F. Harris / Politico:
Confessions of a Slow Learner: American Politics Really Is Sexist — C'mon, Mike Bloomberg is not sexist. He told us he isn't. And yet there was Elizabeth Warren claiming he is, even though he just said—did she not hear him the first time?— that he is not.
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The Daily Beast:
Elizabeth Warren Built an Unrivaled Ground Game. Here's Why it Failed. — “Oh God it's so sad,” said Sean Bagniewski, the chair of the Polk County Democrats. “There was a point this fall when all of us thought she basically had it in the bag.” — Elizabeth Warren started early.