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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.
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
CNBC:
Coronavirus live updates: US confirms 53 cases, CDC outlines pandemic planning — HHS Secretary Azar offers update on coronavirus outbreak … 3:52 pm: US health officials say human trials on coronavirus vaccine to start in 6 weeks — Human trials testing a potential vaccine …
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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 …
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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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Public health experts raise alarm as coronavirus spreads
Public health experts raise alarm as coronavirus spreads
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Tobias Hoonhout / National Review:
Health Officials Expect U.S. Coronavirus Outbreak: 'It's More of a Question of When'
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Romney: Trump administration unprepared for coronavirus outbreak
Romney: Trump administration unprepared for coronavirus outbreak
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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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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
Bloomberg adviser attacks Bernie's sex-focused alt newspaper articles
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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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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 …
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
Trump praises Modi's record on religious tolerance as violence erupts over India's treatment of Muslims
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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
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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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
A socialist is likely to win the 2020 election. No, not Bernie Sanders. — It once seemed unimaginable, but a proven socialist looks quite likely to win the 2020 presidential election. — No, I'm not talking about that socialist. I'm referring to the one who already occupies the White House.
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Joe Walsh / Washington Post:
I'm no fan of Bernie Sanders. But #NeverTrump means never Trump.
I'm no fan of Bernie Sanders. But #NeverTrump means never Trump.
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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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Politico, Townhall, Vanity Fair and Talking Points Memo
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Bloomberg's girlfriend, Diana Taylor, on concerns over NDAs: ‘Get over it’ — “Life has changed. I grew up in that world, it was a bro culture,” Taylor said. — Billionaire Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg's girlfriend, Diana Taylor, has a message for those bothered …
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ARLnow.com:
BREAKING: Man Accused of Trying to Blow Up Car in Pentagon Parking Lot — (Updated at 1:50 p.m.) A 19-year-old man from Arkansas has been charged with trying to blow up a car in the Pentagon parking lot Monday morning. — The charges, announced Tuesday afternoon, follow …
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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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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Iran says official who played down virus fears is infected — DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of an Iranian government task force on the coronavirus who had urged the public not to overreact about its spread has tested positive for the illness himself, authorities said Tuesday …
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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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Fabiola Santiago / Miami Herald:
I went to school in Cuba under Castro. Here's what it's like, Bernie Sanders — Look at the little girl in the picture. — In her serious demeanor, a front for fear — and in her story — you might find, Senator Bernie Sanders, some of the profundity lacking in your populist bid to become …
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Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
What Bernie Sanders Should Have Said About Socialism and Totalitarianism in Cuba
What Bernie Sanders Should Have Said About Socialism and Totalitarianism in Cuba
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Washington Free Beacon, Fortune and Florida Politics
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
McConnell warns Republicans speculation on Sanders as the nominee ‘may be a bit foolish’ — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that Republican speculation about whether Sen. Bernie Sanders may be the easiest Democrat to beat “may be a bit foolish.”
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Robert O'Harrow / Washington Post:
Trump nominee to federal court once called for abolishing Social Security, several government agencies — A Trump nominee to serve on a court that hears claims against the government once argued that several federal agencies should be eliminated and that Social Security should be abolished …
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Daily Kos
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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Ben Ritz / Forbes:
Even With New Pay-Fors, Bernie's Agenda Still Has A $25 Trillion Hole — I write about U.S. tax & budget policy from a center-left perspective. — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has made some extraordinary promises in his campaign for president, including free health care, a federal jobs guarantee …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
N.S.A. Phone Program Cost $100 Million, but Produced Only Two Unique Leads — A disputed program that allowed the National Security Agency to gain access to logs of Americans' domestic calls and texts yielded only one significant investigation, according to a newly declassified study.
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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