Biden Maintains Lead  —  Sanders and Steyer jockey for second  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden stays well atop the field in South Carolina, according to the third Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll of likely Democratic primary voters there.  Tom Steyer and Bernie Sanders are fighting for the second spot.

Coronavirus Patient in California Was Not Tested for Days  —  A California coronavirus patient had to wait days to be tested because of restrictive federal criteria, despite doctors' suggestions.  —  The patient, who has tested positive, may be the first person to be infected through community spread …

Democratic Leaders Willing to Risk Party Damage to Stop Bernie Sanders  —  Interviews with dozens of Democratic Party officials, including 93 superdelegates, found overwhelming opposition to handing Mr. Sanders the nomination if he fell short of a majority of delegates.

Rudy Giuliani complains he only has ‘five friends left’ after forgetting to hang up on Daily News reporter  —  Rudy Giuliani is having phone trouble again — and this time, it's sad.  —  The former New York mayor forgot to hang up on a Daily News reporter Wednesday and, thinking he was off the line …

WHO official calls Trump comments on coronavirus response ‘incoherent’  —  Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, special advisor to the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said Wednesday that he found President Trump's press conference on his administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak a “little incoherent.”

To Beat Trump, Democrats May Need to Break Out of the ‘Whole Foods’ Bubble  —  Election results in places near Whole Foods, Lululemon, Urban Outfitters and Apple  —  It's no secret that Democratic primary voters prize fall “electability.”  But for all the clamor about progressive versus moderate choices …

Why President Trump Can't Pardon Roger Stone  —  Speculation that President Donald Trump might pardon Roger Stone has reached a fever pitch after Stone's sentencing by a federal judge and the president's repeated hints that he thinks the verdict unfair.  But fortunately, the Constitution's framers imagined …

Marine commandant banishes Confederate symbols from all Corps installations  —  Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger has ordered all Confederate-related paraphernalia to be removed from Marine Corps installations, his spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.  —  Military analyst B. A. Friedman …

Inside Bernie's relationship with Chuck and Nancy  —  When Harry Reid needed to clinch a deal to save the beleaguered Veterans Affairs Department in 2014, he left much of it to Bernie Sanders.  Three years later, when Chuck Schumer sought a powerful ally to build public support to save Obamacare …

Dow set to drop 400 points as worst week since the financial crisis continues  —  Wall Street set for more losses at open  —  U.S. stock futures on Thursday morning pointed to declines at the day's open amid concerns the coronavirus may be spreading in the U.S.

At least seven dead including shooter in rampage at Molson Coors  —  In one of the worst shootings in Wisconsin history, at least seven people were killed — including a gunman — during a shooting rampage Wednesday afternoon on the Milwaukee campus of Molson Coors, according to multiple sources.

Cops repeatedly called on Bernie backers  —  Bernie supporter protests at house of Nevada Democratic Party chair  —  The night before the Nevada caucuses, the chairman of the state's Democratic Party called police after several supporters of Bernie Sanders gathered outside his home at 11 p.m …

After Trump appoints Pence to oversee coronavirus response, initial reports don't include how he enabled Indiana HIV outbreak  —  President Donald Trump has announced that Vice President Mike Pence would oversee the coronavirus response.  —  While there are many troubling aspects …

Did Trump Fire the US Pandemic Response Team?  —  Claim  —  The Trump administration fired the U.S. pandemic response team in 2018 to cut costs.  —  Rating  —  Origin  —  Amid warnings from public health officials that a 2020 outbreak of a new coronavirus could soon become …

Buttigieg plots risky delegate strategy to survive Super Tuesday  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Pete Buttigieg is going delegate hunting.  —  Despite a brutal Super Tuesday map unlikely to hand him any statewide wins, the former South Bend mayor is looking to reinforce his claim as a Democratic alternative …

Trump freaks out about all the wrong things  —  You don't need to worry about the global pandemic that's spreading rapidly, killing all those people, and creating economic turmoil, according to someone who knows nothing about it.  —  “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the U.S.A.,” President Trump tweeted on Monday.

Actor Steven Seagal Charged With Unlawfully Touting Digital Asset Offering  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against actor Steven Seagal for failing to disclose payments he received for promoting an investment in an initial coin offering (ICO) conducted by Bitcoiin2Gen (B2G).

AP-NORC poll: Election security, integrity worry Americans  —  FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2019, file photo, a man feeds a ballot card into a digital voting machine during a demonstration in Raleigh, N.C. Americans have widespread concerns about the security and integrity of elections.

Fact check: Bloomberg claims stop-and-frisk ‘got out control,’ so he cut it back  —  Bloomberg again claimed that he reined in the use of stop-and-frisk after it got “out of control” when he was mayor of New York.  —  “We let it get out of control, and when I realized that …