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3:30 PM ET, March 1, 2020

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News polls: Sanders has the edge in Texas, is tied with Biden in North Carolina  —  The two states award a combined 338 delegates on Super Tuesday.  —  WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders holds a double-digit lead over his closest Democratic rival in Texas, while he's essentially tied …
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Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:
Rep. Wexton endorses Joe Biden before Virginia primary  —  Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) on Sunday endorsed former vice president Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination, changing her decision to stay neutral in the race two days before the Virginia primary on Super Tuesday.
Politico:
Biden's surprise ray of hope in California  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Despite Joe Biden's weak polling in California, there's a silver lining emerging for him in the biggest delegate prize on the board this week.  —  Biden's weakness after a distant second finish in Nevada could have compelled Californians …
Anya van Wagtendonk / Vox:
Near-record turnout in South Carolina sets stage for Super Tuesday battles
Daniel McCarthy / Spectator USA:   Biden's Pyrrhic victory
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The resurrection of Joe Biden
Discussion: Mediaite and PJ Media Home
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders has the advantage on Super Tuesday as rivals jockey to hold down his delegate count
Discussion: Vox
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Biden's alive. In a survival contest, will that be enough?
Discussion: ABC News and MSNBC
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden Is Now the Only Democrat Who Can Stop Bernie Sanders
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:   It's Time for Obama to Man Up and Back Biden
NBC News:
Live Blog / South Carolina primary live updates: NBC projects Biden wins
Discussion: The Hill, NPR, Politico and The Guardian
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Biden southern win could set up regional showdown with Bernie
Discussion: Twitchy
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders raises $46 million in February
Washington Post:
Live updates: Coronavirus was probably spreading for six weeks in Washington state, study says; first deaths confirmed in U.S., Australia and Thailand  —  The novel coronavirus has probably been spreading undetected for about six weeks in Washington state, where the first U.S. death was reported this weekend.
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Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Spreads in U.S., as Rhode Island Confirms State's First Case  —  The Rhode Island patient, the 25th confirmed local case in the U.S., is a person in their 40s who had traveled to Italy in mid-February  —  Rhode Island health officials confirmed the state's first case of coronavirus on Sunday …
Hannah Beech / New York Times:
He Drove Her to the Hospital.  She Gave Him the Coronavirus.  —  Taxi and bus drivers are on the forefront of the spread of the coronavirus in Asia, even as a tourism downturn hurts their business.  —  BANGKOK — The Chinese woman hailed the cab and said she wanted to go to the hospital.
New York Times:
Coronavirus May Have Spread in U.S. for Weeks, Gene Sequencing Suggests  —  Two cases detected weeks apart in Washington State had genetic links, suggesting that many more people in the area may be infected.  —  Researchers who have examined the genomes of two coronavirus infections …
Discussion: Breitbart
Neil Irwin / New York Times:   Why a Coronavirus Recession Would Be So Hard to Contain
The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu aide in leaked recording: ‘Hate is what unites our camp’  —  Natan Eshel heard saying negative campaigning works well with ‘non-Ashkenazi’ voters and that the ‘animal’ Miri Regev is particularly effective at it  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior aide Natan Eshel said that …
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The Guardian:
Coronavirus: Pence defends Trump Jr claim Democrats want ‘millions’ to die  —  When Donald Trump Jr said Democrats hope coronavirus “kills millions of people” in the US because they want to bring his father down, he was merely “pushing back” at politicisation of the viral outbreak by Trump opponents …
Discussion: CNN, HuffPost and The Daily Beast
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Washington Post:
Inside Trump's frantic attempts to minimize the coronavirus crisis
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
HHS Secretary Azar says new coronavirus case appears in Chicago  —  EXCLUSIVE: Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Sunday that a new case of the coronavirus appeared in Chicago overnight, marking the latest spread of the outbreak in the United States.
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Paige Fry / Chicago Tribune:
3rd case of coronavirus confirmed in Illinois, officials announce; Loyola students in Italy told to return home
Discussion: Breitbart
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
HHS Secretary Azar criticizes politicization of novel coronavirus: 'It's unnecessary'
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Hill
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
Miranda's rebellion  —  The reckonings of one of the South's white suburban women, whose loyalty is key to whether Trump is reelected  —  It was Sunday, the day that Miranda Murphey always took long hikes in the woods with her best friend.  She looked forward to them …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Is This Coronavirus ‘the Big One’?  —  For decades, experts' warnings to prepare have gone unheeded.  —  Alice Wolowitz, a student nurse, began her shift at a hospital one morning in Philadelphia.  She fell sick during the shift, rapidly declined and was dead that night.
Todd Frankel / Washington Post:
Coronavirus rumors and chaos in Alabama point to big problems as U.S. seeks to contain virus  —  Rumor mill, lack of communication by federal officials undermines trust in plan to relocate quarantined patients  —  ANNISTON, Ala. — Not long before local leaders decided, in the words of one of them …
Tristan Cork / bristolpost:
The abuse and threats made to Greta Thunberg by people from Bristol  —  By grown men, many who appear to have children of their own  —  When teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg announced she would be coming to Bristol more than a week ago, it created a huge buzz in the city.
Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Afghan peace deal hits first snag over prisoner releases  —  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president said Sunday that he will not free thousands of Taliban prisoners ahead of all-Afghan power-sharing talks set for next week, publicly disagreeing with a timetable for a speedy prisoner release laid …
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Pentagon sees Taliban deal as allowing fuller focus on China
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump is pushing a dangerous, false spin on coronavirus — and the media is helping him spread it  —  Among the many outlandish statements President Trump has made since taking office, one in particular stands out for me.  —  Speaking in Kansas City, Mo., in the summer of 2018 …
Bonchie / Redstate:
Report: Two of CNN's Most Self-Righteous ‘Journalists’ Partied With Katie Hill After Covering for Her  —  Is this a conflict of interest, because it sort of feels like a conflict of interest.  —  CNN's Brian Stelter and Olivier Darcy reportedly partied with disgrace former Congresswoman Katie Hill recently.
Discussion: Twitchy
Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Chris Matthews absent from MSNBC's primary coverage after sexism allegations, on-air slip-ups  —  MSNBC's Chris Matthews was noticebaly absent from the network's South Carolina primary coverage Saturday evening, one day after being accused of “sexist” behavior by a former network contributor …
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Democratic Sen. Doug Jones spent $3,500 on European trip, billed reelection campaign
Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Selma Notebook: John Lewis will meet marchers on Pettus Bridge
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump to visit CDC in Atlanta to highlight U.S. response to coronavirus
Ahmad Al-Atrash / Crisis Group:
Deadly Clashes in Syria's Idlib Show Limits of Turkey's Options
Yuri Pérez / NBC News:
Yes, Bernie Sanders, Castro's literacy program was ‘a bad thing.’ I was indoctrinated by it.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Atlantic
 Earlier Items: 
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Dems tread cautiously on Trump investigations after impeachment
Discussion: Fox News
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Some election officials scrambling to address coronavirus concerns ahead of Super Tuesday
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
China compels Uighurs to work in shoe factory that supplies Nike
Mark Landler / New York Times:
For Boris Johnson, Britain's Baby Boom Starts at Downing Street
 

 
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
SCOTUS seeks the US government's views in the $1B copyright fight between Cox Communications and Sony, Warner Music, Universal Music, and other music companies

 
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