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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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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 …
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NBC News, New York Times, The Hill, Washington Post and Associated Press
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
The resurrection of Joe Biden
The resurrection of Joe Biden
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Associated Press, Breitbart, The Mahablog, Mediaite and PJ Media Home
Anya van Wagtendonk / Vox:
Near-record turnout in South Carolina sets stage for Super Tuesday battles
Near-record turnout in South Carolina sets stage for Super Tuesday battles
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders has the advantage on Super Tuesday as rivals jockey to hold down his delegate count
Bernie Sanders has the advantage on Super Tuesday as rivals jockey to hold down his delegate count
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The Guardian, Breitbart and Vox
Daniel McCarthy / Spectator USA:
Biden's Pyrrhic victory
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
It's Time for Obama to Man Up and Back Biden
ABC News:
Joe Biden says he's feeling good following his win in South Carolina
Joe Biden says he's feeling good following his win in South Carolina
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HuffPost, Talking Points Memo, FiveThirtyEight, The Week and The Hill
Washington Post:
Early exit polls from the 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary
Early exit polls from the 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary
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The Daily Beast, Vox, The National Interest, Mother Jones, WIS-TV, Outside the Beltway and Spectator USA
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders says he thinks he has an ‘excellent chance’ to win some of the larger states
Bernie Sanders says he thinks he has an ‘excellent chance’ to win some of the larger states
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 …
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Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Why a Coronavirus Recession Would Be So Hard to Contain — A supply shock is not a problem our usual economic tools are particularly good at solving. But it's the one we face. — It looks more and more likely that the novel form of coronavirus will do meaningful economic damage to the United States.
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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Outside the Beltway, Politico, The Hill and Vox
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.
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Federal judge rules Ken Cuccinelli unlawfully ran immigration agency — Policies that were put in place under Cuccinelli are now void.
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POLITICUSUSA and Blue Virginia
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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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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Sanders defends attacks on Israel's Netanyahu
Sanders defends attacks on Israel's Netanyahu
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HuffPost, Jerusalem Post, One America News Network and The Hill
Tampa Bay Times:
As it built an armored truck empire, GardaWorld took dangerous shortcuts. Its workers and unsuspecting motorists suffered the consequences. — The armored truck full of money barreled down a two-lane road until it encountered a stopped SUV. The truck didn't brake.
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 …
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
3rd case of coronavirus confirmed in Illinois, officials announce; Loyola students in Italy told to return home
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Breitbart
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
HHS Secretary Azar criticizes politicization of novel coronavirus: 'It's unnecessary'
HHS Secretary Azar criticizes politicization of novel coronavirus: 'It's unnecessary'
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Talking Points Memo and The Hill
George Conway / Washington Post:
Trump made a baseless attack on two Supreme Court justices. Here's why he did it. — President Trump is treating the judiciary the way he treats the media. But the harm created by these attacks could be far greater. — In 2016, CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl asked Trump off camera …
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Raw Story
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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David Cohen / Politico:
Pence: It's OK for local schools to shut down over the coronavirus
Pence: It's OK for local schools to shut down over the coronavirus
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The Hill, Breitbart, One America News Network and Vox
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 …
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Vox