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6:55 PM ET, March 1, 2020

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New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg to Quit Democratic Presidential Race  —  The first openly gay major presidential candidate, Mr. Buttigieg rose to the primary's top tier, but was unable to build a broad coalition of voters, and lost badly in South Carolina Saturday.  —  SELMA, Ala. — Pete Buttigieg …
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Chelsea JanesAmy B Wang / Washington Post:
Pete Buttigieg is ending his presidential bid  —  Pete Buttigieg, the 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Ind., who saw a meteoric rise from virtual unknown to top-tier contender and became the first gay candidate to make a high-profile presidential run, is ending his campaign.
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 …
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
Jenna Portnoy / Washington Post:   Rep. Wexton endorses Joe Biden before Virginia primary
Philip Wegmann / Real Clear Politics:   Hold the Autopsy: S.C. Win Breathes Life Into Biden Campaign
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders has the advantage on Super Tuesday as rivals jockey to hold down his delegate count
Discussion: 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
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Biden's alive. In a survival contest, will that be enough?
Discussion: ABC News and MSNBC
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
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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.
New York Times:
Avoiding Coronavirus May Be a Luxury Some Workers Can't Afford  —  A sick day?  Remote work?  Not so easy if your job is at a restaurant, a day care center or a construction site.  —  Stay home from work if you get sick.  See a doctor.  Use a separate bathroom from the people you live with.
Hannah Beech / New York Times:   He Drove Her to the Hospital. She Gave Him the Coronavirus.
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: New Fears in Washington State, and a Murder Inquiry in Korea
Discussion: New York Post
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Federal judge rules Ken Cuccinelli unlawfully ran immigration agency  —  Policies that were put in place under Cuccinelli are now void.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Blue Virginia
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Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:   A Judge Ruled Trump's USCIS Director Wasn't Legally Appointed
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 …
Discussion: Vox
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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.
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.
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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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 …
Discussion: 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 …
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.
Discussion: Politico, fox8.com and The Hill
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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
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 …
Discussion: Mother Jones, CNN and Washington Post
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Devan Cole / CNN:
John Lewis to attend ‘Bloody Sunday’ commemorative march in Selma  —  Washington (CNN)Civil rights icon and US Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia will attend a “Bloody Sunday” commemorative march in Selma, Alabama, on Sunday, his chief of staff Michael Collins told CNN.
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Tia Mitchell / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   Selma Notebook: John Lewis will meet marchers on Pettus Bridge
 
 
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
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Discussion: Instapundit
New York Times:
Fewer Soldiers, Fewer Veterans
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Democratic Sen. Doug Jones spent $3,500 on European trip, billed reelection campaign
Bonchie / Redstate:
Report: Two of CNN's Most Self-Righteous ‘Journalists’ Partied With Katie Hill After Covering for Her
Discussion: Twitchy
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump to visit CDC in Atlanta to highlight U.S. response to coronavirus
 Earlier Items: 
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
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Dems tread cautiously on Trump investigations after impeachment
Discussion: Fox News
Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
Afghan peace deal hits first snag over prisoner releases
Discussion: NPR
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump is pushing a dangerous, false spin on coronavirus — and the media is helping him spread it
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
China compels Uighurs to work in shoe factory that supplies Nike
 

 
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