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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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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.
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Bernie Sanders: My running mate will back Medicare for All — Sen. Bernie Sanders isn't going to soften his views just because some moderates are lining up behind former Vice President Joe Biden after his landslide win in the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary and Pete Buttigieg's supporters are suddenly up for grabs.
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AP sources: Buttigieg ending his presidential campaign
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Buttigieg drops out of presidential race
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Bernie Sanders has the advantage on Super Tuesday as rivals jockey to hold down his delegate count
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Near-record turnout in South Carolina sets stage for Super Tuesday battles
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Pete Buttigieg ends 2020 White House bid
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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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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.


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.


Obama tells Biden he won't endorse anybody yet — (CNN)In former President Barack Obama's conversation with Joe Biden after the South Carolina primary — the first congratulatory call the former president has been able to make to his former vice president during the 2020 campaign …
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Why the Success of The New York Times May Be Bad News for Journalism — In his debut, our new media columnist says The Times has become like Facebook or Google — a digital behemoth crowding out the competition. — The first time I met A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times, I tried to hire him.


Federal judge rules Ken Cuccinelli unlawfully ran immigration agency — Policies that were put in place under Cuccinelli are now void.
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Judge rules head of immigration agency was unlawfully named
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CDC hasn't revealed information to doctors that would help coronavirus patients — (CNN)As new cases of coronavirus arise daily in the United States — including several announced over the weekend and one death — the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has failed …


New York state confirms first coronavirus case: Governor Cuomo — (Reuters) - New York state has confirmed its first coronavirus test, Goveror Andrew Cuomo said on Twitter Sunday evening, calling on residents to remain calm and not have any “undue anxiety.”
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First Case of Coronavirus Confirmed in New York State — Patient, who traveled to Iran, is isolated in her home; health officials say risk still low — A woman who recently traveled to Iran is New York's first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday night.
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Coronavirus in N.Y.: Panic Shopping for Masks, but Brunch Is Packed — The first case in New York City was confirmed Sunday night: a woman in her 30s who is isolated in her Manhattan home. — Some pharmacies are seeing huge queues of customers buying hand sanitizers and face masks.
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We Represented the Whistle-Blower. The Law Needs Urgent Help. — Future whistle-blowers must be persuaded that while there are always risks, the system can protect them. — Mr. Bakaj and Mr. Zaid represented the intelligence community whistle-blower. — Whistle-blowers are needed now more than ever.


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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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.


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 …


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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