Amy Klobuchar Drops Out of Presidential Race and Plans to Endorse Biden  —  Ms. Klobuchar made her decision hours before Super Tuesday.  She shocked the primary field with a third-place finish in New Hampshire, but ultimately could not compete with better-funded rivals.

Chris Matthews Out at MSNBC  —  Mr. Matthews's show, “Hardball,” has been on the air since 1997.  —  Chris Matthews, the veteran political anchor and voluble host of the long-running MSNBC talk show “Hardball,” resigned his position at the network on Monday night, an abrupt departure …

Joint Statement from DOS, DOJ, DOD, DHS, ODNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA on Preparations for Super Tuesday  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, Acting Director of National Intelligence …

White House withdraws nomination of Defense official who questioned Ukraine aid freeze  —  The White House is withdrawing the nominee for a top Pentagon post, according to two Senate aides, following reports that she questioned the legality of the administration's efforts to freeze military aid to Ukraine.

President Trump appears to have boxed in the Senate by nominating Ratcliffe as intel chief  —  The Senate must confirm as DNI a Texas congressman who inflated his resume, or leave in place an acting director without significant intel experience.  —  WASHINGTON — With the country distracted …

Exit polls: Netanyahu short of majority in Israel vote  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an edge over his main rival in Israel's third election in under a year, exit polls indicated Monday night, but it was unclear whether he could clinch the parliamentary majority needed to claim victory.

More testing sheds light on how virus is spreading in US  —  SEATTLE (AP) — An increase in testing for the coronavirus began shedding light Monday on how the illness has spread in the United States, including among nursing home residents in one Washington state facility.

Can We Get a Vaccine Early?  How the Rich Are Preparing for Coronavirus  — Langone dials hospital experts, others hunt supplies or meds  —  One investor may fly to Idaho with or without family.  A doctor in a Colorado ski town is soothing wealthy clients who want a cure.

Trump administration orders four Chinese news outlets in U.S. to reduce staffs  —  In a major escalation of a media war between Beijing and Washington, the Trump administration on Monday ordered four Chinese news outlets operating in the United States to reduce the number of Chinese nationals working …

‘The Nation’ Endorses Bernie Sanders and His Movement  —  We are proud to endorse Sanders, a democratic socialist with a program both realistic and radical enough to meet the challenges of our time.  —  EDITOR'S NOTE: We've put a lot of thought into our endorsement, and we want you to know why.

Ivanka Trump Now Acknowledges: 'I'm a Proud Trump Republican'  —  Once seen as a moderate voice in the White House, the president's older daughter was angered by his impeachment and plans on an active role as a fund-raiser for his re-election campaign.  —  WASHINGTON — She told …

Journalist Who Defended Katie Hill Failed to Disclose He Dated Her  —  A Playboy journalist who went to bat for disgraced former representative Katie Hill (D., Calif.) after her resignation failed to disclose that they were dating at the time her scandal became public.

Texas closes hundreds of polling sites, making it harder for minorities to vote  —  Guardian analysis finds that places where black and Latino population is growing by the largest numbers experienced the majority of closures and could benefit Republicans  —  Last year, Texas led the US south …

Trump has exposed a huge weakness.  Democrats should pounce.  —  If President Trump and his propagandists get their way, no one will ever raise a peep of criticism over his handling of coronavirus — thus placing our government's response to a looming public health emergency beyond scrutiny entirely.

Mueller Memos Part 6: What Witnesses Told Investigators About Trump And Russia  —  BuzzFeed News sued the US government under the Freedom of Information Act for the right to see all the work that Robert Mueller's team kept secret.  Today we are publishing the sixth installment of the FBI's summaries of interviews with witnesses.

Bernie Sanders would be an awful president  —  Joe Biden has come out of the South Carolina primary as the most plausible moderate candidate.  Now is the time for Democrats to coalesce around him and make Super Tuesday a terrible day for Bernie Sanders.  —  Plenty of polling shows that Sanders …

Tulsi Gabbard's Nine Supporters Urge Her to Drop Out of Race  —  WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) is under intense pressure to drop out of the 2020 race for the Democratic Presidential nomination, her nine supporters announced on Monday.

Dow roars back from coronavirus sell-off with biggest gain since 2009, surges 5.1%  —  Tim Anderson: I don't see how cutting rates is going to solve problem  —  Stocks rebounded sharply from their worst week since the financial crisis on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average posting its best day in more than a decade.

Frozen in Anxiety: How Democratic Leaders Struggled to Confront Bernie Sanders  —  Mr. Sanders is making the case that his urgent message is the best match for a trying political moment, and moderates are scrambling ahead of Super Tuesday to stop his momentum.

FEMA preparing for possible coronavirus emergency declaration  —  “To me this is another indication that the president and the White House are finally aware of the gravity of the situation,” said former FEMA official Michael Coen.  —  WASHINGTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency …

Fox News Host Claims Chinese People Eating ‘Raw Bats’ to Blame for Coronavirus  —  “They are very hungry people,” Watters said.  “And they are desperate, this food is uncooked, it is unsafe.”  —  Fox News host Jesse Watters demanded a formal apology from China on Monday before pushing unproven rumors …

Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of GE, dies at 84  — Jack Welch was a railroad conductor's son who rose to chairman and CEO of General Electric.  — During the 20 years he led the conglomerate, its market value grew from $12 billion to $410 billion.

Exclusive: Newly obtained documents show Huawei role in shipping prohibited U.S. gear to Iran  —  LONDON (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies, which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran, produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved …