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Pete Williams / NBC News:
Supreme Court will take up challenge to Obamacare's individual mandate — The decision to take up the lawsuit in the new term that starts in October means the program will continue for at least another year and any ruling will come after Election Day. — The Supreme Court said Monday …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court will once again consider fate of Affordable Care Act — The Supreme Court will hear a third challenge to the Affordable Care Act, this time at the request of Democratic-controlled states that are fighting a lower court decision that challenged the constitutionality of the law.
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Susannah Luthi / Politico:
Supreme Court will hear major challenge to Obamacare
New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg Drops Out of 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. — SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Pete Buttigieg …
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Bloomberg's biggest test: winning votes on Super Tuesday
Bloomberg's biggest test: winning votes on Super Tuesday
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John Myers / Los Angeles Times:
Californians who already voted for Buttigieg or Steyer grapple with desire for a do-over
Californians who already voted for Buttigieg or Steyer grapple with desire for a do-over
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Associated Press:
Inside the final month of Buttigieg's historic campaign
Inside the final month of Buttigieg's historic campaign
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Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone:
Public Enemy Fire Flavor Flav After Bernie Sanders Rally Spat — “We thank him for his years of service and wish him well” — Public Enemy announced they are permanently “moving forward” without Flavor Flav, firing one of hip-hop's most memorable hypemen after more than 35 years.
Richard Salame / The Guardian:
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 …
Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
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 …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Simple Answer — Don't overthink your Super Tuesday vote. — “They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong. There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers.” — You are a normal American. You don't like demagogues of the right or the left.
George Packer / The Atlantic:
The President Is Winning His War on American Institutions — When Donald Trump came into office, there was a sense that he would be outmatched by the vast government he had just inherited. — The new president was impetuous, bottomlessly ignorant, almost chemically inattentive …
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Raw Story
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Ken Cuccinelli's appointment to top immigration job was unlawful, court rules, invalidating policy memos he signed — A federal judge ruled Sunday that President Trump's appointment last year of Ken Cuccinelli to be head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was a violation of federal vacancy laws …
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Nihar Kabinittal / Associated Press:
Judge rules head of immigration agency was unlawfully named
Judge rules head of immigration agency was unlawfully named
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Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
How a Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research — An official at the Interior Department embarked on a campaign that has inserted misleading language about climate change — including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial …
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New York Times:
2nd Death Near Seattle Adds to Signs Coronavirus Is Spreading in U.S. — Officials see growing indications that the virus has been spreading undetected for weeks. A cluster of cases at one nursing home have made Kirkland, Wash., a focus of concern. — KIRKLAND, Wash. …
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Trump retweets video of him defeating his critics after second confirmed coronavirus death reported in U.S. — Shortly after health officials in Washington state confirmed the second U.S. death from the novel coronavirus in as many days, President Trump retweeted an animated video Sunday night …
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Marty Steinberg / CNBC:
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.
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
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.
CNN:
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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Axios:
CDC lab for coronavirus test kits may have been contaminated — The Trump administration has ordered an independent investigation of the lab.
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Politico, The Intellectualist, Coronadaily and Raw Story
Leah Nylen / Politico:
Bad news for Silicon Valley: William Barr is taking control of antitrust probes — Attorney General William Barr has spent months taking greater control of the Justice Department's antitrust probes into the big tech companies, a development that could increase the peril for major players like Google and Facebook.
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Andy Puzder / Fox News:
On coronavirus vaccine, Sanders' socialism would hinder private sector innovation we need — If there's one thing we should all be able to agree on it's that the potential impact of the coronavirus is too important to politicize. That doesn't mean our political leaders should remain silent …
Katie Mettler / Washington Post:
‘STOP BUYING MASKS’: Health officials beg Americans to stop panic-shopping — The morning after the United States reported its second coronavirus death, health and government officials continued to plead with Americans to stop buying precautionary face masks — unless they are already sick or a health-care worker.
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Associated Press:
Virus kills member of council advising Iran's supreme leader — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A member of a council that advises Iran's supreme leader died Monday after falling sick from the new coronavirus, state radio reported, becoming the first top official to succumb to the illness …
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New York Post:
NYT's 1619 Project is (dishonest) attack on nation's founding principles — It isn't an overstatement to describe The New York Times' 1619 Project as a journalistic declaration of war against America. Many of the project's historical claims are downright fabrications — but in the most decisive respect, that's besides the point.
ASPI:
Uyghurs for sale … The Chinese government has facilitated the mass transfer of Uyghur and other ethnic minority1 citizens from the far west region of Xinjiang to factories across the country. Under conditions that strongly suggest forced labour, Uyghurs are working in factories …
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Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Klobuchar rally in Minnesota canceled amid protests — Sen. Amy Klobuchar canceled a rally in her home state Sunday night as several dozen protesters chanted “Black Lives Matter,” “Klobuchar has got to go” and “Free Myon” — referencing the case of a black teenager convicted of murder after a flawed police investigation.
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