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CBS News:
Live updates: Biden and Sanders pick up wins in first Super Tuesday states — The first polls have closed in the Super Tuesday states of Virginia and Vermont. CBS News projects Joe Biden will win Virginia and North Carolina and Bernie Sanders will win Vermont.
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NBC News:
Live Blog / 2020 Super Tuesday live updates: Biden wins the South, Mass., Sanders takes Vt., Colo., Utah, NBC News projects — More than 1,300 delegates — or about a third of the total — are at play on Super Tuesday. — Fourteen states and one territory held nominating contests …
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Hallie Jackson / NBC News:
Trump camp publicly batting down Joe-mentum but privately concerned — We know President Donald Trump has been watching the Super Tuesday returns roll in — he predicted earlier that it would be an “interesting evening of television” — as he goes after both Mike Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren on Twitter.
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The Hill and New York Times
Politico:
Bloomberg considering dropping out after Biden rout — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Mike Bloomberg is weighing dropping out as early as Wednesday after losing a string of Super Tuesday states where he invested a fortune in advertising, according to several people familiar with his plans.
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He Will Risk Making Ross Perot and Ralph Nader Look Good”: Bloomberg Resists Advisers' Push to Exit the Race — With his path disappearing after South Carolina, advisers pressed for a quick exit. But Mike has so far refused: I'll be damned if I walk away before a single vote is cast for me.
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New York Times:
Super Tuesday: Live Primary Election Results — Tuesday was the biggest day of the 2020 primaries: one third of all delegates will be awarded based on results from Super Tuesday states.
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NBC News:
NBC News Exit Poll: Late-deciding Super Tuesday voters break heavily for Biden
NBC News Exit Poll: Late-deciding Super Tuesday voters break heavily for Biden
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Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, HuffPost and BuzzFeed News
New York Times:
Biden Revives Campaign, Winning Nine States, but Sanders Takes California
Biden Revives Campaign, Winning Nine States, but Sanders Takes California
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The Atlantic and The Boston Globe
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
A Fantastic Night . . . If You Don't Like Bloomberg, Warren, or Sanders
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Joe Biden fundraisers see millions of dollars in new commitments with Super Tuesday surge
Robby Soave / Reason:
Democratic Primary Voters Decisively Rejected the Media's Favorite Candidates
Democratic Primary Voters Decisively Rejected the Media's Favorite Candidates
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Vox
Andrew Stiles / Washington Free Beacon:
Bernie Chokes
Bernie Chokes
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Detroit News:
Poll: Biden leads Sanders in Michigan ahead of Democratic primary
Poll: Biden leads Sanders in Michigan ahead of Democratic primary
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The Hill
FiveThirtyEight:
Our Final Forecast For Super Tuesday Shows Biden's Surge — And Lots Of Uncertainty
Our Final Forecast For Super Tuesday Shows Biden's Surge — And Lots Of Uncertainty
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ABC News:
Super Tuesday results: Biden sweeps the South, Sanders strong in the West, anemic outcome for Bloomberg
Super Tuesday results: Biden sweeps the South, Sanders strong in the West, anemic outcome for Bloomberg
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Democrats Decide That Joe Biden, as Risky as He Ever Was, Is the Safest Bet
Democrats Decide That Joe Biden, as Risky as He Ever Was, Is the Safest Bet
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Washington Post, ABC News and IJR
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump shifts his attention to surging Biden, stokes Sanders grievances
Trump shifts his attention to surging Biden, stokes Sanders grievances
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PJ Media Home, HuffPost and POLITICUSUSA
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Voter turnout in Virginia nearly doubles from 2016
Voter turnout in Virginia nearly doubles from 2016
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Vox, POLITICUSUSA, Breitbart and The Week
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Why Elizabeth Warren is losing even if all your friends love her
Why Elizabeth Warren is losing even if all your friends love her
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Outside the Beltway, PJ Media Home, Washington Post and CNN
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton says she's ‘not planning to endorse’ anyone in 2020 race
Hillary Clinton says she's ‘not planning to endorse’ anyone in 2020 race
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The Daily Caller, ABC News, Fox News and Breitbart
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Four reasons why Biden shocked Sanders
Politico:
'I've never seen anybody mount a comeback like this — ever'
'I've never seen anybody mount a comeback like this — ever'
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FiveThirtyEight and CNBC
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Sanders can't lead the Democrats if his campaign treats them like the enemy
Sanders can't lead the Democrats if his campaign treats them like the enemy
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The Dispatch, Washington Post, The Week and The Daily Caller
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Warren team turns grim after Super Tuesday wipeout
Warren team turns grim after Super Tuesday wipeout
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BuzzFeed News
Kathleen Ronayne / Associated Press:
AP source: Bloomberg to reassess after disappointing results — Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg waves to supporters as he arrives to his campaign rally at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP)
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Hunter Woodall / The Daily Beast:
Bloomberg Voters Feast on the Carcass of His Campaign — “I have no intention of dropping out,” said former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said. “We're in it to win it.” — WEST PALM BEACH, Florida—Mike Bloomberg stood inside a Florida convention center on Tuesday night looking …
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill:
Bloomberg on Warren: 'I didn't realize she's still in'
Bloomberg on Warren: 'I didn't realize she's still in'
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Politico, Vanity Fair, Fox News, The Daily Beast, IJR, POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: Disease Caused by Virus Is Deadlier Than the Flu — The World Health Organization announced on Tuesday that the global death rate of the new coronavirus was 3.4 percent. — RIGHT NOW Deaths outside China exceeded those inside the country for the first time since the start of the outbreak.
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CNBC:
WHO says coronavirus death rate is 3.4% globally, higher than previously thought — World health officials say the case fatality rate for COVID-19 is 3.4% globally, higher than previous estimates of about 2%. — “Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died,” …
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Politico:
Trump launches an urgent fight to save his ticket to reelection — Eight months from a general election, President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers are considering an urgent effort to rescue the U.S. economy from a coronavirus panic. — Trump advisers and GOP lawmakers have spent …
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Susannah George / Washington Post:
U.S. targets Taliban with airstrike days after peace deal — KABUL — The United States conducted an airstrike against Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan Wednesday just days after the two sides signed a peace deal. — The strike comes just hours after President Trump spoke …
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CBS News:
Pierce Bush is first Bush to lose Texas race in over 40 years — Austin, Texas — Republican Pierce Bush, a grandson of former President George H.W. Bush, failed to advance out of Tuesday's primary in his bid for a Houston congressional seat, becoming the first member of his family to lose a race in Texas in more than 40 years.
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
I just remembered Joe Biden is fine — This is a little awkward, but better late than never! I suddenly remembered that Joe Biden is a dynamite candidate, something I had forgotten over the past few months of watching Joe Biden campaign. Joe Biden is the best hope of the party and its logical standard-bearer!
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National Review
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Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
Biden's Branding Reboot: Here Comes Emo Joe
Tyler Cowen / Bloomberg:
Bill Gates Is Really Worried About the Coronavirus. Here's Why. — The debate is splitting into two broad camps: Call them the “growthers” and the “base-raters.” — Just how bad will the new coronavirus be? I can't answer that question, but I have observed the debate splitting into two broad camps …
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UPI
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Tight Alabama GOP Senate race poised for Round 2 as Sessions, Tuberville head to runoff — No one won the GOP nomination outright for the Alabama Senate, which means voters will head back to the polls for a runoff election later this month to determine whether former Sen. Jeff Sessions can mount a political comeback.
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Politico, The Daily Beast and The Week
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds: Mystery witness will implicate 'Putin's chef' in election interference — U.S. prosecutors say they have a witness who will directly implicate a Russian businessman known as “Putin's chef” in schemes to carry out election interference overseas. — The mystery witness is prepared …
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Redstate
Tim Mak / NPR:
Former Prisoner Recalls Sanders Saying, 'I Don't Know What's So Wrong' With Cuba — Audio will be available later today. — American Alan Gross, a prisoner in Cuba for five years during the Obama administration, is accusing Sen. Bernie Sanders of commending the communist country when he came to visit him behind bars.
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Twitter suspends liberal journalist for quoting Joe Biden gaffe — A liberal journalist was hit with a temporary suspension on Twitter over a tweet quoting a gaffe from former Vice President Joe Biden. — Jordan Chariton, founder of Status Coup, knocked former 2020 hopefuls Pete Buttigieg …
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New York Post
Joseph R. Biden Jr / New York Times:
Live: Texas State Primary Election Results 2020 — Joseph R. Biden Jr. has won the Texas primary. View exit polls here » — 49m ago — Updated just now 94% reporting — Candidate Votes Pct. — 669,913 — 598,750 — 303,649 — 229,959 — 84,241 — View all candidates
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