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New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren, Once a Front-Runner, Will Drop Out of Presidential Race — Ms. Warren, a senator and former law professor, staked her campaign on fighting corruption and changing the rules of the economy. — BOSTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts plans to drop …
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Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Warren declines to endorse Biden or Sanders after dropping out — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Elizabeth Warren declined to throw her support behind another candidate on Thursday, saying she and her supporters “don't have to decide right this minute” whom to back after dropping out of the Democratic primary.
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren Could Never Escape The Baggage Of Being A ‘Female Candidate’ — She was qualified. She persisted. But sexism still mattered. — Elizabeth Warren wasn't trying to be the first female president. — She wanted to be president. She wanted to cut banks down to size and relieve student debt.
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Megan Garber / The Atlantic:
America Punished Elizabeth Warren for Her Competence — In November 2019, as the Democratic presidential candidates prepared for the primaries that had been taking place unofficially for more than a year and that would begin in earnest in February, FiveThirtyEight's Clare Malone profiled Pete Buttigieg.
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NBC News:
Elizabeth Warren ends presidential run
Elizabeth Warren ends presidential run
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Super Tuesday's true meaning? Americans are desperate to show we're better than Trump
Super Tuesday's true meaning? Americans are desperate to show we're better than Trump
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernieworld's reaction to Super Tuesday's defeat, explained
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Warren ends 2020 presidential bid after Super Tuesday rout
Warren ends 2020 presidential bid after Super Tuesday rout
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Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Elizabeth Warren is Strong. So is the Glass Ceiling.
Elizabeth Warren is Strong. So is the Glass Ceiling.
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Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Sanders, Biden Can Expect Near-Equal Gain From Warren's Exit
Sanders, Biden Can Expect Near-Equal Gain From Warren's Exit
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Jack Holmes / Esquire:
The Bernie Sanders Youth Revolution Was Nowhere to Be Found on Super Tuesday
The Bernie Sanders Youth Revolution Was Nowhere to Be Found on Super Tuesday
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg plans new group to support Democratic nominee — Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to form a new independent expenditure campaign that will absorb hundreds of his presidential campaign staff in six swing states to work to elect the Democratic nominee this fall.
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Jacob Ogles / Florida Politics:
Latest poll of Florida primary shows Joe Biden with massive lead over Bernie Sanders — Even before Mike Bloomberg dropped out of the race for President, voters in Florida were consolidating behind Joe Biden. — More than 61% of likely Florida voters favor Biden, according to the most recent survey …
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Trump to take questions at 1st TV town hall of 2020 campaign
Trump to take questions at 1st TV town hall of 2020 campaign
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Politico
Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's political movement faces a reckoning after Super Tuesday setbacks
Bernie Sanders's political movement faces a reckoning after Super Tuesday setbacks
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Joe Biden: Not a Socialist, Just a Scoundrel
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: McConnell to denounce Schumer on the Senate floor
POLITICO Playbook: McConnell to denounce Schumer on the Senate floor
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Reuters:
Warren ends presidential bid, leaving Biden, Sanders to fight for Democratic voters
Warren ends presidential bid, leaving Biden, Sanders to fight for Democratic voters
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorses Biden ahead of state's primary
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorses Biden ahead of state's primary
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Bloomberg:
U.S. Will Miss Coronavirus Test Rollout Goal, Senators Say — GOP senators says kits to be in mail by end of this week — Distribution, training ‘going to take time,’ Lankford says — The Trump administration won't be able to meet its promised timeline of having …
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Cindy Krischer Goodman / Sun-Sentinel:
Federal rules changed to allow more testing for coronavirus. Florida isn't going to follow them.
Federal rules changed to allow more testing for coronavirus. Florida isn't going to follow them.
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Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
The former President said that when he met Lewinsky, the pressure of the job was too much and he thought, 'There's something that will take your mind off it for a while' — Bill offers an apology to Lewinsky in the documentary that will premiere on Friday, and says he felt ‘terrible’ that her life was defined by their affair.
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Lee Brown / New York Post:
Bill Clinton: Monica Lewinsky affair was to ‘manage my anxieties’
Bill Clinton: Monica Lewinsky affair was to ‘manage my anxieties’
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Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
First patient in Nevada tests presumptively positive for novel coronavirus, is in ‘airborne isolation’ — A Clark County man who is in his 50s and has an underlying health condition is the first patient in Nevada who has tested presumptively positive for the novel coronavirus, Southern Nevada Health District officials said Thursday.
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Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Coronavirus outbreak expands to 18 states
Coronavirus outbreak expands to 18 states
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Public Policy Polling:
Democrats lead by at least 4 in 4 GOP held Senate seats — New PPP polls find Sara Gideon leading Susan Collins 47-43 in the Maine Senate race and Mark Kelly leading Martha McSally 47-42 in the Arizona Senate race. Additionally a PPP poll for a private client last week found Cal Cunningham …
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
Before Clearview Became a Police Tool, It Was a Secret Plaything of the Rich — Investors and clients of the facial recognition start-up freely used the app on dates and at parties — and to spy on the public. — One Tuesday night in October 2018, John Catsimatidis, the billionaire owner …
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Cancels Mississippi Rally, Shifting Focus to Michigan — The decision suggests that the Sanders campaign is largely ceding another Southern state to Joseph R. Biden Jr. and going all-in on the Midwest instead. — BURLINGTON, Vt. — Senator Bernie Sanders has canceled …
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
State Department blames “swarms of online, false personas” from Russia for wave of coronavirus misinformation online — A top State Department official said Thursday that Russia is behind “swarms of online, false personas” that sought to spread misinformation about coronavirus on social-media sites …
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Team Warren:
The Fight Goes On — Remarks from Elizabeth Warren shared in a call with campaign staff: — I want to start with the news. I want all of you to hear it first, and I want you to hear it straight from me: Today, I'm suspending our campaign for president. — I know how hard all of you have worked.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Facebook allows Trump campaign to run deceptive Census ads [UPDATED] — This is the online version of the Popular Information newsletter. To get independent accountability journalism straight to your inbox, please subscribe: — Subscribe now — UPDATE (3/5, 2 PM) …
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Romney could derail Republican subpoena targeting Bidens — A Republican effort to subpoena records about Joe Biden and his son Hunter could be derailed amid concerns from at least one GOP senator that the push appears politically motivated. — The Senate Homeland Security Committee is set …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's Plan to ‘Help’ Black America Is a Corrupt Scam to Enrich His Family — Now that President Trump's Plan A of running against Bernie Sanders is looking unlikely, he is preparing for Plan B: campaigning against Joe Biden. Trump has plenty of avenues of attack, ranging from legitimate …
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Rod Dreher:
Trump: Public Health Menace — The president in his meeting this week with his coronavirus task force (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) — This is a thing that just happened: … You just shake your head in disbelief at the utter idiocy of this man, and his reckless irresponsibility.
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
'He's trying to kill us': Trump blasted for spreading coronavirus ‘misinformation’ in Fox News interview with Sean Hannity — President Donald Trump spread misinformation about the coronavirus during an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity — and faced furious outrage afterward.
Matt Dixon / Politico:
What does Gov. DeSantis owe Trump? — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The close relationship between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump is souring, and the bad blood is threatening to spill into the president's reelection effort in the nation's biggest swing state.
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Hannah Sampson / Washington Post:
Sick cruise passengers await coronavirus results at sea as officials debate quarantine — A Princess Cruises ship that recently carried people who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus was still being kept off the coast of California Thursday as officials sent kits to test passengers …
U.S. Department of Justice:
Tennessee Man Ordered Removed to Germany Based on Service as Concentration Camp Guard During WWII — A U.S. Immigration Judge in Memphis, Tennessee, has issued a removal order against a German citizen and Tennessee resident, on the basis of his service in Nazi Germany in 1945 as an armed guard …
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Andrew Ferguson / The Atlantic:
The College President Who Simply Won't Raise Tuition — “I'll tell you a funny story,” said Mitch Daniels, the president of Purdue University. It was the day before the first home football game of the season and he was sitting in his corner office, overlooking the postcard-perfect quad.
Farah Stockman / New York Times:
Told to Stay Home, Suspected Coronavirus Patient Attended Event With Dartmouth Students — The worker at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire was confirmed with the disease only after attending the mixer. Now a second man has tested positive.
CNN:
Garry Kasparov: The danger of nominating Sanders — Garry Kasparov is the chairman of the Renew Democracy Initiative and a former world chess champion. The opinions expressed are solely those of the author. View more opinion articles on CNN. — (CNN)In an election year …
Sarah Wallace / NBC New York:
Harvey Weinstein Being Moved to Rikers Despite Bid to Stay at Bellevue, Sources Say — Weinstein was convicted of rape and other criminal charges last month — Harvey Weinstein is being moved from a hospital to jail ahead of his sentencing next week on rape and sex-act convictions …
Ben Tobin / Courier-Journal:
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul votes against bill funding coronavirus emergency aid — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul voted against an emergency response coronavirus bill Thursday afternoon after his proposed amendment to the bill was turned down. — The bill had already received more than 60 affirmative votes …
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