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9:10 AM ET, March 7, 2020

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Washington Post:
Trump picks Mark Meadows to be new White House chief of staff  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump announced Friday that he has selected outgoing Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) as his next White House chief of staff, tapping one of his most stalwart congressional allies to run the White House …
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Tamara Keith / NPR:
Mick Mulvaney Out, Mark Meadows In As White House Chief Of Staff  —  Updated at 9 p.m. ET  —  For the fourth time in three years, President Trump has a new chief of staff.  —  With his administration grappling with the response to coronavirus — and just months ahead of the next election …
Associated Press:   Trump names Rep. Mark Meadows his new chief of staff
Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:   ‘A TOTAL LEGEND’: How Dan Scavino Became One Of Trump's Most Important Advisers
CNN:
Six former wrestlers say Rep. Jim Jordan knew about abusive OSU doctor  —  Watch Drew Griffin's report on what Jim Jordan knew about the OSU abuse allegations at 5 p.m. ET, on CNN's “The Situation Room” with Wolf Blitzer.  —  (CNN)Tito Vazquez says he still remembers the day three decades ago when …
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Barr Increasingly Appears Focused on Undermining Mueller Inquiry  —  A judge's criticism cast light on the first in a series of steps by the attorney general to take aim at the Russia investigation.  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr testified before Congress last spring that …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Another judge orders review of Russia-probe related document  —  A federal judge in Washington has ordered the National Security Agency to turn over to her a memo that details an unusual conversation in which President Donald Trump pleaded with former NSA chief Adm. Mike Rogers to take action …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘Maybe I have a natural ability’: Trump plays medical expert on coronavirus by second-guessing the professionals  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  President Trump likes to say that he fell into politics almost by accident, and on Friday …
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Joanne Kenen / Politico:
How testing failures allowed coronavirus to sweep the U.S.  —  On Saturday Jan. 11 — a month and a half before the first Covid-19 case not linked to travel was diagnosed in the United States — Chinese scientists posted the genome of the mysterious new virus, and within a week virologists …
New York Times:
With Test Kits in Short Supply, Health Officials Sound Alarms  —  Despite efforts by President Trump and others to reassure the public that tests are getting disseminated quickly, several states, doctors and patients complained that access was limited.  —  President Trump claimed again …
Discussion: CNBC
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Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
Exclusive: The Strongest Evidence Yet That America Is Botching Coronavirus Testing
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
21 people on Grand Princess cruise ship test positive for coronavirus, Pence says
Discussion: Politico
Wall Street Journal:
WSJ News Exclusive |  Top Saudi Royal Family Members Detained  —  Saudi Arabian authorities took into custody two of the kingdom's most prominent figures, clearing away key rivals to the throne for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and further consolidating his power.
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New York Times:
Saudi Prince Detains Senior Members of Royal Family  —  Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has detained a brother of the king, a former crown prince and a cousin, royals who may have been seen as threats to his rule.  —  In a fresh episode of Saudi palace intrigue, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
President Trump plays on Sanders' supporters dislike of Joe Biden  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has been eager to play up the divisions within the Democratic presidential race, especially when it comes to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' supporters.  —  “It's being rigged against …
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Sean McMinn / NPR:   Biden Outperforming Sanders In Counties With Lower Incomes, More Voters Of Color
Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Dear Bernie, black voters propelled Biden comeback, and they're not elite or establishment
Discussion: The Guardian, New York Times and Vox
Chantal Da Silva / Newsweek:
Warren Urged by National Organization for Women Not to Endorse Sanders: He Has ‘Done Next to Nothing for Women’
Discussion: Jezebel
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
The Innocuous Story of Bernie Sanders's Trip to Russia  —  On Thursday night, the Times published an article titled “As Bernie Sanders Pushed for Closer Ties, Soviet Union Spotted Opportunity.”  The subtitle: “Previously unseen documents from a Soviet archive show how hard Mr. Sanders worked …
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Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Bern & Rave at Close of Day / Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Campaign
Nick Mutch / The Daily Beast:
Christopher Steele Whacks Mueller Report and ‘Bad Faith’ Team Trump  —  The former head of MI6's Russia desk was speaking publicly for the first time since his dossier on Trump's relationship with Russia was published in 2017.  —  OXFORD, England—Christopher Steele, a former British spy …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Says Coronavirus Will Help the Economy by Stopping All Travel  —  Last night, President Trump made an attempt to reassure the public on the state of the economy.  It was not very reassuring.  His answer implied that, however low your assessment of his grasp of the economy beforehand …
Discussion: Political Wire
Chris Sommerfeldt / The Seattle Times:
Biden and Sanders expected to be alone in qualifying for next debate  —  Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are likely to go head-to-head for the first time this month.  —  Democratic presidential candidates must have picked up at least 20% of the convention delegates disbursed so far to qualify …
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KGO / ABC7:
Live coronavirus updates: Stanford canceling all in-person courses for remainder of winter quarter amid COVID-19 concerns  —  SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — The outbreak of novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, is having a major impact across the world but also in cities across Northern California.
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump calls Inslee a ‘snake’ over criticism of coronavirus rhetoric  —  President Donald Trump on Friday called Washington Gov. Jay Inslee “a snake” for criticizing his administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak.  —  Speaking in Atlanta at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
New York Times:
The Bernie Sanders Personality Test  —  Bernie Sanders was several takes into a video delivering a message he desperately needed to convey last fall — that he was healthy enough to soldier on after his heart attack — when his team realized something was not clicking.
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
Obama's Homeland Security IG Indicted On Fraud, Theft Charges  —  Former Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Charles Edwards and his former aide Murali Yamazula Venkata were indicted Friday on charges of stealing government property to defraud the U.S. government.
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New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.: City Pleads for More Tests as Cases Rise  —  The city told the federal government that a shortage of tests for the virus had “impeded our ability to beat back this epidemic.”  —  New York City officials pleaded in a letter to the federal government on Friday to send …
Discussion: Gothamist
 
 
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Todd Ruger / Roll Call:
Arrest McGahn? House hints of possibility in court filing on subpoenas
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Catches Kellyanne Conway Lying for Trump About Cutting Entitlements
Discussion: The Hill, Vox and The Intellectualist
ABC News:
2 die from coronavirus in Florida, raising US death toll to 17
Discussion: HuffPost
Zusha Elinson / Wall Street Journal:
Mike Bloomberg's $620 Million Campaign Did Really Well—in American Samoa
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Immigration Officers Say Asylum Deal With Guatemala Is Unlawful
Discussion: The Root
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Alabama inmate Nathaniel Woods executed for 2004 police murders
Discussion: The Root, INSIDER and UPI
Angela Fortuna / NBC Connecticut:
First Case of Coronavirus in Connecticut, Reported in Danbury
Discussion: Hartford Courant and NBC New York
 Earlier Items: 
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Washington Examiner's top editor orders staff not to write negative stories about Fox News
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
White House hires another college senior for sensitive administration post
Discussion: The Hill
Helen Chernikoff / The Forward:
I saw a Nazi flag at a Sanders rally and I had to act — for my Jewish dad
Brad Heath / Reuters:
Americans divided on party lines over risk from coronavirus: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Alex Thompson / Politico:
‘Bailey’ vs. ‘blood and teeth’: The inside story of Elizabeth Warren's collapse
Discussion: Reason and CNN
NBC News:
U.S. has persuasive intel Taliban do not intend to abide by terms of peace deal, officials say
Fox News:
Trump campaign sues CNN over ‘false and defamatory’ statements, seeks millions in damages
 

 
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Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the NFL's two Christmas Day games that streamed on Netflix averaged 24.2M US viewers, peaking at 27M for Beyoncé's Ravens-Texans halftime show

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

Youkyung Lee / Bloomberg:
Shares of South Korean entertainment companies related to Squid Game drop 20%+ following a less-than-perfect debut for the new season of the series on Netflix
 
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