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8:25 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 …
New York Times:
Trump Names Mark Meadows Chief of Staff, Ousting Mick Mulvaney  —  President Trump said Friday that Representative Mark Meadows, Republican of North Carolina and a stalwart conservative ally, will become White House chief of staff, replacing Mick Mulvaney, who has served as the acting chief for more than a year.
John Harwood / CNN:
Trump waves off economists' prescriptions for preventing US coronavirus slowdown  —  Gupta on Trump's coronavirus claim: Clearly not the case  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump sent a message Friday to anyone expecting major economic aid to head off a coronavirus recession: Don't hold your breath.
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
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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Mark Murray / NBC News:
President Trump plays on Sanders' supporters dislike of Joe Biden
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
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.
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.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Informed Comment
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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 …
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
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
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
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 …
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.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Former Acting Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Indicted on Theft of Government Property and Scheme to Defraud the United States Government  —  A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a 16-count indictment against a former Acting Inspector General …
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Tristan Justice / The Federalist:   Obama's Homeland Security IG Indicted On Fraud, Theft Charges
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.
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 …
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill and PJ Media Home
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
Fox News:
Trump campaign sues CNN over ‘false and defamatory’ statements, seeks millions in damages  —  EXCLUSIVE: President Trump's re-election campaign filed a libel lawsuit against CNN on Friday for publishing “false and defamatory” statements about seeking Russia's help in the 2020 election.
 
 
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Catches Kellyanne Conway Lying for Trump About Cutting Entitlements
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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
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Angela Fortuna / NBC Connecticut:
First Case of Coronavirus in Connecticut, Reported in Danbury
Discussion: Hartford Courant
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
21 people on Grand Princess cruise ship test positive for coronavirus, Pence says
Discussion: Politico
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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
 

 
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

OpenAI:
OpenAI says its board of directors is evaluating its corporate structure, including a plan to turn its for-profit arm into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation

Angrej Singh / Axios:
Some conservative critics of Elon Musk allege censorship and claim they were stripped of their X verification badges after challenging his views on H-1B visas
 
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