Judge Calls Barr's Handling of Mueller Report ‘Distorted’ and ‘Misleading’  —  The judge said the attorney general lacked credibility on the matter and said he would review the report to decide whether to make its redacted portions public.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge …

Trump's trip to CDC in flux after coronavirus scare  —  President Donald Trump abruptly canceled his scheduled Friday visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta even as the coronavirus outbreak escalates.  —  Trump's schedule Friday, which was released publicly at nearly midnight …

‘Doomed from the Start.’ Experts Say the Trump Administration's Coronavirus Response Was Never Going to Work  —  The Trump Administration's strategy to combat COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, began with a relatively simple focus: keep it out of the United States.

As Bernie Sanders Pushed for Closer Ties, Soviet Union Spotted Opportunity  —  Previously unseen documents from a Soviet archive show how hard Mr. Sanders worked to find a sister city in Russia when he was a mayor in the 1980s.  Moscow saw a chance for propaganda.

Trump's Calamitous Coronavirus Response  —  A whole-of-government mobilization to protect the president's ego.  —  Last month, after analyzing figures on epidemics since 1960, The Economist concluded that people die at a higher rate from such disease outbreaks in authoritarian countries …

Warren calls out Sanders for ‘organized nastiness’ and ‘bullying’ by his supporters  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called out Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for not taking steps to control the “organized nastiness” of some of his supporters during the presidential campaign.

Why Southern Democrats Saved Biden  —  For those who live in the shadow of segregation and racial terror, the election is not about policy or personality.  It's about something much darker.  —  Ms. Gay is a member of the editorial board.  —  At the Lorraine Motel in Memphis …

Controversial execution carried out despite pleas from advocates  —  Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey refused to step in and stop the lethal injection.  —  The controversial execution of Nathaniel Woods was carried out late Thursday in Alabama just minutes after the Supreme Court denied a temporary stay, issued only hours earlier.

‘This Was a Grift’: Bloomberg Staffers Explain Campaign's Demise  —  When Elizabeth Warren embarrassed Bloomberg on the debate stage, his lackluster campaign was effectively over.  —  Michael Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday after being walloped on Super Tuesday.

Person who travelled to Vegas tests positive for coronavirus; Toronto Public Health monitoring  —  A person who travelled to Las Vegas for an international conference has tested positive for COVID-19.  This brings the total number of infections in Ontario to 24.

POLITICO Playbook: The next coronavirus crisis  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THINK ABOUT THIS: What if this is only the beginning of the coronavirus economic downturn?  Imagine if stocks keep on slipping and, even more concerning, if Americans truly stop traveling domestically and internationally over the spring and summer.

Job growth smashes expectations for February as unemployment falls back to 3.5%  —  By Jeff Cox@JEFF.COX.7528@JEFFCOXCNBCCOM  — Nonfarm payrolls rose by 273,000 in February vs. a 175,000 estimate, while the unemployment rate edged lower to 3.5%.  — Job gains were widespread, with health care adding 57,000 to lead the way.

The ‘Million Dollars Per Person’ Affair Is Telling  —  Herewith, a good example of why the Democratic Party is stuck in its current mode. … Obviously, the math here is spectacularly off.  If Michael Bloomberg had divided the money he spent on his presidential run evenly among Americans, we would each have got $1.53, not $1 million.

‘This is absolutely abhorrent’: Nazi flag at Sanders rally sparks outcry, concerns about safety  —  Moments after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took the stage at his campaign rally in Phoenix Thursday night, the crowd was on its feet cheering madly for the Democratic presidential candidate.

Trump loses another White House ‘original’  —  Adam Kennedy, who led the White House's rapid response efforts on impeachment and other crises, including Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation battle, is leaving the government later this month, according to two White House officials.

'It's Pure Panic': A Wrenching Wait at Nursing Home Where Coronavirus Took Hold  —  Cut off from their relatives inside a virus-stricken nursing center, families are frantically searching for help and basic information.  —  KIRKLAND, Wash. — The hardest day of Debbie de los Angeles's life …

Bernie Sanders Had a Problem With MSNBC.  Then Came Super Tuesday.  —  After a string of primary losses, the Vermont senator turned to a news network his allies love to criticize.  —  Two weeks ago, in the bowels of a Las Vegas casino, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont confronted the president of MSNBC …

Elizabeth Warren's pandering and dishonesty brought her campaign to an end  —  “Black trans and cis women, gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary people are the backbone of our democracy.”  —  This embarrassing, obsequious, pandering line, tweeted by Elizabeth Warren in November as her campaign began …

Bill Clinton Explains Monica Lewinsky Affair as ‘Managing My Anxieties’  —  Mr. Clinton was asked about the scandal for the Hulu documentary series “Hillary.”  —  Former President Bill Clinton, recalling the sex scandal that led to his impeachment in 1998, says in a new documentary series …

Tens of thousands of political ads on Facebook lacked key details about who paid for them, new report finds  —  Researchers discovered major gaps in Facebook's ad archive that could “enable a malicious advertiser to avoid accurate disclosure of their political ads,” they wrote

Trump Signs $8.3 Billion Spending Bill to Combat Coronavirus  —  Bill funds vaccine development efforts, sends money to state and local governments to assist response  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump on Friday signed an $8.3 billion emergency spending bill to combat coronavirus …

Why Schumer's apology about his Supreme Court remarks isn't enough  —  One of the bad things about bad behavior by politicians (particularly by Donald Trump, because he's president, but by others as well) is that it not only can encourage bad behavior by politicians of all ideological stripes but also can be cited to justify it.