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9:45 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
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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Washington Post:
21 people test positive for coronavirus on California cruise ship, out of 46 tested so far  —  Nearly half of the people initially tested aboard a cruise ship being held in waters off San Francisco have been infected with coronavirus, Vice President Pence said Friday.
Joanne Kenen / Politico:   How testing failures allowed coronavirus to sweep the U.S.
ABC News:
2 die from coronavirus in Florida, raising US death toll to 17
Discussion: HuffPost
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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
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.
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:   A Sanders Voter, Weary of Debt at 29: ‘I Have Nothing to Lose’
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, Bloomberg and The Atlantic
Sean McMinn / NPR:
Biden Outperforming Sanders In Counties With Lower Incomes, More Voters Of Color  —  A month after the Iowa caucuses, Super Tuesday offered up the first look at how a diverse swath of the country could vote in the Democratic presidential primary race.  —  Now that more than 1,200 counties …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
President Trump plays on Sanders' supporters dislike of Joe Biden
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
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
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.
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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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 …
Brad Heath / Reuters:
Americans divided on party lines over risk from coronavirus: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans who now find themselves politically divided over seemingly everything are now forming two very different views of another major issue: the dangers of the new coronavirus.
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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Katy Tur / MSNBC:
Columbia U doctor on federal response to coronavirus: ‘gross amateur hour incompetence’  —  This morning President Trump signed an emergency bill for $8.4 billion coronavirus funding.  Dr. Irwin Redlener, Director Of Columbia University's National Center For Disaster Preparedness joins Yasmin Vossoughian …
 
 
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Bill Maher Goes Full Sexist, Defends Chris Matthews and Mocks His Sexual Harassment Accuser
Discussion: Raw Story
Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed News:
An Asylum-Seeker Who Was Kidnapped And Tortured With Acid Begged US Border Officers Not To Send Her Back.
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
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
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
 Earlier Items: 
Angela Fortuna / NBC Connecticut:
First Case of Coronavirus in Connecticut, Reported in Danbury
Discussion: Hartford Courant and NBC New York
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
New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.: City Pleads for More Tests as Cases Rise
Discussion: Gothamist
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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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A federal court rejects OpenAI's effort to toss a lawsuit by The Intercept, which argued that the DMCA prevents OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline

 
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