Erik Prince Recruits Ex-Spies to Help Infiltrate Liberal Groups  —  Mr. Prince, a contractor close to the Trump administration, contacted veteran spies for operations by Project Veritas, the conservative group known for conducting stings on news organizations and other groups.

Squandered time: How the Trump administration lost control of the coronavirus crisis  —  The coronavirus had already begun to spiral out of control when Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, during routine Senate testimony, made a surprising claim.  —  “As of today, I can announce …

Italy Plans Large-Scale Lockdown in Country's North to Fight Coronavirus  —  Quarantine, if approved, would apply to 11 provinces and cities including Milan, Venice and Parma  —  MILAN—The Italian government is planning to lock down Lombardy, a region of 10 million people where Milan is the capital …

Trump 'didn't know people died from the flu.' It killed his grandfather.  —  In Atlanta Friday, President Trump talked about the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in other countries vs. the United States.  He also compared coronavirus with influenza.

Matt Gaetz made light of coronavirus by wearing a gas mask.  Now one of his constituents has died.  —  Days after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) wore an enormous gas mask during a House floor vote on an emergency funding package for the coronavirus response, the congressman announced that a resident …

Coronavirus in N.Y.: Cuomo Declares State of Emergency  —  The announcement came as the number of patients in New York rose to 76, including a man who is apparently an Uber driver in Queens.  —  ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo declared a state of emergency on Saturday as the number …

Live updates: More than 1,200 new cases reported in Italy in past 24 hours; New York has 21 additional cases  —  New York confirmed 21 new coronavirus cases Saturday, and Italy reported that country's biggest daily increase in infections since the outbreak there began.

Trump's Crazy Fantasy World  —  In what The Spectator calls “the Year of the Drunken Uncle,” three old guys vie for the presidency amid coronavirus fears and a careering stock market.  —  WASHINGTON — The cruel insults to Joe Biden's mental acuity are flying fast and ferocious on Fox News.

Dallas County asks for Super Tuesday recount after discovering it missed some ballots  —  In a petition filed late Friday in state district court, the county is now seeking to perform a recount of backup paper ballots.  —  Dallas County officials are seeking a recount of the March 3 primary results …

First lady pushes back against critics of her tennis tweet  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Melania Trump pushed back Saturday after photos she tweeted of herself overseeing a White House construction project generated an online backlash.  —  “I encourage everyone who chooses …

Amtrak suspends nonstop Acela service between DC and New York due to coronavirus  — The Acela nonstop service will be temporarily suspended starting Tuesday, March 10 until Tuesday, May 26.  — Amtrak has also waived change fees on all existing or new reservations made before April 30.

Democrats, You Really Do Not Want To Nominate Joe Biden … If you are a Democrat, you may be thinking about the presidential primary something like this: Joe Biden doesn't seem like a bad guy.  He was a good Vice President under Obama, and he's certainly better than the monster we have in the White House right now.

When an emergency room suspected I had coronavirus, things got serious fast  —  The snaking check-in line at the emergency room last Friday and the scores of sickly patients seeking comfort in the spartan lobby presaged a long, dreadful morning.  —  Then something worse happened …

Fiona Hill says Vladimir Putin has U.S. “exactly where he wants us”  —  In her first interview since the impeachment inquiry, President Trump's former top adviser on Russia tells 60 Minutes the Russians didn't invent partisan divides in America, but “they understand how to exploit them.”

Coronavirus Live Updates: New York Declares Emergency as Outbreak Spreads in U.S. and Surges in Europe  —  U.S. cases pass 370, and thousands on a cruise ship off California await testing.  —  RIGHT NOW Washington State's count of cases has passed 100, and its death toll has risen to 16.

New CDC guidance says older adults should ‘stay at home as much as possible’ due to coronavirus  —  (CNN)Amid a coronavirus outbreak in the United States, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is encouraging older people and people with severe chronic medical conditions to “stay at home as much as possible.”

Trump Is Counting on the Supreme Court to Save Him  —  Sometime before June 29, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court will either plunge the United States into the severest constitutional crisis of the Trump years—or save Americans from that crisis.  —  Three different committees of Congress …

Fact check: White House falsely claims the coronavirus has been ‘contained’ in the US  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, falsely claimed on Friday that the coronavirus “is contained” in the US.  Another senior Trump official …

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 …

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.

Suburbanites are voting and that's good news for Joe Biden  —  BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Nearly two years after suburbanites helped drive a Democratic surge, there are clear signs these voters are engaged and primed to vote Democratic again.  —  Turnout in the Democratic presidential primary …

Rescuers race to save 30 people still trapped in collapsed five-star hotel in China being used to quarantine coronavirus victims  —  A desperate rescue attempt is underway to save 30 people still trapped in a collapsed five-star hotel China.  —  Xinjia Hotel in Quanzhou City was recently converted …

Seattle health care providers scramble to ration medical supplies as coronavirus cases climb  —  Less than a week after diagnosed cases of COVID-19 grew rapidly in the Seattle area, health care providers say medical supplies are growing scarce, threatening to further stress a system already scrambling …

Pot entrepreneurs flocking to the Bible Belt for low taxes  —  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — From their keen taste for sun-ripened pot to their first meeting at a pro-marijuana rally in college in the 1990s, everything about Chip and Jessica Baker fits the stereotype of cannabis country in Northern California, where they lived for 20 years.

POLITICO Playbook: What Mark Meadows means for Donald Trump  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  MARK RANDALL MEADOWS, the new White House chief of staff, has a knack for hatching plans to solve problems.  The catch is, his time in Congress has seen problems at least partially of his own making …

A Sanders Voter, Weary of Debt at 29: ‘I Have Nothing to Lose’  —  Brian Michelz has never worn a political T-shirt or been to a campaign rally.  But when he voted for the first time in his life, it was for Bernie Sanders.  What will he do if Mr. Sanders loses?

Bill Maher Goes Full Sexist, Defends Chris Matthews and Mocks His Sexual Harassment Accuser  —  It was a truly ugly, outrageously sexist display from the “Real Time” host.  —  After an extended (and terribly lame) opening monologue bit on the coronavirus and the bang-up job that “Donald Trump …