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Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
Official: White House didn't want to tell seniors not to fly  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The White House overruled health officials who wanted to recommend that elderly and physically fragile Americans be advised not to fly on commercial airlines because of the new coronavirus, a federal official told The Associated Press.
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Washington Post:
Coronavirus continues its rapid spread, confounding efforts by global leaders  —  Washington DC confirms its first case while U.S., global death toll rises  —  Efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak showed signs of faltering on Saturday as Florida reported the U.S.'s first deaths outside …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Adam Rogers / Wired:
Trump's Coronavirus Press Event Was Even Worse Than It Looked  —  His remarks at the CDC on Friday were misguided, misleading, and show how misinformation could hamper Covid-19 containment efforts.  —  On a visit to the Atlanta headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday …
New York Times:
Inside Trump Administration, Debate Raged Over What to Tell Public  —  The administration's response to the coronavirus has repeatedly matched public health experts against a hesitant White House, where worry of panic dominates.  —  WASHINGTON — After weeks of conflicting signals …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Trump's mismanagement helped fuel coronavirus crisis  —  On Friday, as coronavirus infections rapidly multiplied aboard a cruise ship marooned off the coast of California, health department officials and Vice President Mike Pence came up with a plan to evacuate thousands of passengers …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Raw Story
Los Angeles Times:
California man had coronavirus before he boarded Grand Princess, cruise ship official says  —  A California man who died of the novel coronavirus brought it on board the Grand Princess, a cruise ship official said Saturday, suggesting the virus has been in the state much longer than originally believed.
Discussion: New York Post
The Hill:
CDC has tested 1,583 people for coronavirus
Discussion: Shero
Washington Post:
What went wrong with the coronavirus tests in the U.S.
Discussion: New York Times
Greg Clary / CNN:   CPAC attendee tested positive for coronavirus
Bloomberg:   U.S. Has Tested Fewer Than 6,000 Virus Samples, FDA Says
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Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
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.
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
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 …
Washington Post:
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.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo, Variety and UPI
New York Times:
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.
Lorenzo Tondo / The Guardian:
Italy set to quarantine whole of Lombardy due to coronavirus  —  Government's draft decree would impose fines on anyone caught entering or leaving northern region  —  The Italian government is to lockdown the northern region of Lombardy, as it battles to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Mother Jones
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BBC:   Coronavirus: Northern Italy to ‘quarantine 16 million people’
Wall Street Journal:
Italy Plans Large-Scale Lockdown in Country's North to Fight Coronavirus
Discussion: New York Post and The Verge
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:   Italy Locks Down Much of the Country's North
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Why Bernie Sanders may be Joe Biden's best surrogate  —  Analysis: When the Vermont senator calls himself the race's true progressive, it pushes many voters whose top priority is beating Trump toward the former vice president.  —  Bernie Sanders is stacking the rest of his chips …
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
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Osita Nwanevu / New Republic:   Rebooting Bernie Sanders
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
First coronavirus case in D.C. is from community spread, officials say  —  Public health officials in Washington, D.C., have confirmed the city's first known case of coronavirus, Mayor Muriel Bowser told reporters Saturday night.  —  The infected man is a D.C. resident in his 50s who started exhibiting symptoms in late February.
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Evan Semones / Politico:
CPAC attendee tests positive for coronavirus
Discussion: Associated Press
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Joni Ernst's approval rating slips as she mounts reelection campaign  —  U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst's approval rating has fallen among all Iowans as she begins mounting her re-election campaign, but a plurality of Iowa voters say they would definitely vote to re-elect her.
CBS News:
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.”
Discussion: Politico
The Boston Globe:
Prayers in Vegas, slumped shoulders in N.H. — inside the final days of Warren's campaign  —  LAS VEGAS — It was debate day, and on the 33rd floor of the grand Bellagio hotel, high above a city of spectacle and risk, Senator Elizabeth Warren was ready to pray.It was a ritual she and her husband …
Jon Schuppe / NBC News:
Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home.  That made him a suspect.  —  “I was using an app to see how many miles I rode my bike and now it was putting me at the scene of the crime,” the man said.  —  The email arrived on a Tuesday afternoon in January, startling Zachary McCoy …
Discussion: INSIDER and The Verge
Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
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 …
New York Times:
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 …
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Larry McShane / New York Daily News:   State of emergency declared as NYS coronavirus victims total climbs to 76; numbers in Westchester …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
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.
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Victoria Ward / Telegraph:
Prince Andrew hires General Pinochet's former lawyer as he fights FBI Epstein probe  —  Clare Montgomery QC, the leading expert on extradition law, whose clients have included Augusto Pinochet and Nirav Modi has been hired  —  The Duke of York has hired Britain's most respected extradition lawyer …
Taylor Locke / CNBC:
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.
Discussion: Mediaite
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Florida Woman Changed Voters' Party Affiliations, Officials Say  —  Cheryl A. Hall falsified 10 registration forms, at least six of which enrolled Democratic and independent voters as Republicans, said the authorities, who are eyeing an additional 109 forms.
Elizabeth Cohen / CNN:
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.”
 
 
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Coronavirus Is Coming for Trump's Presidency
Robert Wright / Nonzero.org:
Why neoliberals should love Bernie
Discussion: Nonzero Newsletter
Kansas City Star:
First case of the coronovirus in Kansas has arrived in Johnson County, governor says
Jerusalem Post:
Israel mulls quarantine for travelers from NY, California and Washington
Roni Caryn Rabin / New York Times:
How to Quarantine Yourself
Discussion: Scripting News
Beth Baumann / Townhall:
Dan Crenshaw Calls Out Democrats For Their Blatant Lies About the Coronavirus
New York Times:
Coronavirus Live Updates: New York Declares Emergency as Outbreak Spreads in U.S. and Surges in Europe
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Pot entrepreneurs flocking to the Bible Belt for low taxes
 Earlier Items: 
Katie Weston / Daily Mail:
Rescuers race to save 30 people still trapped in collapsed five-star hotel in China being used …
Discussion: Townhall and New York Post
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Counting on the Supreme Court to Save Him
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
First lady pushes back against critics of her tennis tweet
Discussion: The Hill
Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
Democrats, You Really Do Not Want To Nominate Joe Biden
New York Times:
Italy Locks Down Northern Region, and U.S. Coronavirus Cases Pass 400
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
The Innocuous Story of Bernie Sanders's Trip to Russia
Discussion: New York Times
 

 
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

Devin Gordon / New York Times:
AI in Hollywood is a tech leap with a vast impact but remains a tool, not a replacement, for creatives; its speed, quality, and cost allow for VFX breakthroughs

 
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