Dow futures tumble 900 points as all-out oil price war adds to coronavirus stress  —  Stock futures tumbled in overnight trading Sunday as investors continued to brace for the economic fallout from the spreading coronavirus, while a shocking all-out oil price war added to the anxiety.

Twitter flags video retweeted by President Trump as ‘manipulated media’  —  It's the first time the social network has enforced a new policy to fight doctored videos and photos  —  Twitter applied its new “manipulated media” label for the first time on Sunday to a deceptively edited video of former vice president Joe Biden.

Ted Cruz to self-quarantine after contact with coronavirus patient  —  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) confirmed via Twitter on Sunday evening he recently interacted with someone who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, so he's decided to self-quarantine at home.  —  Go deeper: … Go deeper

Donald Trump Jr. says he'll debate Hunter Biden and release his taxes  —  In an interview for “Axios on HBO,” Donald Trump Jr. told me he wants to debate Hunter Biden over who has benefited more financially from their father's government service.  —  Driving the news: “We can go full transparency …

Gates-funded program will soon offer home-testing kits for new coronavirus  —  Testing for the novel coronavirus in the Seattle area will get a huge boost in the coming weeks as a project funded by Bill Gates and his foundation begins offering home-testing kits that will allow people who fear …

Trump in the Time of the Coronavirus  —  The first official act of the Trump Administration was the Inauguration—and, within hours, a lie delivered from the White House press room about how this had been “the largest audience to ever witness an Inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe.”

Coronavirus case at CPAC brings outbreak closer to Trump, threatening to upend his routine amid reelection bid  —  A growing sense of concern and uncertainty about the reach of the novel coronavirus has begun to take hold in the White House, after an attendee at a recent political conference …

Coronavirus is exposing Trump's unsuitability to handle a crisis  —  President Trump's bombastic style has served him well through many stages of his political career, but as the coronavirus spreads rapidly throughout the United States, it is exposing how deeply unsuited he is to deal …

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Italy quarantines north in drastic bid to slow virus spread  —  ROME (AP) — Italy took a page from China's playbook Sunday, locking down around 16 million people — more than a quarter of its population — for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new coronavirus across Europe.

ICE agents storm Brooklyn restaurant and douse detainee with pepper spray  —  ICE agents stormed a Brooklyn restaurant and released a cloud of caustic pepper spray to nab an undocumented immigrant worker, unsettling video of the bust shows.  —  The agents barged into La Cabana …

Coronavirus Updates: Cuomo Urges New Yorkers To Avoid Crowds As Statewide Cases Surpass 100  —  This is our daily update of breaking COVID-19 news for Sunday, March 8th, 2020.  Previous daily updates can be found here.  Our guide to preparing for the spread of coronavirus is here …

Anxiety grips companies across the world as virus spreads  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Since breaking out of China, the coronavirus has breached the walls of the Vatican.  It's struck the Iranian holy city of Qom and contaminated a nursing home in Seattle.  —  And around the world …

Three more coronavirus infections reported in D.C. area Saturday  —  A D.C. man in his 50s has been hospitalized with covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said Saturday night.  Another man who was traveling in the District appears to have contracted the virus as well.

What Bernie Sanders Gets Right About the Media  —  The senator's sweeping critique of coverage has more merit than we in the media like to admit.  —  When a BuzzFeed News colleague and I sat down with Bernie Sanders in his Capitol Hill office in 2015, he started with a thank you …

Sanders Is Behind With Black Voters.  He Didn't Fix That in Flint.  —  An event in Michigan was billed as an opportunity for the senator to make his case directly to black voters, who have broken strongly for Joe Biden.  It didn't work out that way.  —  FLINT, Mich. — Cornel West pleaded with his …

Surgeon General to Jake Tapper: Trump Is ‘Healthier’ Than I Am  —  OH REALLY?  —  After Surgeon General Jerome Adams advised on State of the Union Sunday morning that older Americans and those with underlying medical issues should “think very carefully” before taking long flights or going into big crowds …

POLITICO Playbook: SCOOP: Trump skipping annual bipartisan Capitol lunch  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SCOOP: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is scheduled to skip the annual St. Patrick's Day lunch in the Capitol this Thursday, one of Washington's oldest time-honored bipartisan traditions, Hill sources tell us.

With global economy in balance, the White House and Fed are at odds over how to help  —  Trump and his top advisers want the Fed to do more, but many economists and central bank leaders say the president and Congress must lead on a stimulus package.  —  As he concluded meetings in Saudi Arabia …