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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
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.
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump and his campaign promote dishonestly edited Biden video — Urban defends Sanders: Endorsements don't matter — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump and his campaign promoted a dishonestly edited video on Saturday that wrongly made it seem as if Democratic presidential …
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Yun Li / CNBC:
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.
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Bloomberg:
Oil Drops 31% in Worst Loss Since Gulf War as Price Fight Erupts — Saudi Arabia makes deepest price cuts in at least 20 years — Collapse of OPEC+ alliance triggers crude supply free-for-all — Oil markets tumbled more than 30% after the disintegration of the OPEC+ alliance triggered …
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
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
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Ted Cruz to stay at home this week after interacting with coronavirus patient — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Sunday that he shook hands with a man now confirmed to be infected with the novel form of coronavirus during a recent interaction at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
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Jim VandeHei / Axios:
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 …
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Sandi Doughton / The Seattle Times:
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 …
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GeekWire, New York Post and Twitchy
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
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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Associated Press:
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.
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travel.state.gov:
Cruise Ship Passengers … If You Choose to Travel: — Read our Traveler's Checklist and make sure to: — Research your destination to learn about important health and safety precautions to take. — Check our country information for the countries you will be visiting.
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Taylor Dolven / Miami Herald:
State Department warns against traveling by cruise ship during coronavirus outbreak
State Department warns against traveling by cruise ship during coronavirus outbreak
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Florida Politics and New York Post
Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
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 …
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John Tozzi / Bloomberg:
U.S. Moves From Containment to Preparing for Daily Disruptions
U.S. Moves From Containment to Preparing for Daily Disruptions
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New York Times, Sputnik News and Politico
Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Trump May Have Been Exposed To Coronavirus At CPAC
Trump May Have Been Exposed To Coronavirus At CPAC
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Washington Post:
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.
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
‘Plan will be in place’ by Grand Princess docking: HUD Secretary Ben Carson — Carson is a member of the White House's coronavirus task force. — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said ABC's “This Week,” that the Trump administration would have a plan to deal with the passengers …
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Carson declines to ‘preview’ plan for virus-stricken ship's docking: 'We shouldn't have 16 …
Carson declines to ‘preview’ plan for virus-stricken ship's docking: 'We shouldn't have 16 …
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POLITICUSUSA and ABC News
Associated Press:
Despite virus risk, 2020 hopefuls keep up campaigns for now — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — As the coronavirus hits more states, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Sunday his campaign is gauging when it may become necessary to cancel the large campaign rallies …
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Surgeon General to Jake Tapper: Trump Is ‘Healthier’ Than I Am
Surgeon General to Jake Tapper: Trump Is ‘Healthier’ Than I Am
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
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.”
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New York Times and HuffPost
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russian Media Freak Over Joe Biden's Election Resurrection — The Kremlin-controlled media hoped and, it would seem, believed that Bernie Sanders would get the Democratic nomination, paving the way to victory for Donald Trump. — Former Vice President Joe Biden's Super Tuesday victories …
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Politico:
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.
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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
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 …
Washington Post:
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 …
Wes Parnell / New York Daily News:
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 …
Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
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 …
Colin Campbell / Yahoo News:
Hillary Clinton: Biden ‘is building the kind of coalition that I had’ — Hillary Clinton said in a new interview that Joe Biden's path to the 2020 nomination looks similar to hers back in 2016. — “What Joe's victories on Super Tuesday showed is that he is building the kind of coalition …
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Leslie Brody / Wall Street Journal:
Coronavirus Cases in New York State Rise to 105 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo urges the CDC to approve testing for Covid-19 by private labs — The number of people across New York infected with coronavirus rose to 105, state officials said Sunday, as residents prepared for a new workweek full …
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Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura / New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.: Cuomo Attacks C.D.C. Over Delays in Testing
Coronavirus in N.Y.: Cuomo Attacks C.D.C. Over Delays in Testing
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POLITICUSUSA, The Hill and Rolling Stone