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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 …
Bloomberg:
Deepening Rout in U.S. Stock Futures Triggers Limit Down Rules — CME rules stipulate futures can't fall more than 5% from close — S&P 500 futures sink as Saudi Arabia wages oil price war — Waves of selling in U.S. stock index futures triggered Chicago Mercantile Exchange limits …
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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KSHB-TV, The Daily Caller, POLITICUSUSA, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Dot, Power Line and The Hill
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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New York Post, GeekWire and Twitchy
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
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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The Hill and Washington Post
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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The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, New York Post and Raw Story
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
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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Rachel Donadio / The Atlantic:
Italy's Coronavirus Response Is a Warning From the Future
Italy's Coronavirus Response Is a Warning From the Future
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Wall Street Journal and New York Times
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 …
Elizabeth Kim / Gothamist:
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 …
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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
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 …
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
Ben Smith / New York Times:
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 …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
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 …
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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 …
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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