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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:
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 …
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 …
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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The Gateway Pundit, The Wrap and The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
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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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YouTube, PJ Media Home, KSHB-TV, The Daily Caller, The Daily Dot, The Gateway Pundit, Power Line and The Hill
Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
‘Manipulated media’: Twitter applies new label to edited video of Biden
‘Manipulated media’: Twitter applies new label to edited video of Biden
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One America News Network, CNN and POLITICUSUSA
Colin Campbell / Yahoo News:
Hillary Clinton: Biden ‘is building the kind of coalition that I had’
Hillary Clinton: Biden ‘is building the kind of coalition that I had’
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Big League Politics and Twitchy
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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Fox News, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
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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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Bloomberg, Arizona Republic, Slate, Politico and The Gateway Pundit
NBC News:
Cruz to remain in Texas after brief interaction at CPAC with person who tested positive
Cruz to remain in Texas after brief interaction at CPAC with person who tested positive
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Breitbart
Samantha Ketterer / Houston Chronicle:
Sen. Ted Cruz self-quarantines after contact with CPAC attendee who has coronavirus
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
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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NBC News:
Mixed White House messaging on coronavirus sparks internal frustration
Mixed White House messaging on coronavirus sparks internal frustration
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Mediaite, Rolling Stone and Bloomberg
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
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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Politico, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, The Week, Slate, Bloomberg, Raw Story, Florida Politics, New York Post and The Verge
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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
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
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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Digby's Hullabaloo, POLITICUSUSA, Daily Kos, The Hill, New York Post and Raw Story
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
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 …
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 …
Denise Grady / New York Times:
U.S. Health Experts Say Stricter Measures Are Required to Limit Coronavirus's Spread — With more than 500 cases in almost three dozen states, officials worry that containment efforts aren't enough. — As the coronavirus gained a foothold in the United States, thousands of employees …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Simple Reason the Left Won't Stop Losing — Progressives need to care more about winning. — How did the political left squander the opportunity that was the 2020 primary campaign? — The Trump presidency has created tremendous energy among progressives. More than half of Democratic voters now identify as liberal.
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
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 …
Ryan Lattanzio / IndieWire:
Bernie Sanders Loves to Watch ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ and ‘Melancholia’ on His iPad — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who's still currently vying for the top spot over Joe Biden in the ongoing primaries, is a cinephile, it turns out. As revealed in a recent …
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Twitchy
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 …
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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The Daily Beast, Political Wire and Contemptor
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