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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He's Definitely Melting Down Over This”: Trump, Germaphobe in Chief, Struggles to Control the Covid-19 Story — Publicly, he sees it as yet another ("Fake News") media war; privately, he worries about virus-carrying journalists on Air Force One. But cancel his rallies? “I'm not going to do it,” he says.
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Biden Holds Primary Lead; Dems Have Edge in General — West Long Branch, NJ - Joe Biden holds a lead over Bernie Sanders in the crucial Michigan primary contest according to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll. The poll also finds both Democrats with a slight edge over President Donald Trump …
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Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Free Press poll: Biden holds huge 24-point edge over Sanders in Michigan — Former Vice President Joe Biden, riding a wave of momentum from primaries in South Carolina and Super Tuesday states, comes into Tuesday's Michigan primary with a 24-point lead over Sen. Bernie Sanders in a new Free Press poll.
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Michigan Was Once Bernie's Resurrection. Now It Could Be His Burial.
Michigan Was Once Bernie's Resurrection. Now It Could Be His Burial.
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New York Times:
2 Congressmen Who Spent Time With Trump Go Into Isolation Amid Fear of Coronavirus — One of the congressmen, Representative Matt Gaetz, rode back on Air Force One from Florida to Washington on Monday afternoon. He announced his self-quarantine an hour after getting off the president's plane.
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Justin Caruso / The Daily Caller:
Trump Recently Spent Time With Doug Collins And Matt Gaetz, Who Both Just Quarantined Themselves …
Trump Recently Spent Time With Doug Collins And Matt Gaetz, Who Both Just Quarantined Themselves …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
GOP Rep. Doug Collins had contact with coronavirus patient, will self-quarantine
GOP Rep. Doug Collins had contact with coronavirus patient, will self-quarantine
CNBC:
Trump had contact with congressmen Collins and Gaetz before they self-quarantined over coronavirus concerns
Trump had contact with congressmen Collins and Gaetz before they self-quarantined over coronavirus concerns
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Congressman Who Mocked Emergency Coronavirus Bill Goes Into Self-Quarantine
Congressman Who Mocked Emergency Coronavirus Bill Goes Into Self-Quarantine
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Alex Wickham / BuzzFeed:
The UK Government Has Reacted With “Incredulity” And “Genuine Disbelief” At Trump's Handling Of Coronavirus — “Our COVID-19 counter-disinformation unit would need twice the manpower if we included him in our monitoring.” — UK government ministers and officials have privately reacted with …
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Stephanie Grisham's stunningly bad answer about President Trump and coronavirus — (CNN)This a real exchange that happened Monday morning between “Fox & Friends” host Ainsley Earhardt and White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham: … Just so everyone is clear on this.
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump and Pence try to reassure GOP donors they have coronavirus response under control
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Melania Trump cancels California fundraiser
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
We Are Watching the Probable Demise of Trump's Reelection in Real Time — President Trump's political career has consisted of a series of self-generated crises that he has improbably survived, from insinuating that John McCain was a coward for having been captured during the war …
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JM Rieger / Washington Post:
The Trump administration has contradicted itself on coronavirus no fewer than 14 times in less than a month
The Trump administration has contradicted itself on coronavirus no fewer than 14 times in less than a month
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
The unique incompetence of Donald Trump in a crisis
The unique incompetence of Donald Trump in a crisis
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QU Poll:
Release Detail — March 9, 2020 - Biden Crushes Sanders In Democratic Race, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; More Disapprove Of Trump's Response To Coronavirus — In the wake of Super Tuesday and as the Democratic contest has narrowed to essentially a two-person race …
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta / CNN:
Why CNN is calling the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic — (CNN)Starting today, you will notice that CNN is using the term pandemic to describe the current coronavirus outbreak. It is not a decision we take lightly. While we know it sounds alarming, it should not cause panic. — So why now?
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Trump administration clashes with airline officials over coronavirus
Trump administration clashes with airline officials over coronavirus
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Fissures widen between White House and health agencies over coronavirus
Fissures widen between White House and health agencies over coronavirus
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Dow sinks more than 2,000 points amid coronavirus uncertainty and plunging oil prices — Markets are teetering close to bear market territory. — Coronavirus fears and the steep sell-off in crude oil caused U.S. markets to continue their precipitous fall, with the Dow Jones Industrial …
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Washington Post:
Live updates: World markets spiral as coronavirus fear unleashes oil-price war; NY Port Authority head tests positive
Live updates: World markets spiral as coronavirus fear unleashes oil-price war; NY Port Authority head tests positive
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Axios:
Joe Biden's secret governing plan — This is a new “Axios on HBO” column on the reality behind the curtain of the powerful, by Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen. — Joe Biden confidants are privately discussing potential leaders and Cabinet members for his White House, including the need to name …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP's ‘Hunterghazi’ probe is about to get much worse — By shocking coincidence, Senate Republicans are set to take a huge step forward with their efforts to investigate Hunter Biden — at exactly the time when Joe Biden is likely to cement his hold on the Democratic nomination.
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Bloomberg Adviser Tim O'Brien Hints At “Scorched Earth” Retaliation Against All The Trump Children If GOP Pursues Hunter Biden — Appearing on MSNBC's “AM Joy,” Bloomberg campaign adviser Tim O'Brien hinted that Mike Bloomberg may use his campaign cash on behalf of Joe Biden to take aim …
Bloomberg:
Seattle's Patient Zero Spread Coronavirus Despite Ebola-Style Lockdown — The man who would become Patient Zero for the new coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. appeared to do everything right. He arrived Jan. 19 at an urgent-care clinic in a suburb north of Seattle with a slightly elevated temperature …
Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
The coronavirus is Trump's Chernobyl — On Saturday, April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor at Chernobyl power station exploded just outside the town of Pripyat in the Soviet Union. During the crucial early hours of the disaster, a cascading series of mistakes exacerbated the emergency.
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Axios:
Scoop: Pence urged Netanyahu not to target U.S. with coronavirus quarantine, but “go global” — Vice President Mike Pence personally asked Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu not to target his newly announced coronavirus quarantine at visitors from the U.S., but to “go global,” senior Israeli officials tell me.
Akane Otani / Wall Street Journal:
Circuit Breaker Halts Stock Trading for First Time Since 1997 — Stock trading halted for 15 minutes after S&P 500 falls 7% — Stock trading was briefly halted Monday for the first time since 1997 after a tumultuous selloff triggered an automatic curb on trading.
New York Times:
How the Trump Campaign Took Over the G.O.P. — The president's campaign manager and his allies commandeered Republican voter data and fund-raising engines, consolidating power — and profiting — in ways never before possible. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's campaign manager and a circle …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Former Obama fundraising chief calls on over 700 bundlers to back Joe Biden's surging campaign — The architect of President Barack Obama's 2012 fundraising juggernaut has reached out to more than 700 bundlers in a bid to convince them to back Joe Biden's candidacy as he rides momentum from his Super Tuesday triumphs.
Politico:
Bloomberg aides fired despite year-long employment promise — Mike Bloomberg's shuttered presidential campaign is firing staffers across the country and inviting them to reapply for jobs on his new independent committee — despite extending guarantees of being paid through the November election when they were hired.