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.

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 …

Global Markets in Turmoil as Oil Plunges  —  Bond investors push U.S. Treasury yields to fresh record as concerns about global economic stability escalate  —  The prospect of an energy glut ratcheted up turmoil across markets world-wide on Monday, with oil plunging 20% and the yield …

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.

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 …

Anxiety in an aging Congress as coronavirus marches across U.S.  —  “There's a lot of concern that members could bring it home,” a senior Democratic leadership aide says as offices discuss recessing Congress.  —  WASHINGTON — Members of Congress are becoming increasingly anxious about coronavirus …

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 …

For Trump, Coronavirus Proves to Be an Enemy He Can't Tweet Away  —  A president who is at his strongest politically when he has a human target to attack has found it harder to confront a growing outbreak that has rattled the country.  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — Defending against criticism …

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 …

What the media missed about Joe Biden's electability  —  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at Tougaloo College on March 08, 2020 in Tougaloo, Mississippi.  Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images  —  Political devotees don't like Joe Biden, but voters do.

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.”

Family of Missouri's first coronavirus patient broke self quarantine, St. Louis County officials say  —  Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School will close Monday after administrators learned that a St. Louis County woman infected with the coronavirus is the older sister of a Villa Duchesne student.

Coronavirus going to hit its peak and start falling sooner than you think  —  Nations are closing borders, stocks are plummeting and a New York Times headline reads: “The Coronavirus Has Put the World's Economy in Survival Mode.”  Both political parties have realized the crisis could severely impact …

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock to run for Senate, boosting Democrats' fortunes in their bid to claim Senate majority  —  Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced Monday that he will run for Senate, in a reversal that boosts Democrats' fortunes in their bid to unseat Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and reclaim the Senate majority.

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 …

Michigan Was Once Bernie's Resurrection.  Now It Could Be His Burial.  —  ANN ARBOR, Michigan—When Bernie Sanders scored the biggest upset of the 2016 primary, defeating Hillary Clinton in Michigan after late polls showed him losing the state by an average of 30 points, he celebrated it as a turning point in the campaign.

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.

Surge of Virus Misinformation Stumps Facebook and Twitter  —  Secret labs.  Magic cures.  Government plots.  Despite efforts by social media companies to stop it, false information about the coronavirus is proliferating around the world.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — First, there were conspiratorial whispers …

Facebook sued by Australian information watchdog over Cambridge Analytica-linked data breach  —  Facebook alleged to have committed serious breaches with data collected by This is Your Digital Life app used by Cambridge Analytica for political profiling  —  Australia's information commissioner …