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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.
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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Fox News, Associated Press, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Biden takes big lead over Sanders in Michigan: poll
Biden takes big lead over Sanders in Michigan: poll
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Redstate
CNN:
CNN poll: Biden has double-digit lead over Sanders for Democratic nomination
CNN poll: Biden has double-digit lead over Sanders for Democratic nomination
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Washington Monthly, Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, Mediaite, Washington Post, KTLA, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Times and Associated Press
Firehouse Strategies:
BREAKING: Trump Loses Ground Against Democratic Challengers in Battleground States
BREAKING: Trump Loses Ground Against Democratic Challengers in Battleground States
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Breitbart and The Guardian
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Cory Booker Endorses Joe Biden
Cory Booker Endorses Joe Biden
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The Nation, New Republic, Bloomberg, Vanity Fair, NBC News, Townhall, New York Post, CNN, Common Dreams, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, BuzzFeed News, HuffPost and The Week
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
Biden's endorsement haul: Who has backed ex-VP since Super Tuesday?
Biden's endorsement haul: Who has backed ex-VP since Super Tuesday?
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The Federalist, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Hill
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.
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NBC News:
Trump to weigh coronavirus stimulus options Monday, including paid sick leave — Advisers were preparing to brief the president on a menu of options to shore up the economy, according to people familiar with the discussions. — WASHINGTON — White House and administration officials …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Fissures widen between White House and health agencies over coronavirus — (CNN)Fissures between the White House and national health agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have begun to expand as the coronavirus pandemic spreads to more American states …
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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Digby's Hullabaloo and The American Independent
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Stephanie Grisham's stunningly bad answer about President Trump and coronavirus
Stephanie Grisham's stunningly bad answer about President Trump and coronavirus
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Raw Story
CNBC:
White House to invite Wall Street executives to meet over coronavirus concerns
White House to invite Wall Street executives to meet over coronavirus concerns
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Washington Post
CNN:
As coronavirus gains a foothold in the nation, it's business as usual for Trump
As coronavirus gains a foothold in the nation, it's business as usual for Trump
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Raw Story, Deseret News, Florida Politics and FOX31 Denver
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Trump to meet with economic team to hash out fiscal stimulus measures
Trump to meet with economic team to hash out fiscal stimulus measures
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The Hill
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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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Hill and Political Wire
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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Washington Post:
Live updates: World markets spiral as coronavirus fear unleashes oil-price war; NY Port Authority head tests positive — A new oil price war sparked by the coronavirus sent shock waves through financial markets, with stocks tumbling around the world as more countries implemented measures …
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ABC News, Vanity Fair, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, VICE, Common Dreams and The Week
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Brian Sullivan / CNBC:
Putin just sparked an oil price war with Saudi Arabia — and US energy companies may be the victims
Putin just sparked an oil price war with Saudi Arabia — and US energy companies may be the victims
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Financial Times, The Week, Informed Comment, Letters from an American, Instapundit and New York Times
David Winning / Wall Street Journal:
Global Markets in Turmoil as Oil Plunges
Global Markets in Turmoil as Oil Plunges
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New York Times, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Deseret News, WTOP, The American Independent and The Week
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Congressman Who Mocked Emergency Coronavirus Bill Goes Into Self-Quarantine — When the U.S. House passed an emergency $8.3 billion spending bill to battle the coronavirus epidemic last week, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona questioned the tremendous cost.
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About Me, Ted Cruz and Talking Points Memo
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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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The American Independent and NBC News
CBS New York:
Coronavirus Update: Number Of Cases Continues To Climb Across Tri-State; New Jersey's 1st Patient Speaks Out — NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in New York has grown to 142, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. That makes it the state with largest number of confirmed cases in the country.
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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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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.
Tom Kludt / Vanity Fair:
“We're About to Walk Off a Cliff”: The Pro-Bernie Media Makes Its Last Stand Against Biden — The Sanders camp is making a final swarming social media attack on Joe Biden, as Cenk, Taibbi, and Chapo guys and an army of others question whether the former Veep is mentally fit.
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The Intercept
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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Raw Story
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.
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 …
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
The Coronavirus Recession Will Be Unusually Difficult to Fight — Global markets are volatile. Supply-chain disruptions are piling up. Economists are slashing forecasts. Investors are fleeing to the safety of bonds. The coronavirus epidemic is a public-health crisis, and it is morphing into an economic crisis, too.
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Common Dreams and Vox
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
The markets are sending a message about coronavirus: The recession risk is real
The markets are sending a message about coronavirus: The recession risk is real
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Washington Monthly and Bloomberg
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.
Nancy Cook / Politico:
In crisis, Trump team sees a chance to achieve long-sought goals — In the depths of the 2008 economic downturn, incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel uttered one of those controversial but honest lines that shook Washington: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.”
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Washington Post and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Hundreds exposed to D.C. church rector with coronavirus urged to self-quarantine — This is a developing story. It will be updated. — D.C. officials on Monday urged hundreds who attended Christ Church Georgetown on several recent days to self-quarantine because of their exposure …
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.
Jeremy Pelzer / Plain Dealer:
Three Ohioans, all from Cuyahoga County, have coronavirus, Gov. Mike DeWine says — COLUMBUS, Ohio—Three Ohioans have tested positive for the new coronavirus, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Monday afternoon. — The governor, speaking at a Statehouse news conference, said all three are from Cuyahoga County.
CNBC:
Twitter CEO Dorsey keeps his job after company strikes investment deal with Elliott Management, Silver Lake — Twitter struck a deal with investment firms Silver Lake and Elliott Management that does not mention changes to Jack Dorsey's role as CEO, the company announced Monday.
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