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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.
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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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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 …
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
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump and Pence try to reassure GOP donors they have coronavirus response under control
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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Press Watch, The American Independent and Digby's Hullabaloo
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 and FOX31 Denver
Cristina Cabrera / Talking Points Memo:
Pelosi And Schumer Demand Trump Admin Require Paid Sick Leave For Coronavirus
Pelosi And Schumer Demand Trump Admin Require Paid Sick Leave For Coronavirus
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Balloon Juice
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
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.
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
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
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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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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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Dow sinks more than 2,000 points amid coronavirus uncertainty and plunging oil prices
Dow sinks more than 2,000 points amid coronavirus uncertainty and plunging oil prices
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CNBC, Vox and Patterico's Pontifications
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, Instapundit, Letters from an American 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, Deseret News, WTOP, The American Independent, The Week, New York Magazine and Bloomberg
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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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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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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Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, The American Independent, The Week and NBC News
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 …
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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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.
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.
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National Review, Daily Kos and Twitchy
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.
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.
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 …
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