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Jeffery Martin / Newsweek:
Republican mayor drops Donald Trump for Joe Biden in key swing state of Michigan — With Tuesday's Democratic primaries hours away, former Vice President Joe Biden has found an unexpected supporter in Sterling Heights, Michigan Mayor Michael Taylor, a Republican.
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Sean Colarossi / POLITICUSUSA:
Kamala Harris Looks Like A VP As She Brings Down The House At Biden's Michigan Rally — California Sen. Kamala Harris - seen by many as a top contender for a vice presidential slot - brought down the house at Joe Biden's jam-packed Detroit rally on Monday night.
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Democrats vote: What the polls show for Biden and Sanders in Michigan, other states — The former vice president has been on the move since winning big on Super Tuesday last week. — Democratic voters in six states will make their choices for president known Tuesday, when more than 350 delegates are at stake.
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Biden Holds Primary Lead; Dems Have Edge in General
Biden Holds Primary Lead; Dems Have Edge in General
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Michigan primary could make or break Sanders' campaign
New York Times:
Trump Floats Economic Stimulus in Response to Coronavirus — The president backed a payroll tax cut and aid for hourly wage earners affected by the outbreak. He spoke after a trip where he spent time with two congressmen who were exposed to a person infected with the virus.
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Billy House / Bloomberg:
Trump Hasn't Been Tested for Virus But Top Aide Is Quarantined — Trump named Meadows as his new chief of staff last week — Several lawmakers had contact with infected person at event — President Donald Trump has yet to be tested for the coronavirus, even as his incoming chief …
Washington Post:
From tweet eruptions to economic steps, Trump struggles for calm amid market meltdown and coronavirus crisis — President Trump confronted one of the most perilous days of his presidency Monday by first erupting in a barrage of commentary that failed to calm the cratering financial markets …
Emily Goodin / Daily Mail:
Gaetz goes into quarantine AFTER flying on Air Force One with Trump — President Donald Trump refused to answer questions on whether he's been tested for the coronavirus after traveling with Congressman Matt Gaetz, who is voluntarily self-quarantining.
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Three GOP congressmen who interacted with Trump say they are quarantining after contact with coronavirus carrier
Three GOP congressmen who interacted with Trump say they are quarantining after contact with coronavirus carrier
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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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John Walcott / TIME:
The Trump Administration Is Stalling an Intel Report That Warns the U.S. Isn't Ready for a Global Pandemic — An annual intelligence report that has been postponed without explanation by President Donald Trump's administration warns that the U.S. remains unprepared for a global pandemic …
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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Rick Newman / Yahoo Finance:
America's worst financial adviser — The Kudlow Portfolio is tanking. — On Feb. 25, Larry Kudlow, director of the White House's National Economic Council, suggested it was a good time to buy stocks. “The virus story is not going to last forever,” Kudlow
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Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
The Dangerous Delays in U.S. Coronavirus Testing Continue — Nearly two weeks after the new coronavirus was first found to be spreading among Americans, the United States remains dangerously limited in its capacity to test people for the illness, an ongoing investigation from The Atlantic has found.
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Business Insider:
One chart shows how many coronavirus tests per capita have been completed in 8 countries. The US is woefully behind. — As the coronavirus spreads globally — more than 100 countries have reported cases — governments are ramping up testing. — South Korea and China have tested hundreds of thousands of cases.
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Associated Press:
Trump talks down virus as his properties face possible hit — NEW YORK (AP) — One of President Donald Trump's first impulses in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus in China was to suggest it was a buying opportunity in the U.S. stock market. — Even as the global peril of the virus …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
'My phone's been blowing up': CPAC attendees rip the group's virus messaging — A CPAC attendee infected with coronavirus attended multiple days of the conference on a gold-level VIP ticket as well as a Friday night Shabbat dinner associated with the event, according to people familiar with the situation.
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Tom Bossert / Washington Post:
It's now or never for the U.S. if it hopes to keep coronavirus from burning out of control — This column has been updated. — Tom Bossert served as homeland security adviser to President Trump from 2017 to 2018. — The first phase of the coronavirus outbreak was a domestic challenge …
New York Times:
Economy Faces ‘Tornado-Like Headwind’ as Financial Markets Spiral — Crashing financial markets are increasing the risk of a vicious cycle that could usher in a recession. — The fast-spreading coronavirus and a plunge in oil prices set off a chain reaction in financial markets on Monday …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Three reasons Joe Biden will never be president — Joe Biden was sworn into the United States Senate on January 3, 1973. He remained in the Senate until January 15, 2009 — a span of 36 years. If history is any guide, that alone is a disqualifier in Biden's quest for the White House.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Progressive group pressures Sanders and Biden to call for ending filibuster
Progressive group pressures Sanders and Biden to call for ending filibuster
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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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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Gohmert returns to Congress despite possible coronavirus exposure after physician recommendation — Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) returned to Congress Monday, despite potentially being exposed to the coronavirus, saying he was advised by a Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …
Sarah Longwell / New York Times:
‘Never Trump’ Republicans Will Support Biden, not Sanders — Right-of-center voters are open to voting for a moderate Democrat. They have been helping one in the primaries. — Ms. Longwell is the director of Defending Democracy Together. — As more data emerge to explain former Vice …
Carrie Campbell Severino / National Review:
Shame of the Senate — Senator Chuck Schumer's attack on Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh at the Supreme Court last week unleashed a national firestorm. He was not speaking on the fly, but from a prepared speech, when he shouted, “I want to tell you, Gorsuch! I want to tell you, Kavanaugh!
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Securities and Exchange Commission asks D.C. employees to work from home after coronavirus scare — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday asked employees at its DC headquarters to stay away from the office due to a coronavirus scare, becoming the first major federal employer to turn telework due spreading virus.
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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 …
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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Beth LeBlanc / Detroit News:
Long voter waits in Ann Arbor, East Lansing on eve of Michigan primary — East Lansing — College students flooding city clerk's offices in Ann Arbor and East Lansing for absentee ballots and same-day registration were creating wait times of 30 minutes to an hour on the eve of Michigan's presidential primary election.
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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 …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
As the Economy Weakens, the Case for Bernie Grows Stronger — Over the past week, Bernie Sanders's odds of winning the Democratic primary have collapsed — even as the case for his nomination has become sturdier than ever before. — After hitting a high of nearly 70 percent following the Nevada caucuses …
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Kevin Rector / Baltimore Sun:
Caught fabricating evidence, convicted Baltimore police officer remains on force 2½ years later — More than 2½ years ago, defense attorneys released Baltimore Police body-camera footage showing Officer Richard Pinheiro Jr. placing drugs in a vacant lot and then acting as if he'd just discovered them.
Politico:
Coronavirus gets real for an aging Senate — They traverse the country every week by plane, appear at events with hundreds of people and shake countless hands. They work in a sprawling complex with a constant influx of tourists. And two-thirds of them are over the age of 60.
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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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