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9:40 PM ET, March 10, 2020

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New York Times:
Live Primary Election Results: Michigan, Washington and More  —  Six states are holding presidential primaries today.  Michigan and Washington State have the largest numbers of delegates.  —  NO ELECTION NO RESULTS  —  Primary Results By State … Delegates Won So Far
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:   Democrats weigh how to nudge Sanders out if he loses Tuesday
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Biden projected to win pivotal Michigan primary, in major blow to Sanders' struggling campaign
Discussion: The Federalist
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump and GOP mount coordinated campaign to paint Biden as senile
CNN:
Exit polls show Democratic primary voters trust Biden more than Sanders in a crisis
Discussion: National Review
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Michael Moore on Biden: People on the left 'don't see this as real change'
Discussion: Associated Press
CNBC:
Trump pitched 0% payroll tax rate for the rest of the year, White House official says  — President Donald Trump, in a meeting with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday, pitched a 0% payroll tax rate that would last through the rest of this year, a White House official told CNBC.
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Trump Tells GOP He Wants Payroll Tax Waived Through Election
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Associated Press:
White House confirms Trump not coming to Moscow for V-Day
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Melanie Zanona / Politico:
House leaders strike deal to renew surveillance law
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
BBC:
Coronavirus: Health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive  —  Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries says she has tested positive for coronavirus.  —  She said in a statement that as soon as she was informed she took all the advised precautions and had been self-isolating at home.
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Steven Swinford / The Times:
Nadine Dorries: minister with coronavirus had been in No 10
Discussion: Politico and Sputnik News
Kelsey Bradshaw / Austin American-Statesman:
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones charged with DWI in Travis Co., authorities say  —  Austin-based conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was booked into the Travis County Jail on a charge of driving while intoxicated just after midnight Tuesday, the Travis County sheriff's office said.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Arrested on DWI Charge  —  He claims that he wasn't even legally drunk.  —  Prominent right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was arrested early Tuesday morning on charges of driving while intoxicated, according to law enforcement.
Washington Post:
White House likely to pursue federal aid for shale companies hit by oil shock, coronavirus downturn  —  But the idea could face resistance from those who support direct aid to workers.  One critic called the idea ‘absurd.’  —  The White House is strongly considering pushing federal assistance …
Jake Lahut / Business Insider:
Matt Gaetz ended up sleeping in a Walmart parking lot after potentially exposing Trump to the coronavirus  — Rep. Matt Gaetz's whirlwind of a day after he learned he was exposed to the coronavirus ended in a Walmart parking lot, according to the Pensacola News Journal.
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Jim Thompson / Pensacola News Journal:
Gaetz slept in Walmart parking lot to avoid infecting others with possible coronavirus  —  As Air Force One rolled down a runway at Orlando Sanford International Airport on Monday, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a last-minute passenger on the presidential aircraft, got a message from his chief of staff.
Discussion: Fox News and HuffPost
Washington Post:
Trump's acting intelligence chief declines to meet with Congress for election threats briefing  —  Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has declined to appear before Congress on Tuesday to speak about foreign election threats, citing apprehension about his preparedness …
Bo Erickson / CBS News:
Joe Biden, accused of wanting to end 2nd Amendment, responds: “You're full of sh**”  —  Detroit — Joe Biden had a heated exchange with a construction worker who accused him of trying to take Americans' guns away during a campaign stop in Michigan, one of six states holding primaries on Tuesday.
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Rodney Smith / Team Warren to Sanders:
Team Warren for Bernie Sanders  —  We, former members of the Warren for President Team, are proud to have worked for a candidate who fights tirelessly for a country that works for all of us.  Elizabeth ran a campaign on intersectional policy issues like Medicare for All, a Wealth Tax …
Discussion: Fox News, Townhall and The Hill
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Meet the Insane People Still Planning Cruise Ship Vacations  —  Some people see the prospect of a deadly virus and a 14-day quarantine and run far, far away.  Others see the deal of a lifetime.  —  The cruise ship industry is reeling.  The outbreak of the new coronavirus has made the basic fundamentals …
Discussion: Yahoo Finance
Ann Marimow / Washington Post:
Justice Department must disclose secret Mueller grand jury evidence to Congress, appeals court finds  —  The Justice Department must release to congressional Democrats secret grand jury evidence lawmakers are seeking in ongoing investigations into President Trump, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled Tuesday.
Discussion: CNN, Associated Press, Redstate and The Week
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Wall Street Journal:
How Biogen's Strategy Meeting Spread Coronavirus in Massachusetts and Beyond  —  Meeting for senior managers is linked to spread of infections to dozens of people around the U.S.  —  A strategy meeting for senior managers at Boston-area biotech Biogen Inc. late last month has emerged …
Yascha Mounk / The Atlantic:
Cancel Everything  —  Social distancing is the only way to stop the coronavirus.  We must start immediately.  —  Contributing writer at The Atlantic  —  We don't yet know the full ramifications of the novel coronavirus.  But three crucial facts have become clear in the first months of this extraordinary global event.
CNN:
DNC announces no audience at upcoming primary debate because of coronavirus outbreak  —  (CNN)With the coronavirus pandemic sweeping across the nation, Democrats announced Tuesday that the CNN-Univision Democratic presidential debate set for this weekend will be held without an audience.
Discussion: Townhall
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The Dworkin Report:
A psychologist just revealed the horrifying truth about Trump's malignant narcissism  —  The Dworkin Report The Dworkin Report  —  Scott speaks with Karine Jean-Pierre, the national spokeswoman for MoveOn.org and NBC/MSNBC commentator whose new book “Moving Forward: A Story of Hope …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
GOP congressman — who warned Trump about pandemics — offers pointed criticism of proposed CDC cuts  —  This was the day Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) has been warning about — and essentially predicted.  Back in 2017, when the Trump administration first proposed steep cuts to programs …
Discussion: The Hill
ABC News:
US death toll from coronavirus rises to 29, National Guard sent to NYC suburb  —  The epidemic appeared to be subsiding in China but has found foothold elsewhere.  —  As a virus epidemic appeared to be subsiding in China, where it first emerged nearly three months ago …
Discussion: Political Flare and UPI
Politico:
Exclusive: U.S. coronavirus testing threatened by shortage of critical lab materials  —  A looming shortage in lab materials is threatening to delay coronavirus test results and cause officials to undercount the number of Americans with the virus.  —  The slow pace of coronavirus testing …
Discussion: Sputnik News
Washington Post:
Trump allies got coronavirus tests despite lack of symptoms and shortage  —  Two close congressional allies of President Trump underwent coronavirus testing in recent days in apparent defiance of federal recommendations reserving those tests for patients exhibiting symptoms of infection …
Discussion: Slate and HuffPost
CNBC:
NYC coronavirus cases are ‘coming in so intensely now,’ Mayor de Blasio says  —  A commuter wears a mask while riding a subway train in New York, U.S., on Monday, March 9, 2020.  In a series of tweets Sunday, New Yorkers were encouraged by Mayor Bill de Blasio to avoid the busiest times …
Discussion: The Week
Variety:
Harvey Weinstein Said Jennifer Aniston ‘Should Be Killed,’ Unsealed Court Documents Reveal  —  Harvey Weinstein lashed out at Jennifer Aniston when a reporter reached out to him with an inquiry for a story in 2017, newly unsealed court documents reveal.  —  “Jen Aniston should be killed,” …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Approval of U.S. Congressional Republicans Tops Democrats  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — More Americans approve of the job congressional Republicans are doing than of congressional Democrats' performance — 40% vs. 35%.  The rating for Republicans in Congress has risen six percentage points since late October …
Associated Press:
Coronavirus clusters swell on both sides of the US  —  Alarming clusters of the coronavirus swelled on both coasts of the U.S. on Tuesday, with 70 cases now tied to a biotech conference in Boston and infections turning up at 10 nursing homes in the hard-hit Seattle area.
Discussion: Washington Post and Deseret News
 
 
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Scott Levin / MLive.com:
One day before Michigan's Primary, 73% of requested absentee ballots have been cast
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Pence: Major health insurers have agreed to waive copays for coronavirus tests
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Live results for the North Dakota Democratic caucuses
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
National Review:
President Trump Needs to Step Up on the Coronavirus
Matthew Barakat / Washington Times:
D.C. sniper gets married in prison: ‘It was a beautiful ceremony’
Daniel Beekman / The Seattle Times:
Coronavirus crackdown? Seattle-area official outlines possible next steps
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Ellen O'Connell Whittet / The Atlantic:
I Voted for Warren, My Husband Voted for Sanders, and I Feel Betrayed
The Hill:
Pelosi rejects calls to shutter Capitol: ‘We are the captains of this ship’
Discussion: Breitbart and Townhall
Washington Post:
Coronavirus is mysteriously sparing kids and killing the elderly.  Understanding why may help defeat the virus.
Wall Street Journal:
Containment Area Planned for New York Suburb to Stem Coronavirus Spread
CNBC:
CDC tells people over 60 or who have chronic illnesses like diabetes to stock up on goods …
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