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12:20 AM ET, March 11, 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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ABC News:
March 10 primaries live updates: Biden says he's ‘alive’ after win in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi  —  There are 352 delegates up for grabs across the six states.  —  Primary voters in the key battleground state of Michigan as well as Missouri, Mississippi, Idaho …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
2 winners and 3 losers from Tuesday's Democratic primaries  —  Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Renaissance High School in Detroit, Michigan, on March 9, 2020.  Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images  —  Joe Biden won big.  Bernie Sanders's black outreach campaign had a rough night.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Democrats weigh how to nudge Sanders out after Tuesday losses
Discussion: The Hill
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Biden closes in on Democratic nomination
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump and GOP mount coordinated campaign to paint Biden as senile
Tobias Hoonhout / National Review:   Biden Builds on Super Tuesday Momentum With Big Win in Michigan Primary
Joseph R. Biden Jr / New York Times:
Live Results and Coverage: Michigan Presidential Primary 2020
Discussion: Townhall and Vanity Fair
CNN:
Exit polls show Democratic primary voters trust Biden more than Sanders in a crisis
Discussion: National Review
New York Times:
'It's Just Everywhere Already': How Delays in Testing Set Back the U.S. Coronavirus Response  —  A series of missed chances by the federal government to ensure more widespread testing came during the early days of the outbreak, when containment would have been easier.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and GeekWire
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.
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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.
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
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
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 …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Biden's tough talk a new tack for Democrats  —  Analysis: The party hasn't figured out how to counter the vitriol of the Trump era.  But they're liking what they see in some of the former vice president's testy exchanges with voters.  —  Biden confronts man who accuses him of wanting to take his guns away
Discussion: Breitbart and NB Blog
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The Boston Globe:
CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES  —  Symptoms Travel warnings Ask a question Live updates More coverage … It opened with breakfast, at 7 a.m., in the Harbor View Ballroom of the Boston Marriott Long Wharf hotel, where a wide bank of windows offers a sublime view across the inner harbor …
Discussion: Gizmodo
Niv Elis / The Hill:
Trump budget chief holds firm on CDC cuts amid virus outbreak  —  White House acting Budget Director Russ Vought on Tuesday doubled down on proposed cuts to health services and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), despite the coronavirus outbreak.  —  Vought came under intense questioning …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   GOP congressman — who warned Trump about pandemics — offers pointed criticism of proposed CDC cuts
Melissa Healy / Los Angeles Times:
True number of U.S. coronavirus cases is far above official tally, scientists say  —  An analysis of the novel coronavirus' spread inside the United States suggests that thousands of Americans are already infected, dimming the prospects for stomping out the outbreak in its earliest stages.
Discussion: Vox and The Mahablog
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
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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Washington Post:
Trump pitches payroll tax cut through election to skeptical GOP senators
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
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
Bloomberg:
Two People Who Attended Cyber Event Contract Coronavirus  — Employees of California firm showed symptoms after conference  — RSA gathering is annual cybersecurity event in San Francisco  —  Two cybersecurity company employees who attended an annual industry conference last month …
The Seattle Times:
Gov. Inslee to restrict gatherings of more than 250 people, including sports and concerts  —  OLYMPIA - To try to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Jay Inslee is expected Wednesday to restrict gatherings of more than 250 people, including at sporting events and concerts.
Discussion: Herald and Raw Story
Dan Diamond / Politico:
Exclusive: Email crash impeded HHS response to coronavirus  —  As health department officials worked quickly to negotiate an emergency funding package to fight the spreading coronavirus outbreak on Feb. 23, they came to a frustrating realization: Their email system had crashed.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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: STAT and Sputnik News
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Treasury Likely to Push Back April 15 Tax Filing Deadline, Sources Say  —  Tax filing extension would be part of broader fiscal stimulus effort  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is likely to extend the April 15 tax deadline as part of an effort to mitigate the effects …
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 and The Daily Caller
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.
Matt Wilkinson / The Sun:
DUKE DUPED Prince Harry reveals his and Meghan Markle's agony over Megxit in call to hoaxers posing as Greta Thunberg  —  PRINCE Harry spoke openly of his agony over Megxit in a call from hoaxers posing as activist Greta Thunberg.  —  He also claimed that President Donald Trump had …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
CPAC Attendee With Coronavirus Attended Posh VIP Congressional Event Before Confab  —  The coronavirus-infected individual at the Conservative Political Action Committee's 2020 conference attended a VIP congressional reception held on the Wednesday evening the conference first began …
 
 
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James Arkin / Politico:
Trump endorses Sessions' opponent in Alabama Senate primary
Alan Dershowitz / Newsmax:
I'm Thinking of Suing CNN for Their Lies
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Trump administration wants hundreds of thousands of federal workers to be ready to telework full time
Discussion: GovExec.com
Associated Press:
Coronavirus clusters swell on both sides of the US
Discussion: Deseret News and Washington Post
Michael Knowles / The American Mind:
It's Good to Be Against Things  —  Yes, “Parties of No” can win.
Discussion: National Review
Scott Levin / MLive.com:
One day before Michigan's Primary, 73% of requested absentee ballots have been cast
Variety:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
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National Review:
President Trump Needs to Step Up on the Coronavirus
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D.C. sniper gets married in prison: ‘It was a beautiful ceremony’
CNBC:
NYC coronavirus cases are ‘coming in so intensely now,’ Mayor de Blasio says
Discussion: The Week
Ellen O'Connell Whittet / The Atlantic:
I Voted for Warren, My Husband Voted for Sanders, and I Feel Betrayed
Washington Post:
Coronavirus is mysteriously sparing kids and killing the elderly.  Understanding why may help defeat the virus.
ABC News:
US death toll from coronavirus rises to 29, National Guard sent to NYC suburb
Discussion: UPI and Political Flare
 

 
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