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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 …
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Reason, Power Line, NBC News, The Hill, New York Times, Townhall, The Week, FiveThirtyEight, The Guardian, The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
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.
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New Republic, BuzzFeed News and Breitbart
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Democrats weigh how to nudge Sanders out after Tuesday losses
Democrats weigh how to nudge Sanders out after Tuesday losses
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The Hill
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Biden projected to win pivotal Michigan primary, in major blow to Sanders' struggling campaign
Biden projected to win pivotal Michigan primary, in major blow to Sanders' struggling campaign
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The Federalist, Spectator USA, Breitbart and NBC News
Washington Post:
Democratic primaries live updates: Biden projects confidence after picking up wins in Michigan, Mississippi and Missouri
Democratic primaries live updates: Biden projects confidence after picking up wins in Michigan, Mississippi and Missouri
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The Gateway Pundit, UPI and Breitbart
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump and GOP mount coordinated campaign to paint Biden as senile
Trump and GOP mount coordinated campaign to paint Biden as senile
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Tobias Hoonhout / National Review:
Biden Builds on Super Tuesday Momentum With Big Win in Michigan Primary
Biden Builds on Super Tuesday Momentum With Big Win in Michigan Primary
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CNN
Joseph R. Biden Jr / New York Times:
Live Results and Coverage: Michigan Presidential Primary 2020
Live Results and Coverage: Michigan Presidential Primary 2020
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Townhall and Vanity Fair
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Joe Biden wins the Mississippi Democratic primary
Joe Biden wins the Mississippi Democratic primary
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Politico, Raw Story and FiveThirtyEight
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.
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Foreign Policy, 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.
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Mother Jones, Big League Politics, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Dot
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
Nadine Dorries: minister with coronavirus had been in No 10
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Politico and Sputnik News
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 …
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New York Times, The Daily Wire, Talking Points Memo and Mother Jones
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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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 …
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
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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 …
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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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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.
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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 …
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 …
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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 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 …
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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 …
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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.
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.
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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 …
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STAT and Sputnik News
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 …
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 …
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Politicians' Use of ‘Wuhan Virus’ Starts a Debate Health Experts Wanted to Avoid — Despite the recommendations of health officials, some conservatives are using the term to describe Covid-19, prompting a blame game over who is politicizing the coronavirus.
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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.
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Townhall and The Daily Caller
James Arkin / Politico:
Trump endorses Sessions' opponent in Alabama Senate primary — President Donald Trump spurned Jeff Sessions and endorsed Tommy Tuberville in the Alabama Senate race Tuesday, an enormous blow to Trump's former attorney general, whom he had excoriated for recusing from the Justice Department's Russia investigation.
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 …
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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.
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