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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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New York Times:
Trump Floats Economic Stimulus in Response to Coronavirus
Trump Floats Economic Stimulus in Response to Coronavirus
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Rolling Stone, ABC News, Mediaite, The Week, CBS News, CNBC, TheBlaze, Sputnik News, Politico, New York Post, NPR, The Gateway Pundit, Vanity Fair, HuffPost, Bloomberg, Florida Politics and Mother Jones
Washington Post:
From tweet eruptions to economic steps, Trump struggles for calm amid market meltdown and coronavirus crisis
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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Vanity Fair, Fox News, The Federalist, Redstate, Townhall, CNN, Politico and The Daily Caller
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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.
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Why Kamala Harris waited for Warren to exit the race before endorsing Biden
Why Kamala Harris waited for Warren to exit the race before endorsing Biden
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PREVAIL
Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Biden Holds Primary Lead; Dems Have Edge in General
Biden Holds Primary Lead; Dems Have Edge in General
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Talking Points Memo, FiveThirtyEight, Bangor Daily News, Washington Post, CNN, The Hill, IJR and Politico
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 …
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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Bangor Daily News
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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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The Hill and courthousenews.com
Monique O. Madan / Miami Herald:
Trump administration orders immigration courts to immediately remove coronavirus posters — Immigration court staff nationwide have been ordered by the Trump administration to take down all coronavirus posters from courtrooms and waiting areas. — The Executive Office for Immigration Review …
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Incompetence Exacerbated by Malevolence — Throughout the many disasters that have befallen the Trump administration, one theme has remained a constant: malevolence tempered by incompetence. That description emerged from a text-message conversation between the two of us in January 2017 …
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Washington Post, New York Times and CNN
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
This is the YOLO presidency — Two weeks ago, after stocks …
This is the YOLO presidency — Two weeks ago, after stocks …
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New York Magazine and Raw Story
CNBC:
CDC tells people over 60 or who have chronic illnesses like diabetes to stock up on goods and buckle down for a lengthy stay at home — The CDC is expanding its guidance for people at extreme risk of serious illness, like those over 60 or with underlying health conditions.
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Balloon Juice
CNBC:
White House plan for economic response to coronavirus is ‘not there right now,’ officials say — The White House is far from ready to roll out specific economic proposals in its response to the widening impact of the coronavirus outbreak, administration officials said.
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NBC News and Washington Post
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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Power Line
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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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ABC News
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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HuffPost, Michigan Advance, New York Times, Politico, The Hill and Detroit Metro Times
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Cameron Peters / Vox:
When polls close on March 10 — and when we might get results
When polls close on March 10 — and when we might get results
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Daily Kos, The Week and Sabato's Crystal Ball
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump's life during coronavirus: Same routine, more Purell — Before President Donald Trump took photos with about 100 VIP donors at his south Florida Mar-a-Lago resort Sunday afternoon, staffers gave them a squirt of hand sanitizer and a form to list recent international travel. — That was the exception.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Melania Trump cancels California fundraiser
Melania Trump cancels California fundraiser
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NBC News, Raw Story and Associated Press
Sebastian Smith / Agence France-Presse:
Trump feels the heat as coronavirus stalks US
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 …
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Raw Story
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 …
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The Hill
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Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Trump and the Pandemic — The virus can't be bluffed or bullied and will soon become his greatest adversary. — The coronavirus pandemic is the greatest challenge Donald Trump has ever faced. As stock markets fall and patient numbers rise, the epidemic threatens the lives of some Americans …
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Raw Story
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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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Raw Story, Vanity Fair, Washingtonian, Vox, CNN and The Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
Irina Ivanova / CBS News:
As coronavirus recession threatens, economists recommend cash for people — The White House is preparing to meet with Wall Street executives to discuss measures to protect the economy from the coronavirus outbreak. But Wall Street is low on the list of responses economists say the government should be considering.
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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CNBC and Associated Press
New York Times:
Russia Trying to Stoke U.S. Racial Tensions Before Election, Officials Say — Russian intelligence services are trying to incite violence by white supremacist groups to sow chaos in the United States, American intelligence officials said. — WASHINGTON — The Russian government has stepped …
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Just Security
Wall Street Journal:
After a Buildup to Counter Iran, U.S. Troops Begin Leaving Mideast — U.S. trimming the 90,000 troops across the region as Iran, ravaged by the new coronavirus, hasn't posed as large a threat as U.S. officials once feared — The U.S. military has begun to draw small numbers of troops …
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National Review and Radio Free Europe
Chris Kratzer / Cygnal:
Cygnal Poll: Tuberville Leads by Two Touchdowns Headed Into the 4th Quarter of the GOP Senate Primary Race — MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A week after Super Tuesday, former Auburn Tigers football coach Tommy Tuberville has a commanding lead in the Alabama primary runoff for U.S. Senate against former Senator …
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The Hill
Todd Bensman / The Federalist:
Guatemalans Admit They're Illegally Entering The U.S. To Get Bigger Houses, Not Flee Violence — ‘A lot of people started to see a lot of people going to the U.S. starting to build big houses, and we wanted the same,’ says Francisco Santizo, who sent a 20-year-old son to the United States.
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 …
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New York Times