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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump urges South Carolina Republicans to vote for Bernie Sanders — President Trump is urging Republicans to vote in South Carolina's Democratic primary on Saturday for the weakest candidate — determining that is Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. — Trump, hosting a rally in South Carolina on Friday night …
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
Biden gets a late burst of cash at a key moment
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David Siders / Politico:
Empty stadiums and no more selfie lines? Coronavirus becomes 2020 X-factor.
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
'We're the Base': Black Democrats in South Carolina Want to Send a Message
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘Too much detail’: South Carolina holds firm for Biden despite rambling, graphic speeches
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Nu Wexler / New York Times:
Joe Biden Needs a Win in South Carolina. Will He Get It?
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Washington Post:
Live updates: New coronavirus cases indicate virus is spreading in U.S.; FDA expands testing — More coronavirus infections were reported from South Korea to France to Qatar on Saturday after health officials in Washington state, Oregon and California on Friday reported a worrying development …
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Associated Press:
Man in Washington state first in US to die from new virus — A man has died in Washington state of COVID-19, state health officials said Saturday, marking the first such reported death in the United States. — State officials issued a terse news release announcing the death, gave no details and scheduled a news conference.
New York Times:
Coronavirus Updates: First Death in U.S. Confirmed In Seattle Area — The death comes as unexplained new cases in Washington State, Oregon and California suggest local, person-to-person spread of the virus in the United States. — RIGHT NOW A person in King County, Washington, near Seattle …
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Politico:
Trump rallies his base to treat coronavirus as a ‘hoax’ — NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — President Donald Trump on Friday night tried to cast the global outbreak of the coronavirus as a liberal conspiracy intended to undermine his first term, lumping it alongside impeachment and the Mueller investigation.
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Ashe Schow / The Daily Wire:
Media Claims Trump Called Coronavirus A ‘Hoax.’ Here's What He Actually Said. — While speaking at a rally in Charleston, South Carolina, President Donald Trump brought up the coronavirus and Democrats' attempts to politicize the issue. — Trump called those attempts a new hoax …
Thomas Franck / CNBC:
Trump says the coronavirus is the Democrats' ‘new hoax’
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Mujib Mashal / New York Times:
U.S. Strikes Deal With Taliban to Withdraw Troops From Afghanistan — After more than a year of talks, the agreement lays out the beginning of the end of the United States' longest war. But many obstacles remain. — DOHA, Qatar — The United States signed a deal with the Taliban on Saturday …
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Washington Post:
U.S. signs peace deal with Taliban agreeing to full withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
US, Taliban sign deal to withdraw troops from Afghanistan
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Reuters
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
The Taliban Peace Deal Might Have Been Had Many Years and Thousands of Lives Ago
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NPR
Nellie Bowles / New York Times:
The Pied Pipers of the Dirtbag Left Want to Lead Everyone to Bernie Sanders — Many listeners would never repeat what these podcast hosts say. So why do they desperately want to hear from them? — IOWA CITY — The people in the crowd were angry, and “Chapo Trap House” wanted them to stay that way.
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Top Teachers Union Leader Is Endorsing Elizabeth Warren For President — Randi Weingarten is backing the Massachusetts senator in her personal capacity. Her union has backed Warren, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. — Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The End of Elizabeth Warren?
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Sarah Kliff / New York Times:
Kept at the Hospital on Coronavirus Fears, Now Facing Large Medical Bills — Care was mandated by the government, but it's not clear who has to pay. — Frank Wucinski and his 3-year-old daughter, Annabel, are among the dozens of Americans that the government has flown back to the country from Wuhan …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Republican mega-donor buys stake in Twitter and seeks to oust Jack Dorsey - report — Billionaire Paul Singer's Elliott Management has taken a ‘sizable state’ and intends to ‘push for changes’, reports Bloomberg News — A major Republican donor has purchased a stake in Twitter …
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Ted Hesson / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. weighs restrictions at border with Mexico over coronavirus threat — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering imposing entry restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border to control the spread of the coronavirus in the United States, according to two U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials.
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
Trump is ignoring the lessons of 1918 flu pandemic that killed millions, historian says — The first wave wasn't that bad. In the spring of 1918, a new strain of influenza hit military camps in Europe on both sides of World War I. Soldiers were affected, but not nearly as severely as they would be later.
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Carl Goldman / Washington Post:
I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad. — My treatment has largely consisted of drinking gallons and gallons of Gatorade — I have the coronavirus. And it hasn't been that bad. — I am in my late 60s, and the sickest I've ever been was when I had bronchitis several years ago.
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Washington Post:
New NOAA Hurricane Dorian emails show how tenuous scientific credibility is in the Trump era — The documents come just as the CDC and NIH go to battle against coronavirus. — New emails released from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) show how much concern …
Vanessa Grigoriadis / New York Magazine:
Nevertheless, He Persists The ego and the altruism of Mike Bloomberg. — The morning after President Trump delivered his self-congratulatory State of the Union speech while still in the midst of impeachment, several reporters are waiting in a Providence, Rhode Island, vegan café for Michael Bloomberg.
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
CPAC exiles grapple with the new devotion to Trump — NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — In 2011, Rep. Joe Walsh was a tea party darling, a harsh critic of the Obama administration who brought the house down at the Conservative Political Action Conference. In 2020, he was at CPAC again …
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Raw Story
Chris Eggertsen / Billboard:
Flavor Flav Blasts Bernie Sanders LA Rally: ‘There Is No Public Enemy Without Flavor Flav’ — The rapper is accusing the Democratic presidential candidate of using his “likeness, image and trademarked clock in promotional materials” without his permission. — With Public Enemy slated …
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