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4:55 AM ET, March 4, 2020

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CBS News:
Live updates: Biden and Sanders pick up wins in first Super Tuesday states  —  The first polls have closed in the Super Tuesday states of Virginia and Vermont.  CBS News projects Joe Biden will win Virginia and North Carolina and Bernie Sanders will win Vermont.
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NBC News:
Live Blog / 2020 Super Tuesday live updates: Biden wins the South, Mass., Sanders takes Vt., Colo., Utah, NBC News projects  —  More than 1,300 delegates — or about a third of the total — are at play on Super Tuesday.  —  Fourteen states and one territory held nominating contests …
Hallie Jackson / NBC News:
Trump camp publicly batting down Joe-mentum but privately concerned  —  We know President Donald Trump has been watching the Super Tuesday returns roll in — he predicted earlier that it would be an “interesting evening of television” — as he goes after both Mike Bloomberg and Elizabeth Warren on Twitter.
Discussion: The Hill, New York Times and Althouse
NBC News:
NBC News Exit Poll: Late-deciding Super Tuesday voters break heavily for Biden  —  Joe Biden is garnering nearly half the support of Democrats who picked a candidate in just the last few days before Super Tuesday, according to early results from the NBC News Exit Poll conducted in 12 of the 14 Super Tuesday states.
Discussion: Politico, BuzzFeed News and HuffPost
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
A Fantastic Night . . . If You Don't Like Bloomberg, Warren, or Sanders  —  If you don't like Mike Bloomberg, Elizabeth Warren, or Bernie Sanders, Super Tuesday night is just delightful so far.  —  For the past few months, Americans have been living in a fascinating political-science experiment …
FiveThirtyEight:
Our Final Forecast For Super Tuesday Shows Biden's Surge — And Lots Of Uncertainty
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Why Elizabeth Warren is losing even if all your friends love her
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Joe Biden fundraisers see millions of dollars in new commitments with Super Tuesday surge
Robby Soave / Reason:
Democratic Primary Voters Decisively Rejected the Media's Favorite Candidates
Discussion: Vox
Detroit News:
Poll: Biden leads Sanders in Michigan ahead of Democratic primary
Discussion: The Hill
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Democrats Decide That Joe Biden, as Risky as He Ever Was, Is the Safest Bet
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
New York Times:   Live Analysis: Super Tuesday
German Lopez / Vox:
American Samoa also voted on Super Tuesday. Mike Bloomberg won.
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Sanders Campaign Was Caught Off Guard by Quick Massing of Opposition
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Biden Reclaims National Lead With Buttigieg, Klobuchar Exits
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He Will Risk Making Ross Perot and Ralph Nader Look Good”: Bloomberg Resists Advisers' Push to Exit the Race  —  With his path disappearing after South Carolina, advisers pressed for a quick exit.  But Mike has so far refused: I'll be damned if I walk away before a single vote is cast for me.
Hunter Woodall / The Daily Beast:
Bloomberg Voters Feast on the Carcass of His Campaign  —  “I have no intention of dropping out,” said former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said.  “We're in it to win it.”  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Florida—Mike Bloomberg stood inside a Florida convention center on Tuesday night looking …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and Breitbart
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill:
Bloomberg on Warren: 'I didn't realize she's still in'  —  Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg told a reporter Tuesday he “didn't realize” that Sen. Elizabeth (D-Mass.) was still in the primary race.  —  His comments came in light of Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and former South Bend …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Obama's praise for Biden heard in robocall
Politico:
Trump launches an urgent fight to save his ticket to reelection  —  Eight months from a general election, President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers are considering an urgent effort to rescue the U.S. economy from a coronavirus panic.  —  Trump advisers and GOP lawmakers have spent …
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Associated Press:
Trump meets with GOP lawmakers amid surveillance rift  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is getting more deeply involved in the dispute among Republicans over what to do about expiring surveillance powers used by the FBI, meeting with Attorney General William Barr and GOP lawmakers Tuesday evening to discuss the path forward.
Discussion: ABC News and The Hill
Tyler Cowen / Bloomberg:
Bill Gates Is Really Worried About the Coronavirus.  Here's Why.  —  The debate is splitting into two broad camps: Call them the “growthers” and the “base-raters.”  —  Just how bad will the new coronavirus be?  I can't answer that question, but I have observed the debate splitting into two broad camps …
Discussion: UPI
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
I just remembered Joe Biden is fine  —  This is a little awkward, but better late than never!  I suddenly remembered that Joe Biden is a dynamite candidate, something I had forgotten over the past few months of watching Joe Biden campaign.  Joe Biden is the best hope of the party and its logical standard-bearer!
Discussion: National Review
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Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:   Biden's Branding Reboot: Here Comes Emo Joe
CNBC:
WHO says coronavirus death rate is 3.4% globally, higher than previously thought  — World health officials say the case fatality rate for COVID-19 is 3.4% globally, higher than previous estimates of about 2%.  — “Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died,” …
Helen Branswell / STAT:
Washington State risks seeing explosion in coronavirus cases without dramatic action, new analysis says  —  The coronavirus outbreak in the Seattle area is at a critical juncture and could see explosive growth in cases much like Wuhan, China, if public officials don't take immediate …
Discussion: COVID-19 Daily, The Atlantic and UPI
Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Twitter suspends liberal journalist for quoting Joe Biden gaffe  —  A liberal journalist was hit with a temporary suspension on Twitter over a tweet quoting a gaffe from former Vice President Joe Biden.  —  Jordan Chariton, founder of Status Coup, knocked former 2020 hopefuls Pete Buttigieg …
Discussion: New York Post
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The real reason Chris Matthews had to go  —  Give Chris Matthews partial credit for his apology on his way out the door Monday night.  In his abrupt and unexpected farewell, the MSNBC host acknowledged his history of what he called “compliments on a woman's appearance.”
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Washington Post:
The end of the Chris Matthews era: How the bombastic host got forced out at MSNBC
Discussion: The Nation, New York Post, Raw Story and Vox
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds: Mystery witness will implicate 'Putin's chef' in election interference  —  U.S. prosecutors say they have a witness who will directly implicate a Russian businessman known as “Putin's chef” in schemes to carry out election interference overseas.  —  The mystery witness is prepared …
Discussion: Redstate
NBC News:
Amid outbreak, Trump admin's proposed rollback of nursing home regulations faces criticism  —  “These are frail, medically compromised people,” said an attorney at the nonprofit Center for Medicare Advocacy, who opposes the change.  —  The Trump administration last year moved to roll …
Discussion: New York Times
Joseph R. Biden Jr / New York Times:
Live: Texas State Primary Election Results 2020  —  Joseph R. Biden Jr. has won the Texas primary.  View exit polls here »  —  49m ago  —  Updated just now 94% reporting  —  Candidate Votes Pct.  —  669,913  —  598,750  —  303,649  —  229,959  —  84,241  —  View all candidates
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Long Waits Frustrate Los Angeles Voters  —  As Election Day wore on, reports of hourslong lines and frustrated voters started to trickle out across Los Angeles, where poll workers were navigating a new system.  —  At a vote center tucked into the Carthay School of Environmental Studies Magnet …
Discussion: The Hill
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Los Angeles Times:
Long lines and lots of questions as L.A. County voters cast ballots on brand-new system
 
 
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