memeorandum: Sen. Ted Cruz self-quarantines after contact with CPAC attendee who has coronavirus (Samantha Ketterer/Houston Chronicle)

8:40 PM ET, March 8, 2020

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Jim VandeHei / Axios:

Donald Trump Jr. says he'll debate Hunter Biden and release his taxes — In an interview for “Axios on HBO,” Donald Trump Jr. told me he wants to debate Hunter Biden over who has benefited more financially from their father's government service. — Driving the news: “We can go full transparency …

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Daniel Dale / CNN:

Fact check: Trump and his campaign promote dishonestly edited Biden video — Urban defends Sanders: Endorsements don't matter — Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump and his campaign promoted a dishonestly edited video on Saturday that wrongly made it seem as if Democratic presidential …

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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:

Twitter flags video retweeted by President Trump as ‘manipulated media’ — It's the first time the social network has enforced a new policy to fight doctored videos and photos — Twitter applied its new “manipulated media” label for the first time on Sunday to a deceptively edited video of former vice president Joe Biden.

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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:

Ted Cruz to self-quarantine after contact with coronavirus patient — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) confirmed via Twitter on Sunday evening he recently interacted with someone who tested positive for the novel coronavirus, so he's decided to self-quarantine at home. — Go deeper: … Go deeper

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John Bowden / The Hill:

Ted Cruz shook hands with infected CPAC attendee — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Sunday that he shook hands with a man now confirmed to be infected with the novel form of coronavirus during a recent interaction at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

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Samantha Ketterer / Houston Chronicle:

Sen. Ted Cruz self-quarantines after contact with CPAC attendee who has coronavirus — Sen. Ted Cruz has self-quarantined after shaking hands with a person who tested positive for COVID-19, he said in a news release. — Cruz, R-Texas, said Sunday that he shook hands and briefly spoke …

Jason Easley / POLITICUSUSA:
Trump May Have Been Exposed To Coronavirus At CPAC

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Rebecca Panico / New Jersey Online:
Coronavirus patient in N.J. traveled to CPAC conference attended by Trump, officials say

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Yun Li / CNBC:

Dow futures tumble 900 points as all-out oil price war adds to coronavirus stress — Stock futures tumbled in overnight trading Sunday as investors continued to brace for the economic fallout from the spreading coronavirus, while a shocking all-out oil price war added to the anxiety.

Bloomberg: Oil Drops 31% in Worst Loss Since Gulf War as Price Fight Erupts

Sandi Doughton / The Seattle Times:

Gates-funded program will soon offer home-testing kits for new coronavirus — Testing for the novel coronavirus in the Seattle area will get a huge boost in the coming weeks as a project funded by Bill Gates and his foundation begins offering home-testing kits that will allow people who fear …

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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:

Coronavirus is exposing Trump's unsuitability to handle a crisis — President Trump's bombastic style has served him well through many stages of his political career, but as the coronavirus spreads rapidly throughout the United States, it is exposing how deeply unsuited he is to deal …

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Associated Press:

Italy quarantines north in drastic bid to slow virus spread — ROME (AP) — Italy took a page from China's playbook Sunday, locking down around 16 million people — more than a quarter of its population — for nearly a month to halt the relentless march of the new coronavirus across Europe.

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Washington Post: Confusion spreads as Italy tries to lock down 16 million people

Rachel Donadio / The Atlantic:
Italy's Coronavirus Response Is a Warning From the Future

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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:

Bernie Sanders is hammering Joe Biden on Social Security — WASHINGTON — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has launched an offensive against former Vice President Joe Biden in the days since last week's — Super Tuesday results essentially rendered the Democratic presidential primary a two-man race.

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Chicago Tribune:
Rev. Jesse Jackson endorses Bernie Sanders for president

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Politico:
Sanders, Biden camps clash over Arizona debate format

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Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Rainbow Coalition Comes Full Circle as Jesse Jackson Endorses Bernie Sanders

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Taylor Dolven / Miami Herald:

State Department warns against traveling by cruise ship during coronavirus outbreak — Note: The Miami Herald and McClatchy news sites have lifted the paywall on this developing story, providing critical information to readers. To support vital reporting such as this, please consider a digital subscription.

Discussion: Florida Politics

Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:

‘Plan will be in place’ by Grand Princess docking: HUD Secretary Ben Carson — Carson is a member of the White House's coronavirus task force. — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said ABC's “This Week,” that the Trump administration would have a plan to deal with the passengers …

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Justine Coleman / The Hill:
Carson declines to ‘preview’ plan for virus-stricken ship's docking: 'We shouldn't have 16 …

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Washington Post:

Three more coronavirus infections reported in D.C. area Saturday — A D.C. man in his 50s has been hospitalized with covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said Saturday night. Another man who was traveling in the District appears to have contracted the virus as well.

Washington Post: D.C.'s first coronavirus case is church rector; Virginia has second presumptive case, bringing region's total to 7

Colin Campbell / Yahoo News:

Hillary Clinton: Biden ‘is building the kind of coalition that I had’ — Hillary Clinton said in a new interview that Joe Biden's path to the 2020 nomination looks similar to hers back in 2016. — “What Joe's victories on Super Tuesday showed is that he is building the kind of coalition …

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Brie Stimson / Fox News:
Klobuchar ‘ticket’ slip-up at Biden event in Michigan sparks speculation she'll be his VP pick

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Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:

Russian Media Freak Over Joe Biden's Election Resurrection — The Kremlin-controlled media hoped and, it would seem, believed that Bernie Sanders would get the Democratic nomination, paving the way to victory for Donald Trump. — Former Vice President Joe Biden's Super Tuesday victories …

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Politico:

POLITICO Playbook: SCOOP: Trump skipping annual bipartisan Capitol lunch — DRIVING THE DAY — SCOOP: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP is scheduled to skip the annual St. Patrick's Day lunch in the Capitol this Thursday, one of Washington's oldest time-honored bipartisan traditions, Hill sources tell us.

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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:

Sanders Is Behind With Black Voters. He Didn't Fix That in Flint. — An event in Michigan was billed as an opportunity for the senator to make his case directly to black voters, who have broken strongly for Joe Biden. It didn't work out that way. — FLINT, Mich. — Cornel West pleaded with his …

Leslie Brody / Wall Street Journal:

Coronavirus Cases in New York State Rise to 105 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo urges the CDC to approve testing for Covid-19 by private labs — The number of people across New York infected with coronavirus rose to 105, state officials said Sunday, as residents prepared for a new workweek full …

Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura / New York Times:
Coronavirus in N.Y.: Cuomo Attacks C.D.C. Over Delays in Testing

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New York Times:

Failures on the Diamond Princess Shadow Another Cruise Ship Outbreak — An alert about a coronavirus infection sat in an unmonitored inbox. A cruise doctor saw “no point” in disinfecting the ship. And Japan disregarded medical guidelines to contain an outbreak.

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Washington Post:

Live coronavirus updates: Grand Princess cruise ship to dock in Oakland; Virginia announces second case — The virus continued to spread across the United States, with Vermont, Missouri and Washington, D.C. reporting their first cases late Saturday and Virginia announcing a second case on Sunday.

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