Below are some of the top political news stories of the day: ¯\_(?)_/¯
- Trump's back-and-forth day: A rebooked CDC trip and a coronavirus false alarm - Politico | The uncertainty surrounding the CDC visit played into the criticism that Trump's team ...
- Pence says 21 people on cruise ship off California tested positive for coronavirus - The Hill | and that the Trump administration would bring the passengers stateside this weekend.
- Stealth political ads flourish on Facebook - Politico | More than half of Facebook pages that featured U.S. political ads failed to disclose who was behind them...
- Trump campaign files 3rd lawsuit against a news organization - AP | The Trump campaign filed a libel lawsuit against CNN on Friday...
- U.S. considers discouraging some travelers from cruises - sources - Reuters | as part of a broader Trump administration effort to limit the spread of coronavirus...
- Americans divided on party lines over risk from coronavirus: Reuters/Ipsos poll - Reuters | Americans who now find themselves politically divided over seemingly everything...
- Biden builds on moderate coalition, collecting endorsements from former 2020 candidates - ABC News | Eight previous contenders have backed him thus far, the latest is Deval Patrick.
- One more victory: Biden wins most Super Tuesday delegates - AP | In all, Biden won 10 states and Sanders won four. Biden has won at least 610 delegates from Tuesday’s contests.
- Trump admin hires another college senior for top role: report - The Hill | A 22-year-old University senior set to graduate in May has been hired for a key position in the Trump administration...
- Romney to back subpoena of ex-Ukranian official in Senate probe of Bidens, Burisma - NBC News | The Utah Republican had expressed reservations about the subpoena...
- Trump to meet president of Brazil at Mar-a-Lago - AP | Trump will meet Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday at the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida to discuss the crisis in Venezuela...
- Trump, at CDC, offers scattershot defense of virus response - AP | Trump,discussing the global worry, tried once more to quell growing alarm about the spread of the virus...
- Bill Clinton says affair with Monica Lewinsky was to 'manage my anxieties' - ABC News | “We all bring baggage to life, and sometimes we do things we shouldn’t do"... - Bill Clinton
- Harris presses Facebook over census misinformation - The Hill | Harris criticized Facebook for "failing" to enforce its own policies barring misinformation about the U.S. census.
- Durbin endorses Biden: He 'can start to heal the wounds of this divided nation' - The Hill | Durbin’s endorsement comes ahead of Illinois’ primary on March 17...
- President Trump signs coronavirus bill - ABC News Video | On Friday, Trump approved $8.3 billion in emergency funding to combat the coronavirus.
- White House imposes guest restrictions amid new coronavirus concerns - ABC News | The new policies include checking where guests have traveled recently.
- New qualifications for next debate likely rule out Gabbard - AP | The Democratic National Committee has ratcheted up the threshold to qualify...
