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Trump Nominates John Ratcliffe to Be Director of National Intelligence—Again

President Trump announced late Friday that he is nominating Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) to be his next director of national intelligence. That’s despite the former Texas prosecutor withdrawing his nomination last year.Ratcliffe, a large Trump donor, dropped out of the nomination process in July 2019, blaming unfair media coverage. But The Daily Beast reported that before Racliffe announced his withdrawal, an email revealing his alleged involvement in a contentious whistleblowing case made its way to the White House. On Friday, Trump tweeted that he “would have completed [the] process earlier” but “John wanted to wait until after IG Report was finished,” an apparent reference to the inspector general’s report on how the FBI handled its counterintelligence probe of Trump campaign associates.“John is an outstanding man of great talent!” he wrote.Just last week, Trump appointed U.S. Ambassador to Germany and longtime Trumpworld loyalist Richard Grenell, who has no intelligence experience, a

South Carolina primary results in full – county by county

Get the results in the crucial early voting state * South Carolina Democrats vote as Biden looks for win to boost flagging campaign * Help us cover the critical issues of 2020. Consider making a contributionSouth Carolina is the first state in the deep south to cast its vote in the primary race, where African American voters form a majority of the electorate. Democrats and Republicans will be voting, but because Donald Trump faces no serious opposition, all eyes will be on the Democratic contest.default What is a primary?The primaries and caucuses are a series of contests, in all 50 US states plus Washington DC and US territories, by which the party selects its presidential nominee. Most US states hold primary elections, in which voters go to a polling place, mail in their ballots or otherwise vote remotely. A handful of states hold caucuses – complicated, hours-long meetings, which continue until one candidate emerges as victor. And the process is different for Democrats and Republica

Sub-Saharan Africa just recorded its first coronavirus case. The WHO and Bill Gates have warned that Africa can't deal with an outbreak.

The World Health Organization fears Africa's "fragile healthcare systems" may not be able to cope with a serious outbreak of COVID-19. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2vfuAj1

Number of coronavirus cases from unknown source growing in U.S.

Three new presumptive cases were reported Friday on the West Coast, with patients in Oregon, Washington and California, but it's not clear how they were infected. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2x043GT

Coronavirus US: Quarantine across America is 'inevitable' top doctor warns as stocks take record plunge

As more cases of the flu-like respiratory illness are reported across the US, Mike Pence - recently appointed by Donald Trump to lead the administration's response - has insisted the government is in control of the virus despite thousands of people under medical monitoring and officials' scepticism of the vice president's abilities to handle the outbreak.Market analysts predict record lows for the Dow Jones, seeing one of its worst weeks since the financial crisis, amid fears of a global pandemic, as the president downplays the threat and his allies claim that criticism of the response has been "weaponised" to attack Trump. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cgZd8j

At CPAC, Trump Takes Aim at Rivals

By BY ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2wkvvhX

After 12 hours, the polls in South Carolina have closed.

By BY LISA LERER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/388KTeQ

Looking to Super Tuesday, Buttigieg campaigns in Nashville.

By BY DANIEL JACKSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32FTaWd

Mainland China reports 573 new coronavirus cases on Feb. 29

Mainland China reported 573 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Feb. 29, up from 427 on the previous day, the country's health authority said on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vjsr5X

Coronavirus: South Korea reports more than 800 new cases - The Guardian

Coronavirus: South Korea reports more than 800 new cases    The Guardian We Don’t Really Know How Many People Have Coronavirus    The New York Times How to prepare for a coronavirus pandemic - Business Insider    Business Insider First Coronavirus Death Reported in U.S.    The Wall Street Journal Virus cases mount in more countries    Bangkok Post View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2I7HlPa

First coronavirus death in US confirmed - CNN

First coronavirus death in US confirmed    CNN CDC erroneously identified first patient to die from coronavirus as female | TheHill    The Hill CDC 'erroneously' identified first coronavirus patient to die in US as female    Washington Examiner Specialist: Coronavirus could widely spread though US    CNN Coronavirus Update: First Infected Person In U.S. Dies, Latest NYC Test Comes Back Negative As City Gets Cleared To Start Local Testing    Gothamist View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/39hSJnS

More than 10K turn out for Bernie Sanders rally in Elizabeth Warren's backyard - USA TODAY

More than 10K turn out for Bernie Sanders rally in Elizabeth Warren's backyard    USA TODAY Inside Cambridge, Massachusetts: Elizabeth Warren's Hometown    Los Angeles Times House Ways and Means chair endorses Elizabeth Warren    POLITICO Bernie Sanders goes for the campaign kill    The Boston Globe A not-so-super Tuesday and other commentary    New York Post View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2PxoZLG

House approves bill to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes - Fox News

House approves bill to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes    Fox News House approves bill banning flavored tobacco products | TheHill    The Hill House Votes to Ban Flavors in Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes    The New York Times Broad anti-tobacco bill narrowly passes House    POLITICO House Democrats go full nanny state and pass overkill vape flavor ban    Washington Examiner View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2Vs1vvk

A neo-fascist party hopes for big gains in Slovakia's election - CNN

A neo-fascist party hopes for big gains in Slovakia's election    CNN Slovakia election: Anti-corruption party wins most votes - exit poll    BBC News Journalist’s Murder Puts a Tycoon, and a Nation, on Trial    The New York Times Slovak opposition party OLANO takes lead in election: TV Markiza exit poll    Reuters Slovakia election: Double murder haunts voters    BBC News View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/3aoAjlx

China economic activity plunges as coronavirus hit intensifies - South China Morning Post

China economic activity plunges as coronavirus hit intensifies    South China Morning Post China manufacturing plunges in February amid virus controls    Yahoo Finance Coronavirus Update, Feb 29: Here's What You Need To Know Today    International Business Times China factory activity shrank at its fastest rate on record in February    CNBC China data portends more punishment for bruised stock markets    Yahoo Finance View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2PDgcIi

Apple Sends Care Packages to Employees Stranded in China's Wenzhou City and Hubei Province by Coronavirus - MacRumors

Apple Sends Care Packages to Employees Stranded in China's Wenzhou City and Hubei Province by Coronavirus    MacRumors Apple sends care packages including free iPads to some workers in China    PhoneArena Apple is sending care packages to stranded employees in China    AppleInsider View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2VtZFtX

Clyburn's endorsement of Biden 'a factor' for a majority of South Carolina voters: poll

Voters in South Carolina's Democratic primary on Saturday appeared to be more moderate than those who took part in earlier presidential nominating contests, and a majority said a senior black congressman's endorsement of Joe Biden influenced their vote, according to exit polling by Edison Research. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2TpF7zX

Bloomberg in South Carolina: Not on the ballot and not liked - poll

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was not on the ballot in Saturday's Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina, but he was still on voters' minds - and not in a good way. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2wTVPzS

Central Park Five's Kevin Richardson slams Bloomberg campaign

Kevin Richardson, a member of the Central Park Five, has hit out at Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s presidential run and his blocking of a multimillion-dollar settlement over the group’s wrongful persecution.Mr Richardson, one of the five teenagers wrongfully convicted for the shocking assault of Trishia Meili in 1989, was reported to have criticised Mr Bloomberg at an event outside his campaign office in Manhattan. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cjCXdJ

Used to giving orders, Kansas abortion foes can't cut a deal

Abortion opponents who've become used to giving orders to Kansas lawmakers on the exact wording of new restrictions are stymied now that they face compromising to get a proposed anti-abortion amendment to the state constitution on the ballot. After falling short in a House vote three weeks ago, abortion opponents have pressured a dozen members who voted no, moderate Republicans and Democrats who are Catholic or who represent relatively conservative or heavily Catholic districts. Kansans for Life, the state's most influential anti-abortion group and a GOP power-broker, has for years told lawmakers what proposals to pursue and has watched them approve the group's language and echo its talking points. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32F1IwD

Mexico Has Two Coronavirus Cases, Health Officials Say

(Bloomberg) -- A 35-year-old man was confirmed as the first coronavirus case in Mexico, the country’s deputy health minister said on Friday. A second case was verified by a state health official.The first patient has a mild case and has been put in quarantine along with family members in the country’s Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference for further testing, deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said at the National Palace.The man is a resident of Mexico City who took a trip to Italy in February. The case is Mexico’s first, and the second known instance in Latin America after Brazil confirmed a case on Wednesday.“We have the capacity to deal with the situation,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said at his morning press conference.The man traveled to Bergamo, Italy, for a conference, where he had direct contact with an infected Italian national who normally lives in Malaysia.The second case, in the northern border state of Sinaloa, is a 41-year-old man who also

Why is Iran's reported mortality rate for coronavirus higher than in other countries?

Iran has now suspended parliament indefinitely due to the outbreak. Secretary of State Pompeo says the U.S. has offered to help Iran respond to the virus. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3c6yyLf

A man convicted for killing his high school girlfriend was freed by decades-old DNA evidence. Now he's on a mission to find the real killer.

Leah Freeman's shoes were the only clue police had in her murder — and the only evidence that her high school boyfriend Nick McGuffin wasn't her killer. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2w9592y

The Strange Tale of How British Commandos Attacked Hitler's Fish Oil Production

More important than you know. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2w9OlbH

Mike Huckabee goes on bizarre rant about Trump 'sucking' coronavirus out of Americans' lungs

In Donald Trump’s America, very few national figures are as loyal to the president as Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and father of the former White House press secretary.And, as criticism has mounted regarding Mr Trump’s reaction to the deadly coronavirus, Mr Huckabee got a chance to display that obedience once again — and took the bait, hook line and sinker, by delivering a bizarre defence of the man. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/39abrNV

Photo: Bernie Sanders high fives tiny supporter.

By Unknown Author from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2VDbXQu

Why Bernie Scares Me

By BY BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/399yGrj

Gerald Krone, a Negro Ensemble Company Founder, Dies at 86

By BY NEIL GENZLINGER from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/3aeeJjh

Who Will Care For Society’s Forgotten?

By BY THERESA BROWN AND LEAH NASH from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2weKSc1

Joe Biden Needs a Win in South Carolina. Will He Get It?

By BY NU WEXLER from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2weKQAV

We Don’t Really Know How Many People Have Coronavirus

By BY ELISABETH ROSENTHAL from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2Tcnghj

Tom Steyer showered South Carolina in political spending. Will it pay off?

By BY STEPHANIE SAUL AND KIM BARKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TcmYHf

Just one American with coronavirus still in hospital: Vice President Pence

Of dozens of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, only one patient is still in the hospital, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2T98Uyc

Pete Buttigieg draws a crowd in South Carolina ahead of primary - CBS News

Pete Buttigieg draws a crowd in South Carolina ahead of primary    CBS News Pete Buttigieg, the Political Junkie Who Is Running for President    The New York Times 'Help me get it.' Pete Buttigieg's black surrogates face a skeptical audience for the candidate in South Carolina    USA TODAY Frank Bruni: The case for Pete Buttigieg    Salt Lake Tribune Pete Buttigieg is no 'white Obama,' but merely a pale imitation    Washington Examiner View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/39lGwhC

Coronavirus in Iran prompts US to extend olive branch amid claim country's death toll far higher than reported - Fox News

Coronavirus in Iran prompts US to extend olive branch amid claim country's death toll far higher than reported    Fox News As Iran's Leaders Contract Coronavirus, Doubts Emerge Over National Tally    Wall Street Journal Iran Vice President Is One of 7 Officials to Contract Coronavirus    The New York Times Coronavirus: Iran's deaths at least 210, hospital sources say    BBC News How Iran Became a New Epicenter of the Coronavirus Outbreak    The New Yorker View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2I2dt6U

Virus sell-off hands S&P 500 biggest drops at the opening bell - Financial Times

Virus sell-off hands S&P 500 biggest drops at the opening bell    Financial Times Global markets, Wall Street drag out week-long free fall as coronavirus crisis worsens    The Washington Post Another slump delivers worst week for Wall Street since 2008    Minneapolis Star Tribune Here’s When You Should Buy Stocks Again    TheStreet Wall Street losses broaden with no clarity on coronavirus impact    Yahoo Finance View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/3aeGqsg

Google restricts travel as coronavirus outbreak spreads and employee in Switzerland tests positive - CNBC

Google restricts travel as coronavirus outbreak spreads and employee in Switzerland tests positive    CNBC Report: A Google employee has tested positive for the coronavirus    9to5Google Google employee diagnosed with coronavirus    Boing Boing Google employee tests positive for coronavirus as company further restricts travel    msnNOW Google Employee Tests Positive for Coronavirus    Yahoo Entertainment View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/39abmtI

SF tourism, gaming conference give attendees incomplete virus info - Business Insider - Business Insider

SF tourism, gaming conference give attendees incomplete virus info - Business Insider    Business Insider GDC running out of time to cancel as Amazon, Blizzard join no-show list    Ars Technica Amazon is the latest to pull out of GDC over coronavirus fears    Engadget Amid coronavirus fears, tech companies pull out of California conferences    Los Angeles Times Microsoft Drops Out Of GDC, Too [Update: And Epic]    Kotaku View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2whNV3e

Henry Ruggs Separates Himself, Justin Herbert and Jalen Hurts Impress, More Combine Notes - Sports Illustrated

Henry Ruggs Separates Himself, Justin Herbert and Jalen Hurts Impress, More Combine Notes    Sports Illustrated Alabama's Henry Ruggs runs 4.27 in 40-yard dash, short of John Ross' record    Yahoo Sports Henry Ruggs runs the 40 in 4.27 seconds    NBCSports.com NFL Scouting Combine Notebook: Is Henry Ruggs Too Fast for His Own Good?    Bleacher Report Rewarding Moments In Redskins History: Montez Sweat Breaks A Combine Record With 4.41-Second 40-Yard Dash    Redskins.com View Full Coverage on Google News from Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2T72CPu

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says it was 'horrifying' the debate didn't have any climate change questions. Bernie Sanders agrees.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) watched Tuesday night's Democratic debate, and one thing stood out to her."Not a single climate change question," she tweeted. "Horrifying." One of the participants, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), agreed, responding, "A disgrace." The Democratic candidates don't shy away from talking about climate change on the campaign trail; billionaire investor and environmentalist Tom Steyer told voters in South Carolina on Tuesday that climate change is his "No. 1 priority," and if elected, he will declare a climate emergency on his first day in office.Poll after poll has shown that climate change is a key issue for voters; last week, the Pew Research Center released a survey showing that for the first time in two decades, a majority of Americans believe that tackling climate change should be a main priority for the president and Congress.Another poll released last week by the nonpartisan nonprofit Climate Nexus f

Chancellor Hopefuls Clash in Duel for Post-Merkel Germany

(Bloomberg) -- Emotions were running high in an old brewery in the region where Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party stumbled into its worst crisis in decades.In the town of Apolda in the eastern German state of Thuringia, supporters of the Christian Democratic Union shouted down local media, claiming reporters smeared the state chapter. With beer flowing freely, that anger quickly turned to wild cheers when Friedrich Merz appeared before some 1,300 sympathizers, a day after the race to lead Germany’s most powerful party started.For the bulk in attendance, Merkel -- and not a rogue decision by local CDU lawmakers to ally with the far-right Alternative for Germany -- was the problem, and Merz is the answer.The long-time Merkel antagonist “is the only one in the CDU right now who has the courage” to stand up to the German leader, party member Bernhard Koegel said between speeches and folk music in Apolda. “He is the only one who will be able to stop Merkel.”Crowd SizeAbout 170 miles west of

How the Spread of Coronavirus Could Affect Your Travel Plans

The coronavirus has now spread well beyond Asia, hitting the Middle East, Europe, and other parts of the globe. As new cases continue to erupt in different countries, what should American consume... from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32od1cs

No, Not Sanders, Not Ever

By BY DAVID BROOKS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2I3EIy0

With a Rebel Yell, New York Revs Up Its War on Idling Vehicles

By BY JEFFERY C. MAYS from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3cby1HY

Coronavirus threatens global economy as experts warn no country will be spared

All countries need to prepare to combat the coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as authorities raced to contain the epidemic's rapid global spread and Wall Street looked set for its biggest weekly fall since the 2008-2009 financial crisis. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2TsuUTE