From tweet eruptions to economic steps, Trump struggles for calm amid market meltdown and coronavirus crisis

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-struggles-to-calm-nation-amid-market-meltdown-and-coronavirus-crisis/2020/03/09/6958ac90-6217-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html?outputType=amp Inside the White House, some officials privately acknowledged Monday that Trump has exacerbated the problem…

As stocks dive and coronavirus spreads, Trump compares COVID-19 to common flu

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/stocks-dive-coronavirus-spreads-trump-repeats-risk-covid/story?id=69482971 As global markets continue to tank, with Wall Street trading halted after the Dow Jones Industrial…

“He’s Definitely Melting Down Over This”: Trump, Germaphobe in Chief, Struggles to Control the Covid-19 Story

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/trump-germaphobe-in-chief-struggles-to-control-the-covid-19-story/amp Trump’s efforts to take control of the story himself have so far failed. A source…

Trump can’t tweet his way out of a bear market

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/09/perspectives/trump-market-coronavirus/index.html “The botched policy response by the administration is adding to investor concerns,” says Mark Zandi,…

Biden, not Sanders, gains in popularity after Warren drops out: Reuters/Ipsos poll

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN20W31R NEW YORK (Reuters) – Elizabeth Warren’s departure from the Democratic presidential race appears to have benefited…

MAJORITY OF AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF TRUMP’S RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, POLL SHOWS

https://www.newsweek.com/majority-americans-disapprove-trumps-response-coronavirus-outbreak-poll-shows-1491200?amp=1 The majority of Americans are unhappy with President Donald Trump’s response to the outbreak of…

Michigan poll: Biden holds wide lead over Sanders ahead of Tuesday’s primary

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/03/09/politics/polling-michigan-monmouth/index.html (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden leads Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders by a wide margin heading into the Tuesday contest…

The raging controversy over “Bernie Bros” and the so-called dirtbag left, explained

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2020/3/9/21168312/bernie-bros-bernie-sanders-chapo-trap-house-dirtbag-left The Bernie Bro stereotype is reductive. But there’s a specific group of Sanders fans that…

Pixar’s Onward ‘banned by four Middle East countries’ over gay reference

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51801384 Pixar’s latest animation Onward has been banned by several Middle Eastern countries because of a…

Islamists hurl stones and shoes at Women’s Day marchers in Pakistan

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-womens-day-pakistan/islamists-hurl-stones-and-shoes-at-womens-day-marchers-in-pakistan-idUSKBN20V0TO ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Islamists pelted campaigners with stones, shoes and sticks as they marched through Pakistan’s…

The doubt of a ‘Bernie Bro’: A hard-charging Sanders supporter questions whether his tactics help or hurt

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-doubt-of-a-bernie-bro-a-hard-charging-sanders-supporter-questions-whether-his-tactics-help-or-hurt/2020/03/07/0e89cbea-57e6-11ea-8585-993ff9ec93f9_story.html?outputType=amp Using a pseudonym and a private Twitter account closed to the general public, McDowell had…

Trump administration overrode CDC recommendation that elderly, at-risk populations not fly: AP

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/486475-trump-administration-overrode-health-officials-recommendation-that-elderly?amp The White House this week batted down a recommendation from health officials that elderly people…