U.S. stocks plummet and health experts warn against Trump's claims: The latest on coronavirus

U.S. stocks plummet and health experts warn against Trump's claims: The latest on coronavirus-politico: The White House announced Thursday that they had named a coronavirus 'coordinator' to lead response to the health crisis. Ambassador Debbie Birx, who serves as the U.S. government's leader for combatting HIV/AIDS globally, will report to Vice President Mike Pence, the administration's point person for the response. She will also join the White House's coronavirus task force led by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.

Coronavirus gets a Trumpian response

Coronavirus gets a Trumpian response-Politico: President Donald Trump tried to ease Americans’ fears about the potential spread of coronavirus on Wednesday night by putting himself at the center of it all. He cracked wise about his germaphobia, recounted a run-in with a sick friend using a stand-up comedian’s patter, waved around colorful graphs showing America’s superiority on virus containment and listed facts he had just learned about the flu.

Who won, who lost and the biggest takeaways from the South Carolina debate

Who won, who lost and the biggest takeaways from the South Carolina debate-politico: What did we learn in Tuesday’s CBS debate? We asked four POLITICO campaign for their takeaways from the last showdown before the South Carolina primary on Saturday and Super Tuesday just three days after that.

Trump faces ‘black swan’ threat to the economy and reelection

Trump faces ‘black swan’ threat to the economy and reelection-politico: Stock markets tumbled around the world. The number of coronavirus cases mushroomed in advanced nations like Italy, Japan and South Korea. And travel bans expanded as leaders confronted the nightmarish prospect of a spreading virus swallowing their nations.

White House to ask Congress for emergency coronavirus funding

White House to ask Congress for emergency coronavirus funding-politico: The White House will soon ask Congress for emergency funds to fight the coronavirus outbreak, after weeks of hesitation by the administration to press for additional funding, said four individuals with knowledge of the pending request.

Poll: Biden leads Sanders, Steyer in South Carolina

Poll: Biden leads Sanders, Steyer in South Carolina-politico: Joe Biden's once-yawning advantage in South Carolina is now just a narrow lead over Bernie Sanders and Tom Steyer, according to a Winthrop University poll released Thursday. In the poll, Biden is at 24 percent support. He’s followed by Sanders’ 19 percent and Steyer’s 15 percent, the only other candidates in double-digits.

What happened in Vegas? Who won, who lost and takeaways from the Democratic debate

What happened in Vegas? Who won, who lost and takeaways from the Democratic debate-politico: It took less than five minutes for Elizabeth Warren to set the tone for Wednesday’s debate. She leapt into the middle of a Bernie Sanders-Michael Bloomberg tiff over electability to denounce Bloomberg’s treatment of women, stirring waves of applause in the debate hall, and setting off a rollicking two hours when the Democratic presidential candidates finally said what they really think about each other.