The Patriot Post® · Monday News Executive Summary

Above the Fold

MOMENTUM SHIFT? Joe Biden wins bigly in South Carolina, giving much-needed boost to campaign (CBS News)

FIELD NARROWS: Pete Buttigieg and Tom Steyer exit 2020 presidential race (NBC News)

FIRST U.S. DEATHS: Second man in King County, Washington, dies of coronavirus (KIRO 7)

National Security

OBSTRUCTING AN EFFECTIVE POLICY: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocks Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy (Fox News)

ADMIN TO APPEAL: A federal judge has ruled that Ken Cuccinelli was unlawfully appointed to lead the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency and therefore lacks authority to give asylum seekers less time to prepare for initial screening interviews (ABC News)

DNI NOMINEE: Trump picks John Ratcliffe to lead intelligence community (CBS News)


18 YEARS LATER: U.S., Taliban sign controversial peace deal for Afghanistan (The Daily Signal)

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Government & Politics

ROUND 3: Supreme Court will once again consider fate of Affordable Care Act (The Washington Post)

“NOW WE’RE COMING AFTER THEM”: Trump goes nuclear on Democrats at CPAC (The Daily Wire)

NO AUTHORITY: House Democrats lose appeal to force White House counsel Don McGahn testimony (Axios)


TAWDRY BEHAVIOR: MSNBC political pundit Chris Matthews absent from air amid sexual-harassment allegations (The Hill)

Closing Arguments

POLICY: The European welfare state is small compared to what Bernie Sanders is proposing (Foundation for Economic Education)

POLICY: Here’s how to prepare if the coronavirus comes to a quarantine (The Federalist)

HUMOR: Biden confident he can win “after taking South Korean primary” (Genesius Times)

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