Above the Fold
**STRATEGY:** Sen. Amy Klobuchar drops out of 2020 campaign, helping to buoy Joe Biden in her home state of Minnesota ([Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/02/klobuchar-to-drop-out-of-2020-campaign-endorse-biden-118823))
RALLYING THE TROOPS: Establishment Democrats embrace Biden as Bernie Sanders hopes for a big Super Tuesday delegate haul (The Washington Post)
EMERGENCY CUT: Fed reduces rates by half a percentage point to combat coronavirus slowdown (CNBC)
Government & Politics
**SCANDAL REOPENS:** Federal judge orders Hillary Clinton to give sworn deposition for first time in server scandal ([The Daily Wire](https://www.dailywire.com/news/scandal-reopens-federal-judge-orders-hillary-to-give-sworn-deposition-for-first-time-in-server-scandal))
NOT BACKING DOWN: Senate Republicans plan first subpoena in Burisma-Biden probe (The Washington Post)
TENURED VOICE DEPARTS: Embattled pundit Chris Matthews announces retirement, mutually parts ways with MSNBC (NBC News)
Culture & Heartland
**ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS:** Dow roars back from coronavirus sell-off with biggest gain since 2009, surges 5.1% ([CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/01/awaiting-us-stock-futures-open-at-6-pm-after-wall-streets-worst-week-since-2008.html))
MEMO TO COLIN KAEPERNICK: China forces Uighurs to work in factories supplying Apple — and Nike (National Review)
MOTHER NATURE’S WRATH: Nashville tornado leaves at least nine dead as severe weather strikes Tennessee (Fox News)
Other Notables
**THIRD ELECTION IN UNDER A YEAR:** Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defeats Benny Gantz, but is still short a majority ([The Jerusalem Post](https://www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Benjamin-Netanyahus-Right-bloc-wins-majority-exit-polls-619513))
TIT FOR TAT: U.S. places new restrictions on Chinese journalists following China’s expulsion of three Wall Street Journal reporters (Axois)
Closing Arguments
**POLICY:** Want to improve performance in public schools? Let school choice flourish ([E21](https://economics21.org/improve-public-education-let-charter-schools-grow))
POLICY: How the plastic panic hurts us — and the planet (City Journal)
HUMOR: Joe Biden drops out of race, endorses Biden (ScrappleFace)
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