March 1, 2020, 10:05 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 10:05 p.m. ET By Klobuchar cancels Sunday night campaign rally after an hour of protests. Image Protesters disrupt a rally for Senator Amy Klobuchar in St. Louis Park, Minn. Credit... Stephen Maturen/Getty Images ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — Senator Amy Klobuchar was forced to cancel a campaign rally in her home state on Sunday night after protesters from Black Lives Matter and other local civil rights groups took over the stage, chanting for more than an hour. The rally, which was supposed to be a home state show of force two days before Super Tuesday, was instead canceled 40 minutes after its scheduled start time. The Klobuchar campaign said in a statement it was because the protesters backed out on an agreement to eventually cede the stage. “I’m very disappointed about what happened tonight,” said Justin Bueon, the campaign manager for Ms. Klobuchar, in a brief statement to reporters. “We had a negotiation, we had an agreement with the organizers of the protest to meet with the senator on site. She was in the room ready to meet with them, and then they changed the terms and decided they didn’t want to meet with her.” Leslie Redmond, the president of the Minneapolis chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., said it was the campaign who backed out. “They decided to cancel the sit down when we asked for them to have either someone on our side or Senator Amy Klobuchar to come out and acknowledge who Myon Burrell is and why the protesters are even here tonight,” Ms. Redmond said. She said she did not regret that the campaign event was canceled. “That was on Amy Klobuchar. She made the call. She came and left.” The protesters were referring to Myon Burrell, a black man convicted of murder as a teenager while Ms. Klobuchar was the Hennepin County attorney. Recent news reports have raised questions about the case, including numerous reported flaws with the prosecution, and whether Mr. Burrell was wrongly convicted. Ms. Klobuchar has faced calls from local civil rights leaders in Minneapolis to suspend her campaign for her role in the prosecution, although Ms. Redmond said that they had more communication with Ms. Klobuchar’s office tonight than they had over the last couple of months. Ms. Klobuchar, while stopping short of apologizing for the case, has repeatedly called for the case to be reviewed. Derrick Johnson, the national president of the N.A.A.C.P., said that Mr. Burrell’s case goes beyond politics and that Ms. Klobuchar must make a more concerted effort to address the case. “The same energy you put in trying to use the case to promote your campaign should be the same energy you use to get this case reviewed and this man exonerated,” Mr. Johnson said in an interview Sunday night. “A simple statement falls very short to the seriousness of what we’re looking at here.” “In her case,” he added, “you can’t have it both ways.” The canceled rally comes at a precarious time for Ms. Klobuchar. After consecutive sixth-place finishes in Nevada and South Carolina, her campaign was looking to rebound on Super Tuesday, anchored with a victory in her home state of Minnesota. But the rally here underscored how her campaign has yet to establish support among a broad coalition, particularly among black and Latino voters. Asked if the protest tonight underscored that concern, Mr. Bueon demurred. “I don’t know that one event is emblematic of anything,” he said. “I’m disappointed and hopeful that we are able to do a meeting in the future.” Read more

March 1, 2020, 9:37 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 9:37 p.m. ET By Joe Biden raises $10 million in two days. Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s campaign announced late Sunday that he had raised more than $10 million over the weekend — more than Mr. Biden had raised in the entire month of January. Mr. Biden’s campaign said he had collected $5 million on Saturday, the day he won the South Carolina primary, making it his best day since he launched his candidacy last April. He followed that up with another $5 million day on Sunday, passing that mark before 9 p.m. Mr. Biden said earlier on Sunday that he had raised a total of nearly $18 million in February, including the $5 million he collected on the final day of the month.

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March 1, 2020, 9:24 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 9:24 p.m. ET By Pete Buttigieg, in exit speech, warns against nominating Bernie Sanders. Image Pete Buttigieg announced his withdrawal from the 2020 Democratic race in South Bend, Ind. Credit... Michael Caterina/via Reuters SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Conceding his path to the Democratic presidential nomination had “narrowed to a close,” former Mayor Pete Buttigieg ended his presidential campaign Sunday night. “Tonight, I am making the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for the presidency,” Mr. Buttigieg told a hometown crowd gathered at a convention center along the St. Joseph River. “I will no longer seek to be the 2020 Democratic nominee for president, but I will do everything in my power to ensure that have a new Democratic president come January.” Mr. Buttigieg didn’t mention any of his former rivals by name, but delivered an unmistakable warning against nominating Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. “We need leadership to heal a divided nation, not drive us further apart,” he said, in an echo of the Sanders attack he’d been making for months on the campaign trail. “We need a broad based agenda to truly deliver for the American people, not one that gets lost in ideology. We need an approach strong enough not only to win the White House, but hold the House, win the Senate and send Mitch McConnell into retirement.” Mr. Buttigieg had been introduced by his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, who had been a frequent presence on the campaign trail but rarely addressed campaign audiences in public. Chasten Buttigieg reminded the audience of a few hundred supporters how unlikely the Buttigieg presidential campaign was. A millennial gay mayor from a small Midwestern city, who rose from near-total obscurity to win the Iowa caucuses. “A year and half ago my husband came home from work and said, ‘What do you think about running for president?’” Chasten Buttigieg said. “I laughed not at him, but at life.” Read more

March 1, 2020, 8:57 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 8:57 p.m. ET By Bernie Sanders on Pete Buttigieg: He ran a ‘brilliant campaign.’ LOS ANGELES — Landing in Los Angeles for his second California rally of the day, Senator Bernie Sanders told reporters: “I just wanted to say a word — Pete Buttigieg, as I understand it, is dropping out of the race. I want to congratulate him for running a brilliant campaign. He is the first openly gay candidate for president of the United States and he did extraordinarily well. And tonight, I just want to welcome all of his supporters into our movement and to urge them to joining us in the fight for real change in this country.”

March 1, 2020, 8:40 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 8:40 p.m. ET By In Virginia, Joe Biden brings the band. Image A band plays at a community event hosted by former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in Norfolk, Va. Credit... Carlos Bernate for The New York Times NORFOLK, Va. — In Iowa and New Hampshire, Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s campaign events were often small, subdued affairs. But on Sunday night, he rolled into a 2,100-person rally here in a key Super Tuesday state that was downright raucous. A live band blasted music periodically, keeping the crowd entertained as Mr. Biden ran, characteristically, late. He was introduced by a host of prominent lawmakers, including Representative Elaine Luria, a Democrat of Virginia who represents a tough battleground district, as well as Senator Tim Kaine and former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, two of the state’s most prominent Democrats. “We don’t need a revolution,” Mr. McAuliffe said, an oblique swipe at Senator Bernie Sanders. “We need Joe Biden in the White House. With Joe Biden at the top of the ticket, we will sweep here in Virginia.” Mr. Biden referred to Mr. McAuliffe as the “once and future governor of Virginia.” Mr. Biden, speaking from teleprompters, reprised a number of notes from his victory speech Saturday in South Carolina, reminding attendees here that their decision will “determine what our party stands for, what we believe in and what we’ll be able to get done.” “Winning big or losing big, that’s the choice,” he said. “Most Americans don’t want the promise of revolution. What they want is results.” Mr. Biden also spoke in personal terms about his faith, and spoke passionately about defeating President Trump. Here’s a video of the scene: Biden events feel so different in the south compared to IA/NH. This is in Norfolk. Speaking now: Rep Elaine Luria, who represents a tough district and backs Biden pic.twitter.com/EOyUFdGCrI — Katie Glueck (@katieglueck) March 2, 2020 Read more

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March 1, 2020, 8:21 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 8:21 p.m. ET By Susan Collins won’t say if she voted for Trump. Image Senator Susan Collins at a hearing on Capitol Hill in February. Credit... Erin Schaff/The New York Times Senator Susan Collins, the centrist Maine Republican who is a facing a tough re-election and has drawn the ire of many of her constituents because of her vote to acquit President Trump on impeachment charges, is sidestepping questions about whether she cast a primary ballot for him. Maine, along with 14 other states and territories, will hold its Republican and Democratic presidential primaries on Super Tuesday. During an interview with the Portland, Maine, NBC affiliate WCSH on Friday, Ms. Collins would only say that she had already voted by absentee ballot. She declined to say for whom. “I’m focused on my job and also my own campaign, and I’m just not going to get involved in presidential politics,” Ms. Collins said. A campaign spokesman for Ms. Collins on Sunday referred back to Ms. Collins’ remarks in the interview. In 2016, Ms. Collins declined to vote for Mr. Trump in the general election and has said that she wrote in the name of Paul D. Ryan, a fellow Republican who was House Speaker at the time. Mr. Trump is running uncontested on the Republican primary ballot in Maine, according to the state Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions. Ms. Collins, 67, a member of the Senate since 1997, is a top target for the Democrats in their quest to retake control of the chamber. Last month, she inflamed proponents of Mr. Trump’s impeachment when she told CBS that Mr. Trump had learned a “pretty big lesson.” Ms. Collins, along with Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, broke with Republicans when they voted in support of calling witnesses in Mr. Trump’s impeachment trial. Democrats still didn’t have the votes to force the issue. In her NBC interview, Ms. Collins said that her likely opponent, Sara Gideon, the speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, had declined to say which of the Democratic presidential candidates she would be voting for in the primary. In addition to her acquittal vote, Ms. Collins has caught flak for her vote to confirm Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in 2018. At the same time, Ms. Collins bucked her party when she voted against both the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and Mr. Trump’s emergency border declaration. She also opposed the appointment of the Education Secretary Betsy Devos. According to the polling service Morning Consult, Ms. Collins had a disapproval rating of 52 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019, the highest of any senator. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: @PatCallaghan6's full interview with @SenatorCollins. https://t.co/1eK2vUhOlz — NEWS CENTER Maine (@newscentermaine) February 29, 2020 Read more

March 1, 2020, 7:55 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 7:55 p.m. ET Photos: Marchers cross the bridge at Selma, arm in arm with presidential candidates. Image Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts with Rev. Jesse Jackson at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., on Sunday. Four Democratic candidates attended the march, including former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., who ended his bid for the presidency on Sunday. Credit... Brittainy Newman/The New York Times Image Marchers crossed the bridge for the commemoration of the “Bloody Sunday” attacks. Credit... Brittainy Newman/The New York Times Image Mr. Bloomberg linked arms with marchers. Credit... Brittainy Newman/The New York Times

March 1, 2020, 7:42 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 7:42 p.m. ET By Trump, responding to Buttigieg’s withdrawal, takes a swipe at Sanders. President Trump, reacting to the former mayor Pete Buttigieg’s exit from the presidential race on Sunday, said on Twitter that Democrats were clearing a path for former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to seize the nomination from Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. As if to rile up the supporters of Mr. Sanders, who holds a narrow lead over Mr. Biden in the delegate count going into Super Tuesday, Mr. Trump said that history was poised to repeat itself for Mr. Sanders. “Pete Buttigieg is OUT,” Mr. Trump said on Twitter. “All of his SuperTuesday votes will go to Sleepy Joe Biden. Great timing. This is the REAL beginning of the Dems taking Bernie out of play. NO NOMINATION, AGAIN!” Pete Buttigieg is OUT. All of his SuperTuesday votes will go to Sleepy Joe Biden. Great timing. This is the REAL beginning of the Dems taking Bernie out of play - NO NOMINATION, AGAIN! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 1, 2020 It was the latest kernel of political commentary from Mr. Trump since Mr. Biden’s emphatic victory in South Carolina’s primary. Each time, Mr. Trump has seemingly tried to play Democrats’ campaigns against each other. Mr. Buttigieg, whose surname Mr. Trump mangled and called “unpronounceable” during a December rally in Michigan, was returning to South Bend, Ind., on Sunday night to formally announce his withdrawal from the race. Read more

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March 1, 2020, 7:09 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 7:09 p.m. ET By ‘Don’t roll your eyes’: Bloomberg is getting a crash course on retail campaigning. Michael R. Bloomberg’s bid for the presidency, which faces its first test before voters on Tuesday when 14 states go to the polls, has exposed to the country what New Yorkers have long known: He was never admired for his gifts as a retail politician. Now as he tries to connect with Americans who know little about him, other than what they see in his ubiquitous, slickly produced ads, his campaign is trying to buff the rough exterior of a 77-year-old who can be surly, inelegant and averse to talking about himself in a way that voters find revealing and personal. Read more on his efforts to appeal to voters across the country.

March 1, 2020, 6:44 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 6:44 p.m. ET By Sanders lashes Biden in California: ‘Please do not forget Joe Biden voted for the war in Iraq.’ Image Senator Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally in San Jose, Calif. Credit... Erin Schaff/The New York Times SAN JOSE, Calif. — As other top presidential candidates were in Selma, Ala., to commemorate the anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont landed in northern California for the first of two rallies in the delegate-rich Super Tuesday state. In front of thousands of people — whose cheers ricocheted deafeningly off the walls of an enormous indoor hall — he laid into former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., forcefully attacking Mr. Biden for his record including his vote to authorize the war in Iraq. “At a time when the American people are sick and tired of endless wars, of the terrible death rate that we have seen from these wars, the trillions of dollars we have spent on these wars,” he said, “please do not forget Joe Biden voted for the war in Iraq.” He also bashed the former vice president, who badly defeated Mr. Sanders on Saturday in the South Carolina primary, for voting for “terrible trade agreements” including the North American Free Trade Agreement, and for Mr. Biden’s voting record on bankruptcy and social security. “My point here is not to just be negative about Joe,” Mr. Sanders said. “My point is to ask you all what campaign is going to defeat Donald Trump?” He added: “We are not going to be able to defeat Trump when Trump puts his ads up on television about a candidate who wanted to cut social security, who supported disastrous trade agreements.” Read more

March 1, 2020, 6:19 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 6:19 p.m. ET By Reid J. Epstein and Buttigieg is quitting the presidential race. Image Pete Buttigieg at a campaign event at a high school in Raleigh, N.C., on Saturday. Credit... Chang W. Lee/The New York Times SELMA, Ala. — Pete Buttigieg, the former Indiana mayor and first openly gay major presidential candidate, has decided to quit the Democratic race, a person briefed on Mr. Buttigieg’s plans said on Sunday, following a crushing loss in the South Carolina primary where his poor performance with black Democrats signaled an inability to build a broad coalition of voters. Mr. Buttigieg, 38, narrowly won the Iowa caucuses early last month and came in a strong second place in the New Hampshire primary, exciting liberal white Democrats with his cool, hyper-articulate manner. But he never broadened his breadth of support in a party with a nonwhite base, and one that has veered leftward since 2018. He came in a distant third in the Nevada caucuses, which drew strong numbers of Latino voters, and then fourth place in South Carolina, where black voters made up a majority of the Democratic electorate. He won just 3 percent of them, according to exit polls. Reid J. Epstein reported from Selma, Ala., and Trip Gabriel reported from Charlotte, N.C. Read more

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March 1, 2020, 5:36 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 5:36 p.m. ET By Biden gets a warm welcome at a church service. Bloomberg, not so much. Image Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Ala., on Sunday. Credit... Brittainy Newman/The New York Times SELMA, Ala. — To mark the remembrance of Bloody Sunday, both Michael R. Bloomberg and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. attended a service at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church on Sunday. But the two candidates received markedly different receptions. Mr. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, was seated in the front row, while Mr. Biden had a spot on the dais next to Representative Terri A. Sewell, Democrat of Alabama, and not far from Stacey Abrams, the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial nominee, and the Rev. Al Sharpton. Ms. Sewell, who has endorsed Mr. Biden, introduced him. When Mr. Bloomberg spoke, a number of people stood and turned their backs to him. Mr. Biden, however, received constant affirmations throughout his remarks as he denounced white supremacy. “Donald Trump has showed us the side of humanity that has no sense of compassion,” he said. “Say it, Biden!” an attendee cried out. Mr. Biden continued, “Doesn’t understand who we are! Doesn’t understand anything about why we go to church. Because we believe! We believe that we have an obligation to our brothers and sisters.” Earlier on Sunday, Mr. Biden, fresh off a resounding win in South Carolina powered by African-American voters, paid his respects at a memorial for the Selma to Montgomery civil rights march and the legacy of Bloody Sunday. Accompanied by his daughter, Ashley Biden, he stood next to Mr. Sharpton before laying a wreath. Here is Mr. Biden arriving in Selma: Biden arrives in Selma pic.twitter.com/KoFRmW4bZG — Katie Glueck (@katieglueck) March 1, 2020 Mr. Biden and Mr. Bloomberg are competing for support among moderate voters here in Alabama and across the states that vote on Super Tuesday. Mr. Bloomberg has racked up a number of endorsements that many political observers had expected would go to Mr. Biden. Read more

March 1, 2020, 5:14 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 5:14 p.m. ET By Jim Tankersley and Democratic candidates attack Trump’s response to the coronavirus. WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidates have seized on President Trump’s response to the spreading global coronavirus outbreak, and the growing threat it poses to America’s record-long economic expansion, to attack the president on what has been his greatest strength with voters: the economy. Until last week, the candidates had largely attacked Mr. Trump’s economic management on inequality grounds. But now they have begun to attack his stewardship more directly, after fears over the effects of the virus dealt stock markets their worst week since 2008. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York, two candidates in critical need of delegates on Super Tuesday, revamped their stump speeches in recent days to aggressively attack Mr. Trump’s handling of the issue and portray themselves as the type of president America needed to endure a potential economic and public health crisis. Mr. Trump has played down the virus, insisting several times last week that it might not spread any further in the United States, and the economic threats from it. And he has lashed out at Democrats, saying they were the ones spooking investors. “Stock Market starting to look very good to me!” he tweeted last Monday, before four more days of losses. As markets continued to slide, he and members of his administration encouraged Americans to buy stock. “The market will all come back,” Mr. Trump told reporters on Saturday. “The markets are very strong. The consumer is unbelievably strong.” The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting to look very good to me! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 24, 2020 The front-runners in the race, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who won the South Carolina primary Saturday, have also criticized Mr. Trump’s management of the virus response. They have focused less than Ms. Warren and Mr. Bloomberg on the economic effects and have emphasized public health issues. None of the candidates have changed their core economic platforms, which to varying degrees all call for trillions of dollars in new taxes on the wealthy and on businesses to fund programs meant to help the middle class and the poor. And they have often cited threats from the virus as new evidence to support the need for their plans, such as universal health care. Jim Tankersley reported from Washington, and Thomas Kaplan from Charlotte, N.C. Read more

March 1, 2020, 4:37 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 4:37 p.m. ET By Sanders has work to do in the suburbs. Image Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign rally in Virginia Beach, VA on Saturday. Credit... Erin Schaff/The New York Times VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The suburbs have been a surprising superpower for Democrats in the Trump era. A revolt by college-educated voters, largely women, in suburbs from Virginia Beach to Oklahoma City, from Houston to Southern California, delivered the House majority to Democrats in 2018. Driven by anxiety over guns, health care and the environment, and recoiling from President Trump’s caustic leadership, suburban voters are widely seen as a critical bloc for any Democratic victory in 2020. But there are some early signs that the rise of Senator Bernie Sanders, by far the most liberal Democratic front-runner since George McGovern in 1972, is causing stress with the party’s suburban coalition and especially its core of college-educated white women and older voters, many of whom are politically moderate. Read more

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March 1, 2020, 4:12 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 4:12 p.m. ET By Tim Arango and California voters are wrestling with the high cost of housing. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — As millions of Californians prepare to vote on Super Tuesday, the state’s housing affordability crisis is weighing heavily on the minds of many residents. The high cost of housing has sent many families fleeing from places like San Francisco, where the average apartment rents for more than $4,000. Yet the crisis reverberates well inland, affecting communities like Bakersfield and Stockton. By one measure, the housing crisis is even more acute for residents of California’s agricultural Central Valley, where 38 percent of people pay more than 30 percent of their household income in rent. So as the state prepares to vote in the Tuesday’s primaries, the crisis — wide-scale homelessness, poverty and the stress of making ends meet — has emerged as a foundational issue, one to which many Americans can relate. Read more

March 1, 2020, 3:54 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 3:54 p.m. ET By The 15 percent rule is driving most strategies for Super Tuesday. Ahead of Super Tuesday, the remaining candidates for the Democratic nomination are facing a critical bar. It is called the 15 percent rule, and here’s how it works. To win the nomination, candidates must capture 1,991 pledged delegates — a majority of the 3,979 that are up for grabs — at the convention this summer in Milwaukee. During the primaries, the candidates are competing for two major pools of delegates. One pool, known as at-large delegates, are allocated statewide; another, known as district-level delegates, are awarded by congressional district. In each case, a candidate must win at least 15 percent of the vote to be eligible for the delegates. Candidates who fall short of the threshold statewide could still win district-level delegates if they capture more than 15 percent of the vote in a congressional district. But in a relatively large field, not everyone will be able to clear that bar in each state or congressional district, and those who don’t will be shut out. This could play out in powerful ways on Tuesday, when more than 1,300 delegates will be awarded — about a third of the total at stake in the entire nominating contest. The results could be particularly significant in California, Super Tuesday’s biggest prize. It has 415 pledged delegates — 271 apportioned based on the results in the state’s 53 congressional districts and 144 awarded by statewide vote. Read more

March 1, 2020, 3:35 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 3:35 p.m. ET By A rift between rappers. One likes Sanders, the other doesn’t. Image The rapper Flavor Flav has sent a cease and desist letter to the Sanders campaign, objecting to the use of his image. Credit... Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images A rift has deepened between two of the founding members of the rap group Public Enemy over one of the recording artist’s support for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Flavor Flav, the flamboyant, clock-wearing rapper whose real name is William Drayton, sent a cease and desist letter on Friday to the Sanders campaign, objecting to what the rapper’s lawyer said was the unauthorized use of Flavor Flav’s likeness, image and trademarked clock image to promote a rally on Sunday with Public Enemy in Los Angeles. The lawyer, Matthew H. Friedman, said in the letter, which was obtained by The New York Times, that Mr. Sanders had been endorsed by Chuck D. of Public Enemy, but not by the group itself and not by Flavor Flav. “The Public Enemy Movement cannot allow its cultural identity, likeness and life’s work to be misappropriated by political operatives in support of a fictional revolution — Don’t Believe The Hype!” Mr. Friedman wrote. “It is unfortunate that a political campaign would be so careless with the artistic integrity of such iconoclastic figures in American culture.” The Sanders campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday. This is not the first legal feud between the two artists. Flavor Flav sued Chuck D. In 2017, claiming that Chuck D. had not paid all of his royalties and that he had used Flavor Flav’s voice on an album released that year as well as his image on its cover, both without authorization. It’s the final 48 hours of the Democratic primary race in California, which is the big prize on the Super Tuesday map. A who’s who of celebrities has backed Mr. Sanders, including the singer Ariana Grande, the comedian Sarah Silverman and the actor Dick Van Dyke. Ms. Silverman and Mr. Van Dyke are also expected to appear at the Los Angeles rally on Sunday. Read more

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March 1, 2020, 3:14 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 3:14 p.m. ET By Warren offers a plan to address disparities facing Muslims. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who was campaigning in Selma, Ala., on Sunday ahead of this week’s nominating contests, has released a wide-ranging plan focusing on the needs of Muslim communities in the United States and beyond. The plan, which runs nearly 8,000 words, pulls together many of Ms. Warren’s earlier proposals, including issues as varied as health care, immigration, white nationalism, criminal justice reform, education and entrepreneurship. “From black Muslims who left an imprint on the civil rights movement, to the more recent organizing by Minnesota youth and grass-roots organizations across the country when their civil liberties were under attack, to the immediacy of protests against the Muslim ban, Muslims have helped lead the way to build a society where everyone can thrive,” she wrote. “Now, it’s our turn to reshape our country, our economy and our government,” she wrote, “to confront the deep-seated anti-Muslim racism in our society and in our policies that predates even Donald Trump.” Ms. Warren pledged, as part of the plan, to include Muslim leaders and policy experts in her administration. Read more

March 1, 2020, 2:52 p.m. ET March 1, 2020, 2:52 p.m. ET By Bloomberg faces some protesters while speaking at church. Image Credit... Brittainy Newman/The New York Times Several of the Democratic candidates were in Selma, Ala., on Sunday for an annual commemoration of Bloody Sunday, including former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York, who was among the speakers at Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church. As Mr. Bloomberg spoke at the church, a small group of attendees stood and turned their backs on him.