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Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley will suspend her campaign for the White House in the present day, in response to sources aware of her considering. The marketing campaign introduced deliberate remarks from Haley in Charleston at 10 a.m. ET, which is when she is anticipated to withdraw from the race.

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a marketing campaign occasion in Spring, Texas, on Monday, March 4.

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Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a marketing campaign occasion in Spring, Texas, on Monday, March 4.

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• Republican strategist Sarah Longwell tells Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep that it now comes right down to whether Haley plans to endorse Trump. Haley has gained the assist of college-educated, suburban voters by huge margins. “Those people are not going to vote for Trump,” Longwell says.
• Many main Republicans are company on Hugh Hewitt’s radio present. Speaking with Inskeep, he predicts that the majority of Nikki Haley’s supporters will eventually back Trump. He provides that Trump should work to enchantment to suburban ladies. 

NPR’s senior political editor/correspondent Domenico Montanaro joins the publication with evaluation of final evening’s outcomes:

One ought to all the time be ready for a day of surprises in politics. Super Tuesday this yr wasn’t one in all them. Voting went just about as anticipated on essentially the most expansive election day of the primaries. Both President Biden and former President Donald Trump are all however assured of a rematch in opposition to one another, nevertheless unpopular that could be with voters. Trump might clinch the GOP nomination as quickly as subsequent Tuesday. Here are 4 takeaways from the Super Tuesday outcomes:

1. Barring one thing extraordinary from taking place, it is clear Trump goes to be the GOP nominee. 
2. Haley gained independents who voted within the Republican primaries in state after state, however there weren’t sufficient of them.
3. The election seems like 2016 yet again — besides as an alternative of an open presidential race, one with out an incumbent, there are primarily two incumbents operating.
4. It’s going to be Trump and Biden. Many folks do not like them, and so they’re outdated. But persons are going to vote for what’s vital to them.

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On Up First, Montanaro and KQED’s Marisa Lagos take a look at the down-ballot races that stood out:

• In North Carolina, Republicans nominated Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson for governor. Montanaro says he could possibly be a “lightning rod candidate” who might harm the GOP’s possibilities resulting from a few of his “bigoted, antisemitic and conspiratorial” feedback. 
• California voters will resolve this fall between Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey, a former Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman, to fill the late Dianne Feinstein’s U.S. Senate seat. The overwhelmingly Democratic state has an open major, that means all candidates run on one poll. Lagos experiences that Schiff spent greater than $10 million on assault adverts in opposition to Garvey. They “served as an introduction” to Garvey for conservative voters. Porter notes Schiff could have a “much easier time” in November’s election as a result of he will not be operating in opposition to one other Democrat. 

Picture present

Evan Russel’s photograph of Yosemite’s firefall in late February.

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Evan Russel’s photograph of Yosemite’s firefall in late February.

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For a few weeks in winter, the solar hits the waters of Horsetail Fall in California’s Yosemite National Park simply proper. The water glows gold and yellow, like lava, main many to name the phenomenon the “firefall.” It solely lasts a couple of minutes — if sure situations are met.

See pictures of the phenomenon and browse concerning the photographer and artist duo who captured the elusive firefall final month.

Life recommendation

This image taken in March 2018 exhibits a technician engaged on the clock of the Lukaskirche church in Dresden, japanese Germany.

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This image taken in March 2018 exhibits a technician engaged on the clock of the Lukaskirche church in Dresden, japanese Germany.

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Daylight saving time begins on Sunday. Are you ready to spring ahead one hour? Many research present that the one-hour loss to sunlight saving time can disrupt sleep rhythms for days, resulting in cumulative sleep loss. Prepare your self for this weekend’s time change now with these tips:

• Don’t begin with sleep debt. Get within the behavior of sleeping 7-9 hours each evening.
• Start going to mattress 15-20 minutes earlier day by day main as much as Sunday. 
• Expose your self to shiny gentle upon waking and reduce publicity earlier than mattress to reset your inside clock. 

3 issues to know earlier than you go

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Efi Chalikopoulou for NPR

1. Students within the U.S. start taking the SAT fully on-line this week. The revamped take a look at goals to make cheating harder and grading easier. 
2. Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has gained the Pritzker Architecture Prize, dubbed the “Nobel of Architecture.” A jury member says Yamamoto designs buildings that add “dignity… and elegance to everyday life.”
3. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a brand new rule that caps credit card late fees at $8, down from the present common of $32.

This publication was edited by Olivia Hampton.