Next month, Congress has a jam-packed to-do list, including funding the government, the ongoing impeachment proceedings of the Homeland Security secretary and high-stakes congressional primaries. We’ll explain all the reasons March is about to be a doozy in Washington. Plus, the work and money behind TikTok’s viral trick-shot videos. And the inspiration behind the theme music for Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

- “35 Hours for a 10-Second Clip: The Art of the TikTok Trick Shot” from The New York Times

- “Editor’s Note: Never mind the Ides of March, beware all of March” from Roll Call

- “The rhythmic world of Koji Kondo, maestro of Mario” from The Washington Post

- “$1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School” from The New York Times

- Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class A stock price from Google Finance

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The work that awaits Congress in March