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Top White House advisers predict as many as 240,000 US deaths from coronavirus - live updates
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Trump threatens to ‘take over’ San Francisco from ‘sick puppy’ Pelosi in fiery reply to her Covid-19 response bashing
President Donald Trump slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on ‘Fox and Friends,’ suggesting the federal government could take over her “slum” district San Francisco, as the two locked horns on the coronavirus pandemic response.
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Sorry, haters, Trump is more popular than ever
4 takeaways from a mid-crisis polling spike for the U.S. president
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Trump to Mike Pence: 'Don't call the woman in Michigan,' aka Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
It's not the first time Trump and Whitmer have clashed over the federal government's coronavirus response.
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The $2 Trillion Coronavirus Aid Bill Has Passed The House And Been Signed Into Law
It is the largest emergency relief package in American history.
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Senate Moves Towards Vote on Coronavirus Stimulus Package
Legislation to provide direct payments to many Americans, expand unemployment insurance, offer health-care providers additional resources
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Senate, White House reach $2 trillion stimulus deal to blunt coronavirus fallout
Both chambers of Congress will aim to pass the mammoth legislation swiftly.
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Americans Want Paid Sick Leave For Coronavirus Crisis. Why Won’t Congress Deliver?
It’s “beyond shameful” that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell won’t prioritize it, one advocate says.
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Tulsi Gabbard lost her political future & moral high ground with Biden-2020 endorsement
Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has dropped out of the 2020 presidential race to endorse her ideological opposite, establishment darling Joe Biden. It's political suicide – for her, and for the idea of a progressive Democrat.
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GOP senators sold off their stocks ahead of coronavirus economic crash, reports say
Sens. Richard Burr and Kelly Loeffler both made dozens of stock trades shortly after private health briefings for Congress began in January.
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Pelosi calls on Trump to use Defense Production Act
That tweet was a confusing signal from Trump after he had invoked the DPA earlier in the day, announcing the move at a White House briefing on the health crisis.
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Biden crushes Sanders in Florida and Illinois primaries
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has steamrolled rival Bernie Sanders in primary elections in Florida and Illinois.
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House passes aid bill after Trump declares virus emergency
Trump said, “I don't take responsibility at all" for the slow rollout of testing.
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The Media. Young Voters. Sanders Spreads the Blame for His Decline.
The “corporate media” didn’t pay attention to his agenda.
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Bernie Sanders Will Remain in Race and Attend Sunday’s Debate
Mr. Sanders made the announcement at a news conference after a series of stinging defeats on Tuesday night, as Joe Biden took command of the Democratic primary.
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'It's all over': Crushing victory in US
It wasn’t just the results on Tuesday. It was the realization that, for the first time, he had no excuse and nothing better to look forward to.
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Elizabeth Warren: Where did it go wrong for her?
Now that she has dropped out, post-mortems on Elizabeth Warren's campaign - which was leading the polls in the autumn - have begun.
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Joe Biden Surges by Expanding the Democratic Electorate
Presidential candidate is buoyed by suburban voters who flocked to party in 2018; Bernie Sanders concedes ‘it isn’t easy’ to boost youth turnout
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Inside Bloomberg’s half-billion-dollar belly flop
Campaign aides knew they were in big trouble when the South Carolina results came in.
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Bloomberg ends presidential run and endorses Biden after Super Tuesday rejection
Mike Bloomberg drops out of 2020 race as Elizabeth Warren 'to assess path forward'
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