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Coronavirus The Democrats Have a New $3 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill. Here’s What’s In It.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said there’s no “urgency” to pass another bill and that Republicans are “assessing what we’ve done already.”

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil May 13, 2020 12:40 pm EDT
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Elections The ‘No Corporate PAC Money’ Movement Is Growing. It Could Help Democrats Flip the Senate.

Several leading 2020 Democratic candidates are trying to win back the Senate from Republicans while refusing corporate PAC money.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil May 6, 2020 12:15 pm EDT
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Elections Hillary Clinton Has Endorsed Joe Biden

"This is a moment when we need a leader, a president like Joe Biden.”

Associated Press Associated Press April 28, 2020 3:40 pm EDT
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Elections Biden Earns Twin Endorsements From Democrats on Opposite Sides of the Party

The twin announcements from highlight Biden's effort to avoid a repeat of the 2016 presidential election, when tensions between establishment Democrats and the party's progressive flank hobbled Hillary Clinton in her loss to President Donald Trump.

Associated Press Associated Press April 27, 2020 12:34 pm EDT
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Elections WATCH: Barack Obama Endorses Joe Biden for President

"I believe Joe has all the qualities we need in a president right now," Obama said in a nearly 12- minute video.

Associated Press Associated Press April 14, 2020 12:27 pm EDT

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
This 2018 photo shows the signage of the Fayetteville Works plant where the Delaware-based Chemours Company manufactures C3 dimer acid, also known as GenX. The chemical has entered the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for much of the southeastern part of North Carolina for an unknown time period. (Photo via AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Environment Polluters of ‘Forever Chemicals’ No Longer Getting a Pass, EPA Head Pledges
A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
Getty Images Elections Michigan’s County Clerks are Still Living Through the 2020 Election
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Elections Biden Beats Trump by 6% in New Florida Poll

New Florida poll shows 46% of registered voters would vote for likely presidential candidate Joe Biden, with 40% voting for Donald Trump.

Giselle Balido Giselle Balido April 6, 2020 5:12 pm EDT
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Politics After historic election, Democrats will run Virginia in 2020

For the first time in more than two decades, Republicans no longer control the state legislature.

Davis Burroughs Davis Burroughs November 6, 2019 2:58 pm EST