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Georgia to postpone primaries over virus; 2nd state to do so

By Associated Press

Georgia election officials are postponing the state’s March 24 presidential primaries until May because of fears over the coronavirus.

Dems, GOP forge virus outbreak into ’20 campaign issue

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Coronavirus is already coloring the 2020 campaign, with Democrats convinced President Donald Trump’s response to the outbreak leaves him and down-ballot Republicans vulnerable over the burgeoning health crisis, his competency and — potentially most damaging — the staggering economy.

WATCH: US travel ban extends to UK, Ireland; Trump eyes US limits

By Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the United States will broaden its European travel ban, adding the United Kingdom and Ireland to its list, and was considering imposing restrictions on travel within the U.S. to areas hit…

House passes aid bill after Trump declares virus emergency

By Associated Press

The House has approved legislation to provide direct relief to Americans suffering physically, financially and emotionally from the coronavirus pandemic.

Tuesday primaries on despite virus fears officials say

By Christina A. Cassidy, Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

They have been scrambling to recruit replacements for poll workers who are dropping out over fears of contracting the virus, providing cotton swabs for voters to use on touchscreen machines and extending absentee voting deadlines.

Shields and Brooks on leadership in a time of crisis

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s political news, including the unique magnitude of the novel coronavirus pandemic, how President Trump is handling the crisis, what the government should…

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Advocates say transgender woman sexually assaulted at ICE facility

By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press

Several groups say the woman from Mexico is suffering from PTSD and should be released on humanitarian grounds while she awaits an appeal to her asylum denial.

WATCH: ‘I didn’t do it,’ Trump says of disbanding pandemics office

By Erica R. Hendry

When President Donald Trump was asked by the PBS NewsHour's Yamiche Alcindor this afternoon about whether he took responsibility for the decision, the president called it a nasty question, saying it wasn't him and gesturing to other members of his…

What to watch in the Biden-Sanders debate

By Daniel Bush

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders will square off Sunday in the first one-on-one debate of the primary race. Here are key things to look for.