Politics

‘Several’ lawmakers had contact with person who got COVID-19, physician says

By Douglass K. Daniel, Alan Fram, Associated Press

The Capitol's attending physician said Monday that members of Congress had contact with a person who attended a recent political conference and who subsequently developed the illness caused by the new coronavirus.

Biden in Mississippi, Sanders in Michigan before primaries

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Will Weissert, Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden worshiped at a predominantly African American church Sunday in Mississippi, two days before the state’s primary where black voters will play a pivotal role. Rival Bernie Sanders was campaigning roughly 900 miles…

Harris endorses Biden; Jesse Jackson backs Sanders

By Associated Press

Kamala Harris endorsed Joe Biden on Sunday and said she would "do everything in my power'' to help elect him. Sanders, a Vermont senator, countered with his own major endorsement on Sunday, announcing that civil rights icon Jesse Jackson was…

Sanders, Biden up attacks as head-to-head race takes shape

By Will Weissert, Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are spending their first weekend as their party's last top White House contenders increasingly taking aim at one another.

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s sunny side up take on coronavirus

By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press

As the stock market convulses, airline schedules buckle and businesses worry their overseas supply lines will snap, President Donald Trump is looking on the sunny side of an economy clouded by the coronavirus.

Suburbanites are voting and that’s good news for Joe Biden

By Lisa Mascaro, Steve Karnowski, Associated Press

Nearly two years after suburbanites helped drive a Democratic surge, there are clear signs these voters are engaged and primed to vote Democratic again.

The unyielding effort of Elizabeth Warren

By Daniel Bush

For a brief moment last summer and early fall, Elizabeth Warren was on the brink of becoming the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. What happened?…

Reports say Saudis arrest 2 princes for allegedly plotting coup

By Associated Press

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Saudi officials have arrested two members of the royal family for allegedly plotting to oust King Salman and the son he has designated to succeed him, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Trump replaces Mulvaney, naming Rep. Mark Meadows as chief of staff

By Associated Press

Trump announced the staff reshuffle in Friday night tweets, saying acting Chief of Staff Mulvaney would become the U.S. special envoy for Northern Ireland.

Rights groups concerned about refugees facing stigma amid outbreak in Europe

By Pablo Gorondi, Associated Press

This week, thousands of asylum-seekers sit at the intersection of a pair of fast-moving news stories — a spike in migration in Europe and uncertainty about the global spread of the new and sometimes deadly virus.