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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.

Trump declares national emergency, Pelosi announces aid deal

By Andrew Taylor, Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Trump says the emergency will open up nearly $50 billion for state and local governments to respond to the outbreak.

As virus inches closer to Trump, questions swirl on testing

By Jill Colvin, Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

The White House is grappling with a string of potential and confirmed exposures. A top Brazilian official tested positive after spending time with Trump and others at the president's private club in Florida last weekend.

Countries turn to wartime tactics to fight coronavirus foe

By Aritz Parra, Lori Hinnant, Associated Press

World leaders are warning of nearly wartime measures to come to contain the spreading pandemic.

Louisiana elections chief asks to postpone April 4 primary

By Melinda Deslatte, Asssociated Press

Louisiana's chief elections officer asked the governor on Friday to postpone the state's April presidential primary election for two months because of the coronavirus, as the number of residents who tested positive continued to grow.

WATCH: Trump declares national emergency over coronavirus

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is declaring the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency, as Washington struggles with providing Americans with relief and officials race to slow the spread of the outbreak.