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What the U.S. federal government is doing to fight COVID-19

In the U.S., nearly 100 people have died from novel coronavirus among 5,200 confirmed cases. With the infection expected to spread more broadly and businesses and organizations shutting down, what is the latest federal government response? Lisa Desjardins, Yamiche Alcindor…

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House set to vote on bill extending surveillance authorities

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

In a rare bipartisan agreement, both Republicans and Democrats in the House seek to ensure that civil liberties are not overwhelmed by the tools used to thwart terrorism and other crimes.

House can have Mueller probe grand jury testimony, court rules

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The Justice Department must give Congress secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, giving the House a significant win in a separation-of-powers clash with the Trump administration.

House passes bipartisan $8.3 billion bill to battle novel coronavirus

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

The swift and sweeping bipartisan vote was a relative rarity in a polarized Washington and came just nine days after the president outlined a $2.5 billion plan that both President Donald Trump's GOP allies and Democratic critics said was insufficient.

The dramatic death of a former president at the U.S. Capitol

By Dr. Howard Markel

Perhaps the strangest event that ever occurred in the House chamber of the Capitol harkens all the way back to 1848.

News Wrap: Thousands of Palestinians protest Trump's Middle East peace plan

In our news wrap Tuesday, thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in the West Bank and Gaza to protest President Trump’s Middle East peace plan. Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, condemned the proposal to the United Nations…

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