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2020 Watch: Will Tuesday Clinch the Nomination for Biden?
Presidential politics move fast. What we?re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
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US Heads Into a New Week Shaken by Violence and Pandemic
With cities wounded by days of violent unrest, America headed into a new week with neighborhoods in shambles, urban streets on lockdown and shaken confidence about when leaders would find the answers to control the mayhem amid unrelenting raw emotion over police killings of black people.
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The Latest: Iran, China Media Weigh In on US Protests
The Latest on the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck:
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Democrats Fight for Chance to Take on GOP Sen. Ernst in Iowa
Four relatively unknown Iowa Democrats are competing in a primary Tuesday to take on Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, an endeavor viewed as a long shot when better-known prospects last year took a pass on running.
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Primaries Become Test Run for Campaigning During Coronavirus
Tuesday’s primaries in eight states are the biggest test to date of campaigning during the coronavirus era, a way for parties to test-drive new ways of getting out the vote during a time when it can be dangerous to leave your home.
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States, Cities Plead for Virus Aid as Congress Faces Crises
One small-town Oklahoma mayor testified before Congress she?s worried the city’s 18-bed hospital can’t handle a second Covid-19 wave. Many counties are slashing sizable chunks of their government work force. States are staring down red ink as the fiscal year comes to a close.
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UN Forced to Cut Aid to Yemen, Even as Virus Increases Need
Aid organizations are making an urgent plea for funding to shore up their operations in war-torn Yemen, saying they have already been forced to stop some of their work even as the coronavirus rips through the country.
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India Cautiously Opens Up Even as Coronavirus Cases Rise
More states opened up and crowds of commuters trickled onto the roads in many of India’s cities on Monday as a three-phase plan to lift the nationwide coronavirus lockdown began despite an upward trend in new infections.
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The Latest: Turkey, Britain Ease More Virus Restrictions
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump Spars With Twitter on Voting, Protests
President Donald Trump and Twitter tangled over truth and consequences this past week as the social media giant flagged the president’s tweets for spreading false information and potentially inciting violence.