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By Brian Slodysko ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON  — White House candidates aren’t usually bashful about asking supporters for money. But as the coronavirus upends everyday life, inundating hospitals, tanking financial markets and putting 3.3 million Americans out of work, President Donald Trump and his likely Democratic rival, Joe Biden, suddenly find themselves navigating perilous terrain. What…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Early voters cast their ballots at the Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building in Milwaukee, Wis. U.S. elections have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic. At least 13 states have postponed voting and more delays are possible as health officials warn that social distancing and other measures to contain the virus might be in…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Sharon Trask and other voters use hand sanitizer as they stand in line to vote at Lincoln Lodge Polling station, 1st ward, Tuesday, March 17 2020 in Chicago. Voters across the state are getting the chance to decide competitive primary races for the U.S. House and the Illinois Supreme Court, with concerns about…

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 PHILADELPHIA – Digital organizing efforts in Pennsylvania are ramping up ahead of the state’s April primary. Over the weekend, Bernie 2020 in Pennsylvania hosted its first two days of digital house parties, with field organizers and volunteers reaching out to more than 3,000 people through the Bern app. The virtual house parties followed two digital…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill arrives to speak to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) By Will Weissert And Laurie Kellman ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary,…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a primary election night campaign rally Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) By Steve Peoples And Will Weissert ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was reassessing her…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during services, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, at the Royal Missionary Baptist Church in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) By Tom Foreman Jr. ASSOCIATED PRESS  COLUMBIA, S.C. — For James Felder, the question of which presidential candidate to support in the South Carolina primary has…

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ABOVE PHOTO: From left, Democratic presidential candidates, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, (D-Mass.), and Sen. Bernie Sanders, (I-Vt.), participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas, hosted by NBC News and MSNBC.  (AP Photo/John Locher) By Steve Peoples, Alexandra Jaffe And Michelle L. Price…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Catherine Pugh ASSOCIATED PRESS  BALTIMORE  — Baltimore’s disgraced former mayor is asking a judge for a sentence one year and one day in prison for a scheme that involved the sale of her self-published children’s books. Prosecutors recently asked that the 69-year-old spend nearly 5 years in prison. The Baltimore Sun reported Friday…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Rebel leader Riek Machar, left, meets South Sudan President Salva Kiir on his arrival in Juba on Monday [Sam Mednick/AP] By Maura Ajak ASSOCIATED PRESS  JUBA, South Sudan  — South Sudan’s rival leaders on Saturday appeared to clear a major hurdle with just a week left before the deadline to form a coalition government, with…

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