By KAT STAFFORD, MEGHAN HOYER and AARON MORRISON Associated Press As the coronavirus tightens its grip across the country, it is cutting a particularly devastating swath through an already vulnerable …
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Biden vs. Trump: General election battle is now set
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer The stage is set for November. Barring unforeseen disaster, Joe Biden will represent the Democratic Party against President Donald Trump this fall, the fo…
Sanders drops 2020 bid, leaving Biden as likely nominee
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, making Joe Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge President Donald Trump…
Congress in standoff on virus aid, but first checks coming
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is rushing headlong into a conflict over the next coronavirus aid package as the White House wants to pump $250 billion into a…
HHS: Federal stocks of protective equipment nearly depleted
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Strategic National Stockpile is nearly out of the N95 respirators, surgical masks, face, shields, gowns and other medical supplies desperate…
Trump upends virus oversight, removing key official
BY ERIC TUCKER, MATTHEW DALY and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is moving aggressively to challenge the authority and independence of agency watchdogs ov…
Wildlife group: Gulf oil spill still affecting wildlife
By TAMARA LUSH Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A decade after the nation’s worst offshore oil spill, dolphins, turtles and other wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico are still seriously at risk…
Wall Street’s rally fizzles as oil prices suddenly plunge
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A big rally on Wall Street suddenly vanished Tuesday, undercut in part by another plunge in the price of oil. The S&P 500 dipped 0.2…
Acting Navy boss submits resignation amid coronavirus uproar
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly resigned Tuesday, bringing to a climax an extraordinary drama that he advanced by delivering …
‘A lot of pain.’ NY has biggest 1-day jump in virus deaths
By MARINA VILLENEUVE, KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHAEL HILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York state recorded 731 new coronavirus deaths, marking its biggest single-day jump, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said T…