Hawks no more: Fiscal conservatives embrace rescue package
Republicans who have spent the past decade howling about the danger of ballooning deficits embraced the coronavirus rescue package approved by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump, shrugging off past concerns about spending in the face of a public health crisis.
Klobuchar's ordeal with husband's COVID-19: 'Still have no idea how he got it"
"There was a point where he just wasn't getting better."
What's in the $2.2 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package for you?
Highlights of a $2.2 trillion package to help businesses, workers and a health care system staggered by the coronavirus that President Donald Trump signed into law Friday after the House voted final congressional approval.
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Trump considering quarantine for NY, NJ and Connecticut
President Donald Trump said he was considering a quarantine as early as Saturday for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, though it wasn't clear whether he had the power to order state residents to stay put.
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Attorney general targets 'pandemic profiteering'
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is deploying secret shoppers and putting Menards on notice in the state's first efforts to crack down on price gouging…
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The Latest: US COVID deaths double in 2 days, topping 2,000
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…
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'Off the charts': Virus hotspots grow in middle America
The coronavirus continued its unrelenting spread across the United States with fatalities doubling in two days and authorities saying Saturday that an infant who tested positive had died. It pummeled big cities like New York, Detroit, New Orleans and Chicago, and made its way, too, into rural America as hotspots erupted in small Midwestern towns and Rocky Mountain ski havens.
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:
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Amid an election-year pandemic, Minnesota candidates are making changes
Candidates, operatives and activists are racing to keep campaigns operating without the time-honored political art of pressing the flesh.
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Rhode Island door knocks in search of fleeing New Yorkers
The Rhode Island National Guard started going door to door on Saturday in coastal areas to inform any New Yorkers who may have come to the state that they must self-quarantine for 14 days while Gov. Gina Raimondo expanded the mandatory self-quarantine to anyone visiting the state.
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California virus death toll surpasses 100; infections surge
With cases of coronavirus surging and the death toll surpassing 100, lawmakers are pleading with cooped-up Californians to spend a second weekend at home to…
Nation
For many Americans, government relief checks will come too late
On Wednesday, as on the first day of any month, many companies and households will have bills to pay. This time, a lot will simply…
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When the sexual assault suspect is a police officer
Former Pine County Sheriff's Office clerk leads fight to break down the "blue wall of silence."
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How to prep for and spend your government relief check
The best use of this money depends on your individual circumstances. But here's some help in thinking it through.
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Job vacancies, inexperience mar federal response to pandemic
WASHINGTON – Of the 75 senior positions at the Department of Homeland Security, 20 are either vacant or filled by acting officials, including Chad…
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For Gov. Tim Walz, there's no playbook to manage COVID-19
Tim Walz was out of his element. Minnesota’s extroverted first-term governor was stuck inside his Summit Avenue home with a PowerPoint presentation ready to go…
Nation
Trump raises idea of quarantines for Northeast U.S.
Trump told reporters at the White House that it would be for a "short period of time, if we do it at all."
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Coronavirus roils every segment of US child welfare system
Child welfare agencies across the U.S., often beleaguered in the best of times, are scrambling to confront new challenges that the coronavirus is posing for caseworkers, kids and parents.
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What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
President Donald Trump is raising the idea of what he's calling a quarantine involving New York and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut, states hard-hit…
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Trump raises idea of quarantines for Northeast U.S.
Trump told reporters at the White House that it would be for a "short period of time, if we do it at all."
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Joseph Lowery spent a life on the front lines of the civil rights battle
The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery fought to end segregation, lived to see the election of the country's first black president and echoed the call for "justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream" in America.
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Minnesota officials report 5th death from the coronavirus
The Minnesota Department of Health on Saturday confirmed the state's fifth death from the coronavirus, on a day when Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill to provide more money to help manage the pandemic.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump a rosy outlier on science of the virus
Groundless assurances keep coming from President Donald Trump, a rosy outlier on the science of the coronavirus pandemic.
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3 more national parks close to prevent coronavirus spread
Three more of America's most popular national parks have closed their gates as pressure mounts on superintendents to prevent crowded trails that could lead to more spread of the coronavirus even as the Trump administration sticks to its decision to waive entrance fees at the parks.
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