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The Hill's Campaign Report: North Carolina emerges as key battleground for Senate control

JULIA MANCHESTER,MAX GREENWOOD AND JONATHAN EASLEY

Welcome to The Hill's Campaign Report, your daily rundown on all the latest news in the 2020 presidential, Senate and House races. Did someone forward this to you? ...

GOP lawmaker requests information on release of inmates in New York

JULIEGRACE BRUFKE

Rep. Jody Hice (Ga.), the top Republican on the House Oversight Subcommittee on Government Operations, is calling for information on how New York City plans to ensure citizens are protected upon the release of inmates in...

White House models show 100,000-240,000 deaths due to coronavirus even with mitigation steps

MORGAN CHALFANT AND JESSIE HELLMANN

President Trump's top health advisers said Tuesday that their models showed between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans could die from the novel coronavirus if the country kept social distancing guidelines in place....

Florida gov says if White House recommended stay-at-home order it would 'carry a lot of weight'

TAL AXELROD

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Friday that a White House recommendation to implement a stay-at-home order would "carry a lot of weight" with him as he faces criticism over his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in his...

White House reporter suspected of having coronavirus tests negative

ZACK BUDRYK

A member of the White House Correspondents' Association who was suspected of having the novel coronavirus has tested negative, WHCA President Jonathan Karl announced Tuesday."I have just been advised that our colle...

Trump tells Americans to prepare for a ‘very tough two weeks,’ White House projects 100,000 to 200,000 coronavirus deaths

ANDREW O'REILLY

The White House coronavirus task force unveiled on Tuesday the extended guidelines to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States as a somber President Trump warned Americans that the country is in for “a very painful two weeks.”

Sen. Rick Scott sounds alarm over WHO's coronavirus response, calls for inquiry

LOUIS CASIANO

Sen. Rick Scott on Tuesday called for a congressional investigation into the World Health Organization, accusing the agency of helping China cover up the extent of the coronavirus and promoting misinformation.

Trump tells Americans to prepare for 'very, very painful two weeks'

BRETT SAMUELS

President Trump on Tuesday sought to gird the nation for a grim reality that will set in as the coronavirus pandemic stretches to every corner of the United States."I want every American to be prepared for the hard...

Memos from CDC to White House lay out rationale for possible widespread use of face coverings

LENA H. SUN

Simple cloth masks that cover the mouth and nose can prevent virus transmission by people who are infected but not symptomatic when they are out buying groceries or seeking medical care, according to memos obtained by The Washington Post.

What’s missing from down-ballot races

DAVID WEIGEL

In this edition: How the pandemic is hitting down-ballot candidates, what’s happening in the states balancing the crisis against the primary calendar, and how Andrew Cuomo became New York’s most popular man.

Pompeo: Americans abroad should try to get home 'immediately'

MORGAN PHILLIPS

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Americans living abroad to return home as soon as possible, or they may lose the ability to do so.

Senators slam 'reckless' House over surveillance debacle

BY MARIANNE LEVINE AND MARTIN MATISHAK

Senators were livid after House lawmakers left D.C. without temporarily extending FISA provisions.

Fauci: Coronavirus mitigation methods can't be loosened

NATHANIEL WEIXEL

Mitigation strategies should not be loosened if Americans hope to lessen the impact of the novel coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday."Now is the time ... not to take your foot off the acc...

California to release up to 3,500 non-violent inmates amid coronavirus outbreak

JUSTIN WISE

California is planning to release as many as 3,500 non-violent inmates from its state prisons in an effort to reduce crowding amid an outbreak of the novel coronavirus.The California Departmen...

The Memo: Political world grapples with long coronavirus shutdown

NIALL STANAGE

Americans are coming to grips with the fact that there will be no quick end to the coronavirus crisis - a realization that will shake up the 2020 presidential race in profound ways.President Trump has sought to shi...