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Marco Rubio warned that a new wave of small business layoffs could come if Congress does not re-up funding for the Paycheck Protection Program in its next round of coronavirus relief spending.

Even though Donald Trump has no viable path to gain majority Latino support as he makes anti-immigration a foundation of his re-election, Biden's approval among young Latinos is waning.

Voters on Tuesday made Missouri the 38th state to approve expanding Medicaid health care coverage to thousands more low-income adults, the Associated Press reports

Nevada recently passed a law making its November election almost entirely by mail, but Trump wants to stop it, NBC News reports

Negotiators said they made progress but remain far from a coronavirus stimulus deal, which Mitch McConnell said he is prepared to support.

Dan Calabrese, who oversaw Cain's website and announced his death last week, told CNBC that doctors thought Cain might recover just days before he died.

A new book details what led to the banishment of Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, from Trump's Mar-a-Lago club.

President Donald Trump may not have to wait for Congress to get the payroll tax holiday he's been seeking. He may be able to push it through himself, according to a Wall Street Journal op-ed co-authored by Stephen Moore, a member of the president's economic recovery task force.

Congress didn't extend the $600 boost to weekly unemployment benefits, which lapsed on Friday. Now, some workers will get just a few dollars a week in jobless aid.

"They are dying. That's true, and -- it is what it is," Trump said when asked how he could claim his administration has a handle on the virus as it kills 1,000 Americans a day.

President Donald Trump socialized years ago with accused sex criminals Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. He now says he wishes Maxwell "well" as she awaits trial.

Pelosi, Schumer, Mnuchin and Meadows met Monday and cited progress toward a coronavirus relief bill but no agreement yet.

Former President Barack Obama endorsed 118 candidates up and down the ballot in 17 states, most of which were for Democrats locked in tight races.

Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. urged a judge to dismiss President Donald Trump's latest effort to prevent prosecutors from getting the president's tax returns and other records from his accountants.

President Trump is returning to the Hamptons this week for a fundraising blitz as Joe Biden gains ground in building his own campaign war chest.

Familiar fault lines continue to separate the White House and congressional Democrats on the next coronavirus stimulus package a day after an extended meeting between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and administration officials.

Birx had warned on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday that the U.S. had entered a "new phase" in its battle against the virus.

The $600 weekly enhancement to unemployment benefits ended Friday. Lawmakers are trying to figure out what comes next as millions of Americans brace for a steep drop in aid.

The U.S. coronavirus death toll will depend on how southern and western states with the worst outbreaks respond to the virus over the coming weeks, Birx said.

The top Democrats in Congress are not close to a deal with the White House to pump more money into the U.S. economy to ease the coronavirus' heavy toll, both sides said on Saturday.