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The race between Biden and Trump has long been expected but is now virtually guaranteed after Sen. Bernie Sanders exited from the Democratic primary contest.

Sanders lagged Biden in the pledged delegate count and had to cease in-person campaigning because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed from its website highly unusual guidance informing doctors on how to prescribe hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, drugs recommended by President Donald Trump to treat the coronavirus.

Fashion brands rely on sales in department stores to pay their bills. Demand for new product has disappeared, as major retail chains shuttered their stores amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expects that that the economy will open "based on medical conditions" related to the coronavirus, rather than prioritizing states' economic output.

The Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on a major abortion case out of Texas that could resolve whether states may effectively ban the procedure with limited exceptions during the coronavirus pandemic.

The president has removed acting Pentagon Inspector General Glenn Fine, who was tapped last week to lead the committee charged with overseeing the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package.

Trump ally Tom Barrack and his company hired a group of lobbyists to advise on issues related to the coronavirus pandemic as he warns of pending hurdles to the commercial mortgage market

On Tuesday, voters lined up to cast their votes amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 378,289 and killed more than 11,830 people in the U.S.

Broad testing of people for the coronavirus as was done in South Korea could slow the spread of COVID-19 in some parts of the United States, an infectious diseases expert said.

Wisconsin held its primary election on Tuesday after legal battles over whether to delay voting during the coronavirus pandemic.

Congress late last month approved a $350 billion small business loan program as part of a more than $2 trillion stimulus bill aimed at helping the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

President Donald Trump's campaign spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany will replace Grisham as White House press secretary, NBC News reported.

Downing Street also said Johnson has received oxygen treatment but was breathing without other assistance.

Pence, Fauci, Birx and Polowczyk will update Democrats on the coronavirus response effort, including the status of supply chains.

"We need to be really smart" about when "we reopen America," Rep. Josh Gottheimer said, stressing safety first.

The Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion from which the four liberal justices dissented, reasoned that extending the date by which Wisconsin voters could mail absentee ballots "fundamentally alters the nature of the election."

The latest revelation came hours after Modly made a surprise speech aboard the coronavirus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier in Guam.

Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden on Monday spoke to President Donald Trump, his likely rival in November, about his response to the coronavirus outbreak, his campaign confirmed to CNBC.

Earlier, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers filed an executive order attempting to delay in-person voting for the state's presidential primary until June.