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Axios reports: Joe Biden isn’t about to become Bernie Sanders, but he’s signaling that there’s potential for more common ground on issues such as health care, student debt, climate change and more in the weeks ahead. As Biden courts Sanders’ endorsement, their teams will hold policy discussions in the next few weeks with the expectation that Biden will incorporate some …

CBS News reports: Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday officially postponed New Jersey’s primary election from June 2 to July 7 because of the coronavirus pandemic, declaring, “I don’t want a Wisconsin, where folks have to pick between exercising their right to vote on the one hand and protecting their own personal health.” Murphy said he signed an executive order to …

Via press release from former Vice President Joe Biden: Today, Senator Sanders announced he was suspending his campaign. Bernie has put his heart and soul into not only running for President, but for the causes and issues he has been dedicated to his whole life. So, I know how hard a decision this was for him to make — and …

NBC News reports: Bernie Sanders is ending his presidential campaign, he announced on Wednesday. The Vermont independent senator’s 2020 bid started off strong. He narrowly missed first place in Iowa before picking up wins in New Hampshire and Nevada. All the while, his campaign continued to rake in millions in small-dollar donations and pack rallies full of supporters as he …

The Washington Post reports: John Lewis, the Georgia congressman and civil rights icon, formally endorsed Joe Biden for president on Tuesday morning, becoming the latest in a long string of elected officials who have backed the former vice president. “I read about Joe Biden when he became an elected official. I heard him speak. I met him,” Lewis told reporters …

ABC News reports: Joe Biden has remained at his Willmington, Delaware, home, following the guidance of a stay-at-home order put in place by the state’s governor, and said Sunday morning that he would be heeding the advice of the CDC by wearing a mask the next time he goes out in public as a way to mitigate his risk of …

The Hill reports: Larry David, the “Saturday Night Live” actor who often plays Sen. Bernie Sanders in skits, said the Vermont Independent should drop out of the presidential race and throw his support behind his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden. “I feel he should drop out,” David told The New York Times in an interview published Saturday. “Because he’s …

Axios reports: Joe Biden said he’s spoken to Sen. Bernie Sanders and former President Barack Obama about selecting a running mate — and that he wants to build “a bench of younger, really qualified people” who can lead the nation over the course of the next four presidential cycles. Biden spoke about the state of the 2020 race during a …

Via press release from Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers: Folks, today I’m announcing that I signed an Executive Order calling the Legislature to meet in Special Session tomorrow, Saturday, April 4th at 4:00 p.m. to take up changes to the upcoming spring election. I’m asking the Legislature to take up legislation allowing an all-mail election, to send a ballot to every …

USA Today reports: The 2020 Democratic National Convention has been pushed back to mid-August as organizers try to navigate the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The event, originally scheduled for July 13-17, will instead be held the week of August 17. It’s unclear how many days the convention will be held as planning remains in flux. The announcement came in …

NBC News reports: Joe Biden said Tuesday night that he’s not sure the Democratic National Convention will go on as planned in July because of the coronavirus outbreak. On MSNBC’s “11th Hour,” host Brian Williams asked the leading Democratic presidential contender whether he envisions prominent party members from all 50 states packing into a hot arena in 104 days. “It’s …

“There is a path. It is admittedly a narrow path. But I would tell you that there are a lot of people who are supporting me. We have a strong grassroots movement who believe that we have got to stay in in order to continue to fight to make the world know that we need Medicare For All. “We need …

NBC News reports: Joe Biden said Monday he still opposes a “Medicare for All” system for health care coverage, arguing that the policy isn’t the answer to the growing coronavirus emergency. “Single payer will not solve that at all,” the Democratic presidential front-runner told MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian in a TV interview. “We have a whole number of hospitals that are …

The New York Post reports: The Empire State has recorded nearly 60,000 coronavirus cases and almost 1,000 deaths, but a new poll shows an overwhelming majority of New Yorkers think Gov. Andrew Cuomo is doing a great job handling the pandemic. A Siena College poll released Monday shows 87 percent of eligible voters approve of the job Cuomo is doing …

NBC News reports: Presidential elections are typically prime time for bringing new people into the political process, but the coronavirus pandemic is making voter registration more difficult than ever, prompting concerns that many young Americans and other nonvoters might miss their chance to get onto the rolls before November. “This is the moment when we historically see people take action …

NBC News reports: Rhode Island’s National Guard and state police are stopping motorists with New York license plates and going door-to-door to find people who may have traveled recently from the state. The enforcement actions come after Gov. Gina Raimondo ordered that anyone who has moved from New York state to Rhode Island in the past two weeks must self-quarantine …

The Kansas City Star reports: Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly imposed a statewide stay at home order Saturday in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Kelly said the measure, which follows similar orders in the state’s most populous counties, is necessary to give health care workers the time to prepare for the peak of the virus and …

Via press release from Gov. Gavin Newsom: Governor Gavin Newsom today issued an executive order banning the enforcement of eviction orders for renters affected by COVID-19 through May 31, 2020. The order prohibits landlords from evicting tenants for nonpayment of rent and prohibits enforcement of evictions by law enforcement or courts. It also requires tenants to declare in writing, no …

Politico reports: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday acknowledged that “it’s going to be a very steep road” to defeat former Vice President Joe Biden in the 2020 Democratic primary, discussing in frank terms the challenges facing his already lagging campaign amid the coronavirus pandemic. The remarks from Sanders came during an interview with NPR that aired on Friday, during …

Charleston’s NBC News affiliate reports: Representative Joe Cunningham has tested positive for COVID-19. The Lowcountry Representative entered self-quarantine on March 19th after he learned from the Attending Physician of the U.S. Congress that he had been in contact with a member of Congress who had since tested positive for the virus. Aside from feeling fine, Cunningham said he has been …