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On Sunday night, Pete Buttigieg ended his campaign for President. Buttigieg officially made the announcement during a hastily planned event on Sunday in South Bend, where the former mayor said “today is a moment of truth… the truth is the path has narrowed to a close, for our candidacy, if not for our cause. So we must recognize that at this point in the race the best way to keep faith with those goals and ideals is to step aside and help bring our party and our country together. So tonight, I am making the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for the presidency.” Buttigieg added: “We have a responsibility to concede the effect of remaining in this race any further. Our goal has always been to help unify Americans to defeat Donald Trump and to win the era for our values.”  ...Read more

After the coronavirus infections in Italy rose 50% Sunday, the U.S. government has issued its strongest travel warning yet, advising Americans against any travel to two regions in northern Italy that have been hard hit by the virus. Authorities said the total number of people infected in Italy had risen to 1,694, a 50% jump from just 24 hours earlier. Five more people infected with the virus have died, bringing the deaths in Italy to 34. ...Read more

After placing third in the state’s primary on Saturday with only 11 percent of the vote, billionaire Tom Steyer announced he would be suspending his campaign. Steyer said” “There’s no question today that this campaign, we were disappointed with where we came out.” ...Read more

Officials have identified the employee of the Molson Coors Beverage Company who killed five co-workers at the company’s Milwaukee Brewery campus as 51-year-old Anthony Ferrill. Ferrill left the MillerCoors campus and returned to the site with a gun on Wednesday around 2 p.m. local time, according to law enforcement officials ...Read more

More than 8,400 returning travelers that have entered California from Asia on commercial flights are being monitored for the coronavirus, according to California Governor Gavin Newsom. The Governor urged residents to take precautions regarding the coronavirus, while emphasizing that the risks to public health were low.  He said there was no need to declare a public health emergency, adding, “Everybody in this country is rightfully anxious about this moment. I think they should know we are meeting this moment with the kind of urgency that is necessary and I don’t want to over extend the anxiety.” The governor said that California had only received about 200 testing kits for the virus, an amount he called “simply inadequate.” But he said federal officials have promised him the state will get many more soon. ...Read more

Leaders of a Neo-Nazi group have been arrested and charged in a pair of federal investigations with conspiring to harass journalists, churches and a former Cabinet official, among others, with phony bomb threats and other forms of intimidation. ...Read more

On Wednesday, a federal appeals court said the Trump administration can withhold funds from New York City and seven states that have declared themselves sanctuaries from federal immigration policies, setting the stage for possible U.S. Supreme Court action. The decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said President Trump acted within his authority when he signed an executive order in January 2017 to withhold federal funds from states that resisted helping federal efforts to enforce immigration laws. ...Read more

On Tuesday night, the seven Democratic candidates in the race for President took the debate stage in South Carolina, hoping to win over voters before the state’s primary on Saturday.  ...Read more

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged for the second straight day, tumbling more than 800 points after health officials warned the novel coronavirus likely will spread throughout communities in the U.S. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all had fallen about 3% through early-afternoon trading on Tuesday.   ...Read more