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Apply here: How to spend $2.2 trillion — and rescue economy

President Donald Trump hopes to shovel $2.2 trillion into the U.S. economy over the coming weeks to try to cushion its free fall

6:23AM ( 47 minutes ago )

By The Associated Press

Trump resists national shutdown, leaving it up to states

President Donald Trump is resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order to stem the spread of the new coronavirus

6:11AM ( 1 hour ago )

By The Associated Press

Trump's contradictory views on China shift as crisis grows

President Donald Trump's diverging viewpoints on the coronavirus and China have generated finger-pointing by both Beijing and Washington

5:52AM ( 1 hour ago )

By The Associated Press

Asian stocks mixed as economic toll of virus worsens

Asian stocks are mixed after a White House warning that as many as 240,000 Americans might die of the coronavirus sent Wall Street tumbling and signs of the outbreak's global economic cost increased

2:19AM ( 4 hours ago )

By The Associated Press

States largely have authority over when to shut down, reopen

President Donald Trump has the biggest megaphone, but it's governors and local officials who will decide what type of restrictions to impose on their citizens to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus

12:11AM ( 7 hours ago )

By The Associated Press

Nearly 3,000 sailors to leave carrier amid virus outbreak

U.S. Navy officials say nearly 3,000 sailors aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier where the coronavirus has spread will be taken off the ship by Friday as military leaders struggle to quarantine crew members in the face of an outbreak

12:09AM ( 7 hours ago )

By The Associated Press

Top Political Stories

Infrastructure often embraced by both parties, to no avail

President Donald Trump wants to spend $2 trillion on infrastructure projects to create jobs and help the collapsing economy rebuild from the coronavirus' stunning blows

12:05AM ( 7 hours ago )

Federal judge signals he won't postpone Wisconsin election

A federal judge is signaling he won't postpone or make any major changes to Wisconsin's spring election to alleviate concerns about voters and poll workers contracting the coronavirus

6:28PM ( 12 hours ago )

Biden: A normal convention 'hard to imagine' as scheduled

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing Democrats and Republicans to take a close look at whether they'll be able to move forward as planned this summer with conventions that typically kick off the general election season

5:10PM ( 14 hours ago )

General Presidential Election News Archive

Election 2020

Wisconsin governor deploys National Guard to help at polls

Wisconsin's governor is deploying the National Guard to help staff polling sites for the state's presidential primary

4:51PM ( 14 hours ago )

Trump allies warn against feud with swing state governor

President Donald Trump's allies are trying to contain a politically risky election year fight with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as he struggles to navigate presidential politics during a global pandemic

10:58AM ( 20 hours ago )

Trump allies warn against feud with swing-state governor

President Donald Trump's allies are trying to contain a politically risky election-year fight with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as he struggles to navigate presidential politics in the midst of a global pandemic

12:09AM ( 1 day ago )

AP Elections Archive

Elections

Election officials preparing for Saturday voting

Election officials in Georgia are preparing for this weekend's Saturday voting which, in Hall County, will take place at four locations.

9:23AM ( 2 weeks ago )

Monday a key day in this year's election cycle in Georgia

Election offices across Georgia will be busy places Monday as qualifying begins for the May 19 General Election primaries and early voting starts for the March 24 presidential primaries.

5:00AM ( 1 month ago )

Voter registration deadline for presidential primaries is Monday

Monday is the deadline to register to vote in Georgia's presidential primaries which will include school bond referendums and extension of an education sales tax in Gainesville and Hall County.

5:00AM ( 1 month ago )

Hall County Elections Archive

Northeast Georgia Elections