• Trump falsely claims he’s nation’s chief law enforcement officer as AG Barr floats leaving the post
• President Trump’s purge of officials disloyal in impeachment trial continues
• Democratic presidential candidate, billionaire Michael Bloomberg once touted cuts to medicare
• Latinx group endores Bernie Sanders for Democratic president
• Gun control group to ramp up campaign spending election to unprecedented $60 million
• Governor Gavin Newsom state of state address highlights homeless crisis
• President Trump rallies in the Central Valley, promises water to farmers
• Protesters in San Francisco shut down entrance to Chase bank to protest Canadian oil pipeline
• Cruiseship in Japan became incubator not quarantine for coronavirus

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