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Steve King, who had served nine times in the House, was defeated by Randy Feenstra on Tuesday night.

"As much as we want the conditions surrounding COVID-19 to be favorable enough for you to hold the Convention you describe in late August, it is very unlikely," North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper wrote Tuesday.

Both Republicans and Democrats should recognize that the platform is simply a potential political millstone traditionally hung around candidates' necks.

North Carolina's governor has warned President Donald Trump that it's "very unlikely" he will get to hold the full-scale GOP convention he wants in Charlotte in August.

"There is a fundamental—a Constitutional—right to protest," Senator Ben Sasse said.

"I think it's just the opposite of the message that should have been coming out of the White House," the Maryland governor said.

Police are investigating "aggravated assault and criminal damage" to a GOP field office after an unknown object broke a window during a Trump campaign gathering.

Overall, support for the unproven treatment declined among all voters, according to new polling.

"The maliciously false attacks on our campaign based on old social media posts being attributed to me are Fake News," California congressional candidate Ted Howze said.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated that he may be ready to move forward with another coronavirus relief package soon after a host of Republican senators called for new legislation that he had previously sought to put a "pause" on.

GOP U.S. Senate nominee Jo Rae Perkins issued a statement Thursday insisting that she was "taken out of context" by the "fake news" after she posted a video to Twitter thanking those involved with the QAnon conspiracy theory on Tuesday.

The GOP incumbent is now down by double digits against her Democratic challenger.

China has condemned legislation proposed and lawsuits filed against Beijing seeking damages for the deaths and economic distress caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

"I would trust the guy who's one of our nation's top public health experts, not the one who pondered injecting disinfectant into the body and looked directly at a solar eclipse," Biden wrote.

House Democrats want to send another round of $1,200 payments, and President Trump has suggested he is open to the idea.

GOP incumbents in Arizona, North Carolina, Colorado and Maine are lagging behind their Democratic challengers in recent polls.

Democrats need to pick up four seats and maintain all their current seats in order to wrestle control of the Senate from Republicans in November.

"Congressman Harris, I'm not sure where he woke up yesterday morning, but maybe he confused North Korea and South Korea," Governor Larry Hogan quipped.

"I think we are at that crossroads where this kind of change can happen," the congressman from Michigan said, discussing his bid for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination.

"Why can't we go to any store?" Dan Patrick asked during an appearance on Fox News' 'America's Newsroom.'

Trump has claimed that his remarks about injecting disinfectant were "sarcastic."

"This is China's fault. The virus came from China and China covered it up," the strategic communications document says.

At least 29,648 people have tested positive for coronavirus and 987 people have died in the state, according to the Florida Department of Health.

"Deputies also noted there was bruising to the female victim's leg and that during the altercation the female victim stated that this subject stated he was going to kill her," the Laurel County Sheriff's Office said.

"The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us all firsthand that we cannot trust the word of the Chinese government," Collins wrote Monday.

Allowing more to die to in order to save the economy is the "lesser of two evils," Republican Congressman Trey Hollingsworth said.

"They seem to think that voting is a privilege, not a right," said Carson Putnam, spokesperson for Republicans for the Rule of Law.

"I think individual governors who made those decisions will have the ultimate decision about what to do with their states," Maryland Governor Larry Hogan told CNN.

"There are few better liberty machines than an AR-15," Paul Broun said.

"The bottom line is that I have an obligation to keep people safe, and that's why I signed this executive order today," Governor Evers said Monday.