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Former Vice President Joe Biden won Hawaii's Democratic presidential primary Saturday, NBC News projected.The race pitted Biden against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who ended his presidential campaign last month.Because of the coronavirus pandemic the Democratic Party of Hawaii canceled in-person voting and mailed ballots to all registered party voters in the state.Biden, who is poised…

Michigan Democratic Representative Karen Whitsett told President Donald Trump Thursday that she had filed a lawsuit against state Governor Gretchen Whitmer.Whitsett did not reveal why the lawsuit was filed or what it alleged. Governor Whitmer has been the subject of numerous lawsuits, many from members of the state GOP, who attempted to limit the governor's…

A Philadelphia elections judge and Democratic Party official pleaded guilty Thursday to stuffing ballot boxes in favor of Democratic candidates in elections in 2014, 2015 and 2016, while collecting thousands of dollars in cash to make the changes. Prosecutors hinted at an even broader conspiracy by an unnamed “political consultant” who charged his clients “consulting…

By the end of primary season, the Democratic Party had all but settled on a conventional center-left agenda. But the pandemic is forcing the Biden campaign and other leaders to redraw plans for 2021.Mr. Biden’s campaign has been rapidly expanding its policy-drafting apparatus, with an uphill economic recovery waiting if he wins in November.Credit...Courtland Wells…

(CNN)House Democrats want to send Americans a second round of stimulus checks worth up to $6,000 per family as part of the $3 trillion coronavirus relief package they rolled out Tuesday -- the largest in history. Like the first round of payments approved by …