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3 Stories You Should Read 2/4/2020: Corona Virus, Senate, Iowa

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In the category of:  Code red

What is going on in Iowa? Local officials raise concerns about vote reporting

The first results of the 2020 presidential election are delayed, with zero precincts reporting in the Iowa caucuses amid complaints about long hold times for precincts looking to send in results and rising questions about a new app used by the state Democratic Party.

Linda Nelson, the caucus chair of her precinct in Council Bluffs, was among the first to publicly sound the alarm Monday afternoon about concerns with the app used to count Iowa caucuses results.
 
 
Nelson said Monday she kept getting an error message when she entered her PIN on the app. She said she planned to do it the old fashioned way, by calling in her results.
 
 
 
 
 

In the category of:  Defectors??

The five senators who might break with their party in Trump’s trial

These swing votes could deliver a bipartisan victory — or reproach — to Trump.

There will be no witnesses. The House managers and White House counsel have rested their cases. And President Donald Trump is going to be acquitted on Wednesday. But there’s still drama left to the impeachment trial.

Five senators are up in the air on whether to convict or acquit the president on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Those votes won’t affect whether Trump is removed from office, but they will recast the reputations of these senators for years to come and help shape the battle for the White House in November.

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In the category of:  To panic or not to panic?

China coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates

Global death toll reaches 427 with two reported dead outside mainland China as the number of infections passes 20,500.

China’s National Health Commission reported 64 new deaths as of midnight on Monday – the biggest daily increase since the virus was first detected late last year. Wuhan and the surrounding province of Hubei have been effectively sealed off from the rest of the country for more than a week.

There are now 20,438 people confirmed to have the infection in mainland China.

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