Democratic candidates are battling for 1,357 delegates in Super Tuesday contests across the nation. They need 1,991 to secure the party’s nomination and face President Donald Trump in November.

WASHINGTON—The nation’s top justices will hear yet another case on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, the U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday.

WASHINGTON—After withdrawing from consideration last year, Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, is up for the director of national intelligence spot again. President Donald Trump announced the nomination on Friday.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is counting on South Carolina primary voters after poor showings in Iowa and New Hampshire. The state has 63 Democratic delegates to award to presidential hopefuls. It also is one of 15 states with open primaries, meaning Republicans can cast votes in the Democratic contest, and vice versa. The South Carolina Republican Party canceled its primary and threw all of its support behind President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON—In the most crowded Democratic presidential primary in decades, candidates need money and lots of it. As multiple contenders try to dip into the well of traditional political donations, others are relying on newer approaches or their own wallets.

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a self-described democratic socialist, is fueling his campaign with a swarm of small donations. He declined taking money from corporate political action committees (PACs), fossil fuel companies, and private, big-dollar fundraisers.

WASHINGTON—The United States is the most prepared country in the world to handle the rapidly spreading coronavirus, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. He announced that Vice President Mike Pence will oversee the U.S. government’s response to the outbreak and said researchers are developing a vaccine. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said a vaccine could take a year or longer to become available.

WASHINGTON—Nearly 65 years ago, two white men brutally tortured and lynched 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi. On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which makes lynching a federal hate crime punishable by up to life in prison, a fine, or both.