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Donald Trump is now the most favored son of the Republican Party in a year when history favors the party's chances of winning the White House.

The first half of the debate was policy-driven, addressing immigration and Social Security. Trump tried to pivot to the general election. Rubio and Kasich were fighting for their political lives.

The plan could lower premium prices but also disproportionately hit low-income Americans.

College enrollment continues to decline, according to data released Monday. Small colleges have been forced to close; others are getting creative when it comes to finding and keeping students.

China makes millions of masks. But ramping up production is tricky. "Making masks is not as easy as you imagine," a pharmaceutical executive in China says.

"It is a very, very sad thing when my son says to me, 'Mum, I don't want to die,'" says Etab Hadithi, a 41-year-old mother of two. "We are all suffering ... from a dangerous life."

NPR politics and science correspondents relay the latest news in the response to the coronavirus epidemic in the United States.

The White House team says it will make an assessment after next week as to how effective social distancing and other mitigation measures have been in stifling the spread of the virus.

With state income and sales tax revenues crashing, one expert predicts, "We're about to see a school funding crisis unlike anything we have ever seen in modern history."

As many as 400,000 workers are expected to leave their homes and return to their jobs as the national epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic begins easing stay-at-home restrictions.