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Top eight CNS stories for today including Marylanders are testing out remote voting options that will soon go statewide; House Democrats urged the D.C. Circuit to intervene in interbranch disputes with the Trump White House; Hillary Clinton formally endorsed Joe Biden for president during a virtual town hall, and more.

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1.) In a pair of legal battles that could upend the balance of power in Washington, House Democrats on Tuesday urged the majority liberal D.C. Circuit to intervene in interbranch disputes with the Trump White House.

FILE - In this March 24, 2020 file photo, a new section of 30-foot-high "bollard style wall" is lifted into place at a construction site south of Yuma, Ariz., near the border between the United States and Mexico. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP, File)

2.) Hillary Clinton formally endorsed fellow Democrat and former Vice President Joe Biden for president during a virtual town hall on Tuesday.

Vice President Joe Biden greets Hillary Clinton at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in August 2016, during her presidential campaign. (AP file photo/Carolyn Kaster)

3.) As Americans navigate their upended daily lives during the Covid-19 pandemic, two-thirds expect the crisis to disrupt the presidential election in November.

Marcia McCoy drops her ballot into a box outside the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

4.) Overshadowing the few signs of encouragement, an index that monitors consumer attitudes showed unprecedented anxiety Tuesday.

Lonnie Sullivan covers his face with a mask while getting a haircut at The Barber Shop in Broken Arrow, Okla., on Friday, April 24, 2020. The shop was among several allowed to reopen in a loosening of coronavirus-related restrictions. (Matt Barnard/Tulsa World via AP)

5.) Members of the House will not be returning to Capitol Hill on May 4, the date given just 24 hours earlier, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday morning.

Rayburn House Office Building. (Courthouse News photo/Jack Rodgers)

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6.) Testing out remote voting options that will soon go statewide, Maryland voters are expected to rebuff the candidate who depicted Baltimore City as rat-infested in a viral video.

Kweisi Mfume, center, Democratic nominee for Maryland's 7th Congressional District, speaks at a victory party with his wife Tiffany, left, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 in Baltimore, Md.(AP Photo/Gail Burton)

7.) Virginia’s attorney general and a leading voting rights group have reached a deal to allow voters to file an absentee ballot without having a witness sign it, removing a hurdle for those most vulnerable to Covid-19.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam gestures during a news conference at the Capitol Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Richmond, Va. Northam gave an update on his COVID-19 plans. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

8.) Nearly two months out of school to squelch the spread of Covid-19, over a million New York City students will no longer be held to the grading system they began the year with, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.

Anna Louisa, 18, receives her school laptop for home study at the Lower East Side Preparatory School, Thursday, March 19, 2020, in New York, as coronavirus restrictions shuttered classrooms throughout the city. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tightened work-from-home rules as confirmed cases continued to climb in New York, an expected jump as testing becomes more widespread. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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