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<p>Federal COVID-19 guidelines "will be much more liberal" by the Fourth of July if U.S. cases drop as more Americans are vaccinated, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday.</p><p>"If by the time we get to the Fourth of July, with the rollout of the vaccine, we get the level of infection so low -- I'm not going to be able to tell you exactly what the specific guidelines of the (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) are, but I can tell you for sure (guidelines) will be much more liberal than they are right now about what you can do," the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told CNN.</p>

Business-backed moderate Democrats took early leads Tuesday against liberals in seven of 13 key primary races that could go a long way in determining the political leanings of the next California Legislature. Voters were picking nominees for 100 legislative seats and filling a midterm vacancy in a heavily Republican Orange County Senate district. In early absentee balloting, Assemblyman Tom Harman, R-Huntington Beach, had 71 percent of the vote while Democrat Larry Caballero, a teacher, had 29 percent. The most important votes were being cast in 13 primary races in which moderate Democrats backed by business groups battled liberals supported by...