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Primary elections are set for five states today, although both President Biden and former President Trump have already passed their respective parties' delegate threshold. Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio will all hold elections. Trump visited Ohio over the weekend, while Biden will make stops in Nevada and Arizona today.    Congress needs to pass legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the week, with funding set to run out for six annual spending bills. Lawmakers were able to reach a tentative deal Monday evening on funding the Department of Homeland Security, which is seen as paving the way for lawmakers to begin considering the remaining spending bills and avert a shutdown.    Russian President Vladimir Putin says he agreed to a prisoner swap involving opposition leader Alexi Navalny just a few days before his death. On Sunday, Putin was asked by NBC News whether he had agreed to an exchange of Navalny for several people imprisoned in Western countries. Putin said he agreed on the condition Navalny never return to Russia, but "unfortunately," he died before the exchange could become reality.    Nearly a thousand Americans have reached out to the State Department for help in Haiti, where gang violence has plunged the nation into chaos. A State Department spokesperson says people have been filling out crisis intake forms online, as the U.S. tries to get people out on chartered flights.    Another successful SpaceX launch has taken place from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base and this one could be seen for hundreds of miles. Monday's launch was described as a dazzling streak of light across Los Angeles' twilight sky, with illumination as far away as Phoenix, Arizona. SpaceX's Falcon 9 sent off a payload with 22 Starlink satellites.    The Mega Millions jackpot is getting closer to a billion dollars. The grand prize stands at an estimated 875-million dollars ahead of tonight's drawing. That won't matter much if you're trying to buy a ticket today in Pennsylvania however as lottery officials say sales terminals are down due to system upgrades.