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Immigration

Acting border chief to resign amid reports of children living in squalor

Border Patrol moves 100 children to 'appalling' Texas facility

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Trump administration

Melania Trump's spokeswoman named new White House press secretary

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Iran declares 'permanent closure' of diplomacy after latest U.S. sanctions

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Trump's new Iran sanctions are as erratic as everything else he's done so far

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Culture Matters

The government has yet to fix the student debt crisis. Enter Burger King and Natty Ice.

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Prominent Virginia doctor and his tour guide murdered in Belize

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Opinion

'Greek Freak' Giannis Antetokounmpo's NBA MVP is a rebuke to fascism

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Popular YouTuber Desmond 'Etika' Amofah found dead

OUT Politics and Policy

Number of LGBTQ elected officials up 25 percent since 2018

U.S. news

Man shoots 10-month-old girl in head after her mother rejects him, police say

U.S. news

Driver pleads not guilty in motorcycle crash that killed 7

Smollett case

Video shows Jussie Smollett with rope around his neck moments after alleged attack

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Space

Life on Mars? Rover detects 'unusually high' methane levels

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U.S. news

Jeffrey Epstein's once-secret sex offender plea deal must stand, prosecutors say

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2020 Democrats

Elizabeth Warren jumps out to a big lead in MoveOn poll

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'Seinfeld' turns 30

What was it like being on ‘Seinfeld’? 7 guest stars share their memories

As the beloved "show about nothing" turns 30, seven actors who appeared in fan-favorite episodes look back.

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Democratic Debate

In the Latino capital of the U.S., Democrats get chance to woo key electorate

Pence touts Latino support for Trump in Miami ahead of Democratic debates

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Congress

Trump lawyers blocked ex-official nearly 100 times from discussing census citizenship question

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Economy

Farmers are 'casualties' of Trump's trade war, agriculture secretary admits

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Congress

House Democrats change emergency border bill to win votes of progressives

Meet the Press

Sanders vs. Warren is shaping up to be quite the fight

Supreme Court

Supreme Court allows trademark for F-word soundalike clothing brand

Pete Buttigieg

Buttigieg learns the hazards of campaigning for president as a mayor

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education in america

Mississippi loses hundreds of teachers due to licensing issue, showing bigger problem

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Officer's use of stun gun on man on D.C. subway platform leads to probe

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National Security

N.Y. woman who called herself 'Umm Nutella' faces prison for helping ISIS

U.S. news

11-year-old Girl Scout killed by falling tree at camp; 3 injured

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OUT News

U.S. not where it needs to be on LGBTQ employment, Fed policymaker says

U.S. news

Illinois legalizes recreational marijuana

Culture Matters

Popular YouTuber Desmond 'Etika' Amofah found dead

U.S. news

Bill Cosby files appeal over testimony from other women accusers

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World

Kushner faces battle to sell economic plan for Palestinians

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World

Prominent Virginia doctor and his tour guide murdered in Belize

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Latino

Cuba's oldest Jewish cemetery get an update

Mideast

‘Opportunity of the century’: Jared Kushner on his Middle East peace plan

World

Why this tiny Baltic nation is building a digital embassy half a continent away

World

Iran declares 'permanent closure' of diplomacy after latest U.S. sanctions

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Identities

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OUT News

U.S. not where it needs to be on LGBTQ employment, Fed policymaker says

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Latino

Cuba's oldest Jewish cemetery get an update

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Pride 50

Meet our honorees for the 2019 #Pride50

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Latino

Poll shows Trump, Republicans have not gained Latino support

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Lady Gaga honors Pride Month, Stonewall uprising at NYC concert

Congress

Trump lawyers blocked ex-official nearly 100 times from discussing census citizenship question

2020 Election

Pence touts Latino support for Trump in Miami ahead of Democratic debates

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Economy

FedEx sues U.S. government over requirement to screen packages from China

Culture Matters

Popular YouTuber Desmond 'Etika' Amofah found dead

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Economy

Fed head Jerome Powell stresses — again — the independence of the central bank

Culture Matters

As student debt becomes a cultural touchstone, brands look to profit

Economy

Farmers are 'casualties' of Trump's trade war, agriculture secretary admits

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As student debt becomes a cultural touchstone, brands look to profit

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Farmers are 'casualties' of Trump's trade war, agriculture secretary admits

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Life on Mars? Rover detects 'unusually high' methane levels

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Space

SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket with 24 satellites

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NASA to launch deep-space atomic clock that could transform space exploration

Environment

How floating solar farms could make fuel and help solve the climate crisis

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NASA to launch deep-space atomic clock that could transform space exploration

Environment

How floating solar farms could make fuel and help solve the climate crisis

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FDA warns companies selling kratom products for opioid addiction

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Health news

How black pharmacists are closing the cultural gap in health care

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Justice Department

How judges added to the grim toll of opioids

Health Care

Trump order aims to disclose 'real' costs for health care

Health news

Bottled water brand found to have high levels of arsenic pulled from stores

Health Care

Trump order aims to disclose 'real' costs for health care

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Bottled water brand found to have high levels of arsenic pulled from stores

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