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White House downplays expectations ahead of Biden-Putin summit

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This nuclear engineer wants to take on Sarah Huckabee Sanders for governor

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Democrats harden position on infrastructure package as doubts about bipartisan deal grow

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U.S.. European Union reach deal to end Airbus-Boeing trade dispute

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Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to be judge on powerful appeals court

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Omar, Greene face dueling censure resolutions in House for recent remarks

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Top DOJ national security official resigns amid fallout over seizure of Dems' records

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Coronavirus

Hospital workers lost their lawsuit on a vaccine requirement. Will businesses enforce them?

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California reopens, says goodbye to most Covid rules

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A third dose of Covid vaccine may help protect immunocompromised patients

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Two doses of vaccine highly effective against Delta variant, U.K. officials say

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U.S. sending 1.35 million doses of J&J vaccine to Mexico overnight

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Two doses of vaccine highly effective against Delta variant, U.K. officials say

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U.S. sending 1.35 million doses of J&J vaccine to Mexico overnight

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Pete Buttigieg's star continues to rise, from presidential front-runner to Cabinet member

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Transgender federal official Rachel Levine tells LGBTQ youths: 'I have your back'

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Actor Ian Alexander blazes a cosmic trail as 1st trans 'Star Trek' character

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Greece's 1st openly gay minister urges LGBTQ youths not to put their dreams on hold

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Greece's 1st openly gay minister urges LGBTQ youths not to put their dreams on hold

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Transcript of NBC News' exclusive interview with Russia's Vladimir Putin

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White House downplays expectations ahead of Biden-Putin summit

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Soccer star says he's 'fine under the circumstances' in message to fans after cardiac arrest

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Man who fathered 94 children with 39 wives dies in India

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Hungary's parliament passes anti-LGBTQ law ahead of 2022 election

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Man who fathered 94 children with 39 wives dies in India

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Hungary's parliament passes anti-LGBTQ law ahead of 2022 election

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MacKenzie Scott donates $2.7B, cites fortune 'enabled by systems in need of change'

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The web’s source code is being auctioned as an NFT by inventor Tim Berners-Lee

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EU, U.S. reach deal to end Airbus-Boeing trade dispute

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Southwest resumes flights after weather-data system forced ground stop

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Climate in Crisis

Hell on Earth: The Cucapá in Mexico face fatal fight against climate change

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Climate in Crisis

G-7 nations pledge major climate action, with key details missing

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Climate in Crisis

Why are workers in the U.S. still dying from heat exhaustion?

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'Divine Vessel' to mark China's first human spaceflight since 2016

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NATO nations ready to jointly respond to attacks in space

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$28 million bid buys ride to space on Bezos' Blue Origin flight

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Advice

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Woman loses 200 pounds before turning 70: 'If I can do it, you can do it'

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Tone your abs for summer with this 30-day core routine

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Woman loses 200 pounds before turning 70: 'If I can do it, you can do it'

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