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Agreement would allow separated families to seek asylum in U.S.
The American Civil Liberties Union says it reached an agreement overnight with the Trump administration regarding the future of families separated at the Southwest border.
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Calling teen vaping ‘epidemic,’ officials weigh flavor ban
U.S. health officials are sounding the alarm about teenage use of e-cigarettes, calling the problem an "epidemic."
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If ‘free college’ sounds too good to be true, that’s because it often is
To millions of parents and students, they're magical words: free college. But is the idea pure fantasy?
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Jimmy Carter cautions Democrats not to scare off moderates
Former President Jimmy Carter has a warning for his fellow Democrats looking to oust the current administration: Don't go too far to the left.
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Bush boosting Republicans in places where Trump isn’t strong
Former President George W. Bush is quietly helping boost Republican candidates in places where President Donald Trump has struggled.
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Miss America ratings fall amid drop of swimsuit competition
The Miss America ceremony subtracted the swimsuit competition for the first time in its 98-year history, and subtracted one million television viewers, too.
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‘Disaster is at the doorstep,’ N.C. governor says as Hurricane Florence zeroes in
A hurricane warning is in effect for a long stretch of the coast, from the South Santee River in South Carolina to Duck, N.C., which is part of the Outer Banks.
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Sept. 11 revealed the importance and limits of the president’s daily briefing
That landmark day captured both the critical importance — and the frustrating limits — of the President's Daily Briefing, or PDB.
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Ford says despite Trump’s tweet, Focus Active won’t be produced in U.S.
Ford does not intend to start producing the small crossover Focus Active in the United States — no matter what the president has tweeted on the topic.
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Violence against the media isn’t new – history shows why it largely disappeared and has now returned
Another news outlet has been attacked in the United States.
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On the sidelines of democracy: Exploring why so many Americans don’t vote
Just in the past few months, elections in the U.S. have been decided by hundreds of votes.
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‘Low IQ,’ ‘SPECTACULAR,’ ‘dog’: How Trump tweets about African-Americans
NPR examined Trump's Twitter feed between and June 1 and Labor Day. It provided a snapshot of a president who directs venomous tirades at black public figures who bash him
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Obama begins midterm push, urging rebuke of Trump and politics of ‘fear and anger’
America, Obama argued, has been through similar trials before.
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Ex-Trump aide Papadopoulos, 1st charged in Russia probe, sentenced to 14 days in prison
A federal judge also sentenced Papadopoulos to one year of supervised release and imposed a fine of $9,500.
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