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From school choice to college affordability, they don't have a lot in common.
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The Republican former vice president said his decision had to do with Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Thorne-Begland said the plaintiff lacked standing.
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Decades of overharvesting, disease and habitat destruction have decimated the river’s oyster population.
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Police notified the school division of the threat Thursday night.
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Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually used in only the most serious and rare of cases: dealing with Nazis or war criminals.
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Ahead of the final push to pass President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," the Wisconsin senator said federal spending needs to be cut and that proposed changes to Medicaid preserve its original purpose
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President Trump said Friday that he was suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called "a direct and blatant attack on our country."
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Local authorities said a man armed with a rifle started a fire on a mountain in northern Idaho and then began shooting at responding firefighters, killing two and injuring a third.
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In New York City, large throngs of people celebrated as the parade went down Fifth Avenue to downtown. Many of them also demonstrated against President Trump's policies targeting transgender people.
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- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
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