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Weekend Music Thread- A Tribute To Black American Musicians

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WATCH LIVE: 50th Anniversary of The March On Washington

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Happy Independence Day – 2012!

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My Dinner with Robert Gates

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Coming To Terms With Reality: One Man’s Trip Through the Graveyard...

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History

Mid-Atlantic Trip Part 16: Final Hours

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Mid-Atlantic Trip Part 14: For Art’s Sake

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Mid-Atlantic Trip Part 13: A DC Miscellany

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Federal Courts Buck Trump Deportation Schemes, Focusing on Due Process Rights

The Trump administration’s aggressive push to deport migrants has run up against resistance from the judiciary. [...]

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Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, is just one of several companies that have said they will be forced to pass on the costs of President Trump’s global tariffs to consumers. [...]

Trump Administration Abandons Fight to Ban Powerful Gun Accessory

The device, called a forced-reset trigger, allows semiautomatic weapons to fire hundreds of rounds. The Biden administration had sought to block them from being sold. [...]

F.D.A. Approves Novavax Covid Vaccine With Stricter New Conditions

The agency narrowed who can get the shot and added new study requirements that could cost the company tens of millions. [...]

Trump and Putin Say They Will Discuss Ukraine Peace Proposals on Monday

President Trump announced plans for the call after a Russian drone attack killed nine on a civilian bus in northeastern Ukraine. [...]

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How Father Bob Became Pope Leo

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At Least 27 Dead After Tornadoes and Storms Tear Across Central U.S.

In Missouri and Kentucky alone, tornadoes killed at least 25 people, officials said. The spring storm season has been a brutal one for the region. [...]

Rare Chicago Dust Storm Turns Day Into Night

Day turned to night in northwest Indiana and north-central Illinois on Friday as a rare dust storm shrouded the skies. [...]

‘The Interview’: Rutger Bregman Wants to Save Elites From Their Wasted Lives

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How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

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The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

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The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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Hamas proposes releasing some hostages in fresh talks after new Israel offensive

A new round of talks has taken place in Doha after Israel carried out airstrikes which killed hundreds. [...]

Trump says he will call Putin to discuss stopping Ukraine 'bloodbath'

The US president said the pair would speak on Monday, and he would later talk to Ukraine's President Zelensky. [...]

At least 25 dead after tornadoes sweep through US Midwest

Kentucky and Missouri report severe injuries and deaths in storms that hit on Friday and Saturday. [...]

Police investigate fatal explosion near fertility clinic in Palm Springs

No one from a nearby fertility clinic was harmed, but one person was killed and several were injured. [...]

Five killed after helicopters collide in Finland

Police have not confirmed the number of deaths but said there were five people on board in total. [...]

Nine killed in Russian strike on civilian bus in Ukraine

Another seven people are injured in Ukraine's north-eastern Sumy region, local officials say. [...]

US loses last perfect credit rating amid rising debt

Moody's said successive US administrations had failed to reverse ballooning deficits and interest costs. [...]

Two dead in Swiss mountain avalanche

The police say that eight people were in the area on a ski tour and all but one were swept away. [...]

Cassie Ventura tells Diddy trial she would give back $20m to undo 'freak offs'

The rapper's ex-girlfriend rejects defence suggestions that her accusations were financially motivated. [...]

Melania Trump statue goes missing in Slovenia

The bronze depiction of the US First Lady is a replacement for a previous wooden version, which was set on fire in 2019. [...]

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Weekend Music Thread- A Tribute To Black American Musicians

WATCH LIVE: 50th Anniversary of The March On Washington

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My Dinner with Robert Gates

OWS, You May Be Being Had

Coming To Terms With Reality: One Man’s Trip Through the Graveyard...

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