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Advice for navigating a volatile economy
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Connecting the dots on DOGE
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Birthright citizenship goes to the Supreme Court
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Poland's plan to resist a Russian attack
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This American pope
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America's air traffic control problem
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A legal architect of Guantanamo questions Trump's El Salvador plan
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Ford CEO does the math on Trump's auto tariffs
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Trump uses government powers to target perceived enemies
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How Canada's national election has been largely shaped by Donald Trump
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How a punishing two years shaped Pope Francis
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Federal agencies are reeling from Trump administration cuts to government
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Americans are protesting the Trump administration. Do they work?
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Israel's changing story of an attack on rescue workers
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Maintaining stability is key to the economy. That's getting harder.
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Pope Francis I has died. What happens now?
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Dismantling Democracy: Lessons from Hungary's Viktor Orban
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Behind two high-profile deportation cases, a legal crisis grows
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Raising kids is costly; Tariffs will make it even more expensive
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Can the U.S. banish its citizens?
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Did DOGE take sensitive labor data?
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Vaccine expert worries child measles deaths are being 'normalized'
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Why one deportation case has legal scholars afraid for even U.S. citizens
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Big law in Trump's crosshairs
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How Trump's immigration policy changes who gets arrested and detained
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Drowning in tariffs, American businesses try to stay afloat
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Tariffs will boost prices a lot — here's how much
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What will it take to get measles under control?
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They want America to have more babies. Is this their moment?
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The video game industry at a crossroads
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A devastating earthquake brings more uncertainty to Myanmar
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Trump takes aim at trade deficits. Are they actually bad?
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Who loses when Trump cuts funding to universities?
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Trump is betting the economy on his tariff theory
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South Korea admits to widespread adoption fraud. Here's one story
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