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Will Jan. 6 defendants go from prison to payday?
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Could artificial intelligence improve special education?
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Former ‘Ebola czar’ on the current outbreak in Africa
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Is Kennedy heir Jack Schlossberg ready to lead?
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A prayer festival calls for more religion in politics, not less
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How to separate the signal from the noise when covering the midterms
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Trump isn’t talking about deportations, but they’re still happening
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Is the US running out of weapons in the Iran War?
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Is there anything new to learn from the ‘alien files’?
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Trump promised Americans impartial justice. Is he delivering?
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Maria Corina Machado has a plan for democracy in Venezuela
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Understanding China’s ambition to expand its nuclear program
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Skier Lindsey Vonn won't back down
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What's driving an increase in antisemitism in the United Kingdom?
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The man who changed TV news
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How much is the war hitting American's bottom line?
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Trump says he's pulling U.S. troops from Germany. Does it matter?
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How does diplomacy work during a military deadlock?
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What it takes to report stories from the war in the Middle East
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Trump immigration application pause throws lives in limbo
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RFK Jr. says it's the model for addiction treatment. Experts disagree
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How an antisemitic conspiracy theory made its way to a state capitol
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Can Illinois hold the feds accountable for immigration crackdown?
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Correspondents dinner shooting unleashes conspiracy theories
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What we know about the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
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How one of Trump's biggest defenders became an outspoken critic
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What's it like to return home amid war?
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Is tit-for-tat political gerrymandering the future of US politics?
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How to move 1,000 pounds of enriched uranium out of Iran
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What does PEPFAR’s future look like in the Trump administration?
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The DHS shutdown and U.S. immigration policies could hinder the World Cup
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Covering the affordability crisis
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The Strait of Hormuz is open, what risks remain?
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Intimacy coordinators embrace their next chapter in Hollywood
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Unease is growing in the military. The Iran war made it worse
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Why Hollywood heavyweights oppose the Paramount and Warner Brothers deal
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Sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill: The problem that won't go away
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Hungary's Viktor Orban concedes defeat in election with global consequences
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Artemis II is ending, how long before NASA gets back to the moon?
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How Pakistan emerged as a key negotiator in the Iran war
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What can Montgomery Alabama teach Americans about Civil Rights?
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Trump’s Iran deadline ticks closer. Where do things stand now?
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Trump and Netanyahu went to war together. Are they still on the same page?
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Dramatic rescue of U.S. airman in Iran as Trump proposes expanded war budget
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Reporting on China's move to provide global aid as U.S. pulls out
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How Trump's war rhetoric differs from past presidents'
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Iran War: Threats to attack civilian targets are raising concerns with legal exp...
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Meet the NASA astronauts headed to the moon
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American farmers were already struggling, then came the Iran war
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What's Israel doing in southern Lebanon?
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