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Hearing on El Paso Walmart mass shooting sets stage for plea to avoid death penalty
It's been nearly six years since a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso, leaving 23 people dead and many others injured. The attacker is expected to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty.
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Supreme Court temporarily halts new deportations under Alien Enemies Act
The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of immigrants in Texas under the Alien Enemies Act in an uncharacteristic middle-of-the-night order on Saturday.
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Ukrainians feeling more uncertain after U.S. threatens to stop brokering peace talks
The Trump administration has threatened to stop brokering peace talks between Russian and Ukraine if progress isn't made soon, raising anxiety in Ukraine after a string of deadly Russian attacks.
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Pope Francis, who reached out to the margins of society, has died at 88
Pope Francis has died at 88. He was one of the most popular pontiffs in decades, forcing the church to turn its attention back to the poor and disenfranchised and to clean up corrupt Vatican finances.
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U.S. will walk away from Ukraine peace efforts if progress not made soon, Rubio says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the U.S. will walk away from efforts to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine if progress isn't made within days.
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Is Trump threatening the Fed's independence with attacks on Fed Chair Jerome Powell?
Is President Trump threatening the independence of the Federal Reserve when he attacks Fed Chair Jerome Powell over interest rates? NPR asks Wharton School associate professor Peter Conti-Brown.
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Court denies White House appeal in Abrego Garcia deportation case
A court declined to lift a judge's order that the Trump administration facilitate the return of wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Meanwhile, a Maryland senator met with him in El Salvador.
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The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights
The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.
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Morning news brief
Court denies White House appeal in Abrego Garcia deportation case, gunman kills two and wounds six at Florida State University, Trump pressures Federal Reserve chair to lower interest rates.
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Documentary 'Cheech & Chong's Last Movie' looks at the rise of the comedy duo
The comedy duo of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong became the standard bearers of pot humor in the 1970s. They're now the subjects of the documentary "Cheech & Chong's Last Movie."
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Zambians living with HIV struggle to find medication following U.S. foreign aid cuts
The Trump administration maintains that HIV meds have survived foreign aid cuts. In Zambia, as in other countries, people are struggling to find pills and risk getting sick without medication.
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Wrestler and actor John Cena could become the WWE's most decorated world champion
This weekend, John Cena could become the WWE's most decorated world champion. Why is Cena now playing a villain? We ask David Shoemaker, co-host of "The Masked Man Show" from The Ringer.
