U.S.

FEMA State Disaster Recovery Center after Hurricane Ian

'a natural disaster of its own'

10 states sue FEMA over flood insurance rate hike

Green cannabis leaf lying down on sound block and gavel

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Talking point

Are cannabis social equity programs a flop?

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Talking point

Should good Samaritanism be legally required?

An illustrated image of hands pointing at a white marble, ignoring non-white marbles

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Today's big question

Does US media ignore missing people of color?

Former President Donald Trump smiles at the camera

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Talking point

Trump's recording: Is this 'game over'?

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Hostage freed

Senate approves debt ceiling suspension, averting default

A new housing development in Phoenix, Arizona.

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no water no permit

Arizona limits construction in Phoenix area amid groundwater shortage

Pregnant woman holding ultrasound photo.

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bye, bye, baby

US births did not return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022

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no news is bad news

Meta threatens to block news stories in California over new bill

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Lordy there are tapes

Feds reportedly have 'important' tape of Trump discussing classified documents

Rodrigo Guizar Jr. at his high school graduation

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dreams come true

First-generation high school graduate engineers his own success

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one down one to go

House gives broad bipartisan approval to bill raising debt limit

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Chinese Troubles

Xi Jinping tells national security team to prepare for 'worst-case scenario'

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Behind the scenes

The scandal roiling the Texas GOP

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Talking point

Winners and losers of the debt ceiling deal

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Today's big question

Why are so many boomers homeless?

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Briefing

The urgent American blood shortage, explained

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Shrinking Majority

Utah Republican reportedly resigning from U.S. House

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helter skelter

Manson follower Leslie Van Houten could soon get out of prison

Kevin McCarthy speaks with a crowd of reporters

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Behind the scenes

McCarthy's last-minute debt ceiling drama

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Non Sine Die

Texas is gearing up for Attorney General Ken Paxton's summer impeachment trial

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Briefing

Biden's reelection calculus

A picture of a computer with code and a Chinese flag in the background

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Today's big question

Can the US stop Chinese cyberattacks?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire

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Behind the scenes

The risks and rewards of retail politics

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Art of the Deal

What's in Biden and McCarthy's deal to suspend the debt limit

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Briefing

The future of AM radio in the US

People wait in line to see the exhumed body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster.

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drawing a crowd

Thousands flock to Missouri to see body of nun who died in 2019

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Speed Reads

State Farm stops insuring California homes

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Today's big question

Is Minnesota a progressive 'laboratory' or an exceptional exception?

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Today's big question

Should the government be allowed to use facial recognition?

The national debt clock in midtown Manhattan.

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: May 28, 2023

President Biden (R) and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

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Negotiations Complete

White House, Republicans reach tentative debt ceiling deal

President Biden speaks to reporters about the debt ceiling.

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: May 27, 2023

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Talking point

Ukraine vs. Russia vs. America?

Copies of banned books from various states and school systems.

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Briefing

Censoring ideas and rewriting history