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House Democrats approved legislation Thursday to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade, to $15 an hour, transforming an issue that once splintered the party into a benchmark for the 2020 election.
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Rep. Omar was the target of “Send her back!” chants at Trump’s rally. The congresswoman is a vocal critic of the president.
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CFPB Director Kraninger speaks well of H&R Block’s credit card, which she should be condemning instead.
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President Trump, facing sharp criticism from within his party, sought to disavow the “send her back” chant that echoed through his North Carolina rally.
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President Trump says a U.S. warship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
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Joe Biden denounces President Trump’s attacks against Ilhan Oman and other congresswomen of color a day after Trump supporters at a rally shouted, “Send her back.”
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These four charts trace the sudden improvement in health coverage for individuals in Obamacare
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L. Bruce Laingen was the top American diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran when it was overrun by Iranian protesters in 1979 and one of 52 Americans held hostage for more than a year
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We asked our readers for their memories of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing as it nears its 50-year anniversary. These are their stories.
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A federal judge has denied bail for jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges involving underage girls.
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A man burst into a famous animation studio in Kyoto and started a fire early Thursday, Japanese authorities said.
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In a major break with a longtime ally, President Trump’s administration on Wednesday said Turkey is being kicked out of the F-35 program
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The Department of Homeland Security has dismantled or ended multiple programs intended to counter WMD attacks, a Times investigation found.
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Health expenses keep rising, and the middle class is angry.
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Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces have seized a foreign oil tanker accused of smuggling oil with a crew of 12, Iran’s state TV reported Thursday, just days after an oil tanker based in the United Arab Emirates disappeared off trackers in Iranian territorial waters.
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Accompanied by some of Puerto Rico’s most famous performers, thousands of people marched to the governor’s residence in San Juan on Wednesday, chanting demands for Gov.
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Trump, who has sought to forge closer ties with Riyadh, has pledged to veto the resolutions of disapproval that passed the Democratic-led House largely along party lines.
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Sudan’s pro-democracy movement and the ruling military council signed a document Wednesday that outlines a power-sharing deal.
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Federal prosecutors have closed their investigation into payments of hush money to two women arranged by Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former fixer and lawyer.
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The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in Congo is now a public health emergency. The U.N. agency was criticized for failing to say this before.
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House Democrats approved legislation Thursday to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade, to $15 an hour, transforming an issue that once splintered the party into a benchmark for the 2020 election.
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Pakistan’s arrest of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was widely seen as an attempt to smooth the way for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Washington.
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President Trump says a U.S. warship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
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As the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing approaches, the women who helped America’s early space efforts reflect on their often unheralded roles — and the indignities they endured.
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The scandal that is threatening to buckle Ricardo Rossello centers on a profanity-laced and at times misogynistic online chat with nine other male members of his administration.
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