California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the Supreme Court to make it easier to clear homeless encampments. Advocates say that will make the crisis worse.

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Members of the US National Park Service clear a homeless encampment from McPherson Square, two blocks from the White House, on February 15, 2023 in Washington, DC.
Members of the US National Park Service clear a homeless encampment from McPherson Square, two blocks from the White House, on February 15, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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Giving new babies a savings account can help curb wealth gaps and make college feasible. One Democrat wants to make it federal law.

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Bob Casey.

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Russian banks made a record $36.8 billion in profit last year, and even the central bank is surprised by it

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Russian President Vladimir Putin applauds.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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China is a greater threat to the US than Russia and that's why the CIA doubled its budget for it, agency chief says

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right).
"While Russia may pose the most immediate challenge, China is the bigger long-term threat," CIA director William J. Burns wrote in an op-ed for Foreign Affairs.

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Trump must still cough up at least $90M in E. Jean Carroll verdict — and soon — even though an appeal means she has to wait for it

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Donald Trump attends the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial in New York with attorney Alina Habba.
Donald Trump attends the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial in New York with attorney Alina Habba.

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Donald Trump will not win a war against the Swifties

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Democratic Senate candidate Tammy Murphy backs removing filibuster after saying she hadn't 'given it much thought'

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Tammy Murphy, the first lady of New Jersey and a Democratic candidate for US Senate, at an event in Harrison, New Jersey in November 2023.
Tammy Murphy, the first lady of New Jersey and a Democratic candidate for US Senate, at an event in Harrison, New Jersey in November 2023.

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Anti-abortion groups are laying out plans for Trump to use the federal bureaucracy to restrict abortion access and label chemicals in the abortion pill mifepristone as 'forever chemicals'

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Students for Life

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Cyberattack Hits Office of Georgia DA Prosecuting Trump Case

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A cyberattack has impacted Fulton County, Georgia, where former President Donald Trump is currently being prosecuted on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

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Congressional Republicans want to kill a bipartisan border bill to give Trump an edge in the election

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Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson.

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