Childcare is getting even more expensive as providers battle landlords and zoning regulations at a time when federal funding is running out

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Children participate in activities at the Head Start classroom in the Carl and Norma Millers Childrens Center on March 13, 2023 in Frederick, MD.

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An oligarch who predicted that Russia may run out of money next year is surprised the economy has held up so far

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Vladimir Putin and Oleg Deripaska.
Composite image of Vladimir Putin and Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska.

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Gold bars, cash found in home of senator charged with bribery

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 Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey is facing federal charges of bribery. The three-term lawmaker faced similar accusations in 2017, costing him his position as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Trump's 'gobbledygook' math has lowballed, for a decade, how many fish he kills to cool his Chicago tower: AG

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The Illinois attorney general accuses Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago of significantly lowballing how many millions of gallons of Chicago River water it circulates each day through its heating and cooling system.

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A phone call between Trump and conservative tech billionaire Peter Thiel reportedly turned 'pretty contentious'

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Donald Trump and Peter Thiel sitting at a conference table.
Thiel, once a loud and proud conservative, has grown quiet on his support for former President Donald Trump, and now Trump is fighting back.

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Trump campaign backtracks claim that he bought a Glock handgun in South Carolina after it became clear that would be illegal

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Former President Donald Trump.

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Former Homeland Security secretary Jeh Johnson says Trump's reelection chances will be maximized if the federal government doesn't treat the migrant crisis as an 'all hands on deck' situation

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Former Homeland Security secretary Jeh Johnson.

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Fetterman: It's a 'strange world' when people care more about the dress code than Menendez's having cash in envelopes that 'would make the Goodfellas blush'

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Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania

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Allegations that Ron DeSantis force-fed an inmate at Guantanamo Bay don't check out because he was just a low-level grunt at the time, ex-colonel says

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

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Menendez says the cash found in his home was from his 'personal savings account' which he kept for 'emergencies' due to his family 'facing confiscation in Cuba'

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Sen. Bob Menendez and the wads of cash found in his New Jersey home.
Sen. Bob Menendez and the wads of cash found in his New Jersey home.

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