A 17-year-old migrant child died at a government-sponsored shelter in Florida

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Cots are shown in a dormitory at an emergency shelter for migrant children Friday, July 2, 2021, in Pomona, Calif.
A file photo shows a dormitory at an emergency shelter for migrant children Friday, July 2, 2021, in Pomona, California.

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A researcher said she named a new butterfly species after the 'Lord of the Rings' villain partly because spending 10 years on the study felt like the eye of Sauron looking at her

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A picture of one of the Saurona butterflies.
The museum says the black rings on the vivid orange wings are "reminiscent of the all-seeing Eye."

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Ukrainian vigilantes are tearing down Russian statues and landmarks in the night to 'decolonize' their cities

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A tractor destroys a Soviet monument dedicated to the victory of the USSR in the Second World War in one of the villages in the Lviv region.
While Kyiv is removing all Soviet monuments across the country, some towns and cities have kept up other Russian landmarks and references to Russian language.

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Russia is floating a plan to build a village for conservative Americans who want to move to a 'Christian country' and are tired of liberal ideology in the US

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Veterans salute during a military parade to mark the 78th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 9, 2023. St.

Elon Musk says Tucker Carlson will be subject to Twitter's fact-checking force, Community Notes. This might be a problem for a TV host whose record on Snopes isn't exactly the cleanest.

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Tucker Carlson announced on Wednesday that he'll be bringing his show to Twitter where he could be subject to fact-checking by the platform's Community Notes feature.

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CNN's Trump town hall drew 3.3 million viewers — about what Tucker Carlson's top-rated Fox News show pulled before he was canned

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Former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally, Thursday, April 27, 2023, in Manchester, N.H.

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If Trump keeps insulting E. Jean Carroll, her lawyers say, she could keep suing him

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E. Jean Carroll and Donald Trump.

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Clarence Thomas, who accepted lavish gifts from a billionaire, argued that a law prohibiting taking bribes is too vague to be fairly enforced

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Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.

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CNN boss Chris Licht loved how Trump's town hall turned out, even though it was 'uncomfortable' hearing the audience cheering

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Former President Donald Trump.

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Video shows CNN's town hall audience cheering and thanking Donald Trump after he bulldozed the network

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump.

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