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Success! After key milestone, Artemis II astronauts speed off toward the moon

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Cuba releasing 2,010 prisoners as the US pressures the island's government

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Turning Point's plans to mine data from Trump's Phoenix visit

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Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it

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'Stay Alive,' about daily life in Nazi Berlin, shows how easy it is to just go along

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Defense Secretary Hegseth intervened to stop promotions of Black and female officers

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Word of the week

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Are you sure you know what 'gaslighting' is?

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A Supreme Court majority seems inclined to rule against Trump on birthright citizenship

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Wild Card with Rachel Martin

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George Saunders thinks ambition gets a bad rap

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2026 World Cup: North America

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U.S. lifts sanctions on Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez

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