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Are Democrats Willing to Pay More in Taxes for Medicare for All?
Elizabeth Warren has declined to acknowledge that middle-class taxes would need to go up to pay for a single-payer health care system. How would Democratic voters feel if she did?
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Elizabeth Warren has avoided acknowledging that middle-class taxes would need to go up to pay for a single-payer health care system. Polls show that Democrats are willing to pay more, but whether the broader electorate agrees is unclear.
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Johnson & Johnson Recalls Asbestos-Tainted Baby Powder
The F.D.A. found trace levels of asbestos in samples from a bottle of baby powder purchased from an online retailer.
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Johnson & Johnson recalled baby powder that contained evidence of asbestos. It’s the first recall for a product facing thousands of lawsuits.
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The Navy Wants to Push Out Problem SEALs. But Trump May Get in the Way.
A push to strengthen discipline in the SEAL teams has been stymied by one member’s support in the White House.
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“People want to hold these guys accountable,” said a Navy officer involved in a push to strengthen discipline. “But they are afraid that if you do anything, minutes later there will be a tweet from the White House, and the officer in charge will get axed.”
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NASA Is About to Conduct Its First All-Female Spacewalk
The American astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch are set to venture outside the International Space Station on Friday to replace a power controller.
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Jessica Meir and Christina Koch made history on Friday. The NASA astronauts, seen here working on the International Space Station, conducted the first all-female spacewalk. nyti.ms/33Jf2j6 pic.twitter.com/tFxBbN87sQ
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The first all-female spacewalk is happening now. Here's a photo of the astronauts, Jessica Meir and Christina Koch, working outside of the International Space Station. nyti.ms/2qiAjS3 pic.twitter.com/FX4DB840I3
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2 astronauts, Jessica Meir and Christina Koch, are about to make history: The first all-female spacewalk
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Police Seize Guns From Man Thought to be Neo-Nazi Leader
Using a red-flag law, the authorities confiscated a cache of weapons from a man believed to be a leader of the Atomwaffen Division, a violent extremist group.
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Investigators in Seattle confiscated a cache of weapons from a man believed to be a leader of the Atomwaffen Division, one of the most violent extremist groups in the country
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In Washington, a Fight to Decriminalize Prostitution Divides Allies
Supporters say a bill being considered by the City Council in the nation’s capital would protect prostitutes. Critics say it would be a boon to sex traffickers.
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A bill in Washington would make it the first U.S. city to decriminalize prostitution. Others have curtailed arrests for prostitution in recent years, but buying sex is still prosecuted and pimping continues to be treated as a serious crime.
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N.Y.C. Votes to Close Rikers. Now Comes the Hard Part.
The City Council approved a sweeping $8 billion plan to close the troubled jail complex and replace it with four smaller jails by 2026.
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Breaking News: New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex is closing. The City Council approved a sweeping $8 billion plan to replace it with 4 smaller jails by 2026.
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Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President
If President Trump doesn’t demonstrate the leadership that America needs, then it is time for a new person in the Oval Office.
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Retired Admiral William H. McRaven writes, "If our promises are meaningless, how will our allies ever trust us? If we can’t have faith in our nation’s principles, why would the men and women of this nation join the military?"
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Woman Who Said Officer Removed Her Tampon Settles With San Antonio
The city approved a $205,000 payout to a woman who sued after she said an officer violated her rights during a cavity search.
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The City of San Antonio approved a $205,000 settlement with a woman who said a police officer took her tampon out during a search for drugs. A lawyer for the ACLU called it “a shocking search" and "grossly invasive."
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Zuckerberg, Inflaming Debate, Asserts Facebook Stands for Free Expression
In an address at Georgetown University, the Facebook chief executive called for more free speech — not less — as his company has been assailed for allowing lies and falsehoods to appear.
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Invoking Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr., the Vietnam War and the First Amendment, Mark Zuckerberg cast Facebook as a beacon of free expression in a defiant speech dismissing critics of the site’s role in spreading disinformation
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The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Latest News
The acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, told reporters that the U.S. withheld military aid to force Ukraine to investigate corruption, which he said would include scrutinizing Democrats.
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Breaking News: Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, said the U.S. froze aid partly to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democrats. He undercut President Trump's denials of a quid pro quo.
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Trump Will Host 2020 G7 Summit at His Doral Resort
The decision to host the economic summit at the Trump National Doral Miami Golf Club is sure to alarm ethics watchdogs and critics of the administration.
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Breaking News: President Trump will host the next G7 summit at his resort near Miami, a move benefitting the Trump Organization that will alarm ethics watchdogs
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Ambassador to E.U. to Testify That Trump Delegated Ukraine Policy to Giuliani
Gordon D. Sondland said in his prepared statement to House impeachment investigators that he was disappointed the president involved his personal lawyer in diplomacy with Kiev.
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Breaking News: President Trump largely delegated Ukraine policy to Rudy Giuliani, the ambassador Gordon Sondland will testify, saying he disagreed with the move.
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Brexit Deal Between U.K. and E.U.: Live Updates
The agreement was a step forward in the frantic negotiations to map out Britain’s departure from the E.U., but the support of Parliament and Northern Irish lawmakers is far from assured.
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"We've got a great new deal that takes back control," Boris Johnson tweeted. Britain and the E.U. have reached a draft Brexit deal, but the support of Parliament and Northern Irish lawmakers is far from assured. Follow our live updates.
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Elijah E. Cummings, Powerful Democrat Who Investigated Trump, Dies at 68
A son of sharecroppers, he fought tirelessly for his hometown of Baltimore and became a key figure in the impeachment investigation of President Trump.
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A son of sharecroppers who rose to become one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress, Elijah Cummings fought tirelessly for his hometown of Baltimore
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Breaking News: Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland, a key figure in the impeachment procedures against President Trump, died. He was 68.
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Oxford Professor Is Accused of Selling Ancient Texts to Hobby Lobby
An investigation found that Bible fragments in a museum started by the owners of the arts-and-crafts chain had been illegally taken from the university.
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A trans-Atlantic investigation has accused a prominent Oxford University professor of stealing and selling fragments of ancient texts to Hobby Lobby, the arts-and-crafts chain
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The World Condemns Erdogan’s War on Kurds. But Turkey Applauds.
Attacked abroad, and facing a raft of sanctions, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may nevertheless be getting what he wants from Turkey’s invasion of Kurdish-held Syria.
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“Americans, Europeans, Chinese, Arabs — all united against Turkey,” the front-page of Sozcu, a Turkish newspaper usually fiercely opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said on Wednesday. “Bring it on.”
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How Hitler Pioneered ‘Fake News’
A century ago, the future Nazi leader began his career as a propagandist.
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Timothy Snyder writes: Hitler and the Nazis found a simple slogan they repeated again and again to discredit reporters: “Lügenpresse.” Today the extreme right in Germany has revived this term, which in English is “fake news.”
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How Unpredictable Work Hours Turn Families Upside Down
Shifts added or subtracted at short notice play havoc with budgets and lives, and disproportionately hurt black and Hispanic women.
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African-Americans, Hispanics and other minorities — particularly women — are much more likely to be assigned irregular schedules, new research shows, and that the harmful repercussions are felt not just by the workers but also their families
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Peter Navarro Invented an Expert for His Books, Based on Himself
President Trump’s trade adviser frequently cited Ron Vara, a fictional source who was a critic of China, in his writings.
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Peter Navarro, a top White House trade adviser, has frequently cited a source in his books named Ron Vara, who dispensed anti-China musings. But Ron Vara, it turns out, does not exist. He is apparently an anagram of Navarro’s surname.
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