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Democrats now have a wider Senate map. Can they take advantage of it?

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'Clarifying': The Democratic debate stage narrows and candidates quit the race

The overcrowded Democratic primary for the right to take on Trump is entering a new phase.

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Video of voting malfunction casts shadow on Mississippi governor's race

A viral cellphone video of a defective voting machine raised doubts about a Republican primary on Tuesday, sparking broader concerns about U.S. elections.

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MSNBC's O'Donnell says he should not have reported unverified claim on air about Trump loans

The "Last Word" host acknowledged that he shouldn't have discussed the information provided by a single unnamed source because it didn't meet "our standards."

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand drops out of 2020 presidential race

"It's important to know when it's not your time," she said in a video posted to her Twitter account.

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House panel announces probe into Trump's plan to host G-7 summit at his Doral resort

"The President's personal financial interests are clearly shaping decisions about official U.S. government activities," lawmakers said in a statement.

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Trump denies report he offered pardons to aides who break law to fast-track border wall

Trump is a ways away from the 500 miles of wall that he promised to have completed by the 2020 election.

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Without notice, U.S. rejects 'deferred action' requests from immigrants

Citizenship and Immigration Services has been rejecting deferred action requests, except from certain military members and veterans, and referring applications to ICE.

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Kellyanne Conway sings Taylor Swift's own song in rebuke of Equality Act advocacy

"You voting for this video means that you want a world where we are all treated equally under the law regardless of who we love — regardless of how we identify," Swift said.

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Georgia GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson to resign, citing health problems

Isakson, 74, said his Parkinson's disease was "progressing" and that he'd had surgery recently to remove a growth on his kidney.

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Watch: Greta Thunberg arrives in New York on carbon-neutral yacht

Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has just arrived in New York.

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Epstein accuser says Prince Andrew should 'come clean'

Andrew strongly denies he had any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex trafficking.

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Here's what we learned from this week's polls

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

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Democratic debate appears set for 10 candidates after Tom Steyer fails to qualify in latest polls

With hours to go before the deadline to make the stage next month, two new surveys did not give the billionaire what he needed.

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'War with nature must end': Teen climate activist sails into NY with message to world

"Our war with nature must end," the 16-year-old tweeted while sailing to the U.S. ahead of the United Nations summit on climate change.

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Trump administration weighs deal allowing Taliban to call itself a government in waiting

Critics say that the wording would be a propaganda coup for the Taliban, who have presented themselves as a government-in-waiting since they were ousted.

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Whistling competition: Japanese blows the audience away in Pasadena

A 36-year-old Japanese whistler Akiko Shibata, who performed a whistling medley with a music box and a puppet, to take home the world title

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Reports U.K. prime minister to suspend Parliament trigger fury

Opponents see this as an extraordinary attempt by Boris Johnson to make it harder for lawmakers to thwart plans for Brexit.

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A trip to Mars could cause brain damage. Here's how NASA aims to protect astronauts.

New research suggests that exposure to radiation could trigger anxiety and impair cognition.

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Photos indicate N. Korea building sub capable of launching nuclear missiles, analysts say

A North Korean submarine capable of launching nuclear missiles would bolster the threat posed by the regime and make it more difficult for U.S. forces to counter the danger.

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Trump campaign attacks AOC, Democrats: 'This is our country, not theirs'

The language used in the email is similar to the racist attack by Trump on four Democratic congresswomen of color - known as 'The Squad' - last month

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Rep. Ilhan Omar at center of Washington political consultant's divorce

The political strategist worked on the campaign of the freshman Democratic lawmaker, who has become a target of the right.

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How U.S. ended up targeting a star Google engineer

Anthony Levandowski was a rising star in the Bay Area world of engineering who for years pushed computing boundaries of all kinds.