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A strange, wavy jet stream is blasting Europe with heat. Scientists say this could be the 'new normal.'

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Trump defends Biden after Democratic debate, says Harris got 'too much credit'

In Thursday's debate, Biden was put on the defensive when Harris challenged his record on desegregation and school busing.

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Trump's Iran policy is deepening mistrust in North Korea, experts say

Analysis: One expert said that "from the North Koreans' perspective, the Americans just can't be trusted — full stop."

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US, China restart trade talks as Trump and Xi meet

China said the United States had agreed to hold off on a new round of threatened tariffs on Chinese imports.

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Civil rights group sue Florida over 'poll tax' law to restore felon voter rights

The lawsuit claims the new law violates the prohibition against poll taxes enshrined in the 24th Amendment.

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Trump tweets invitation to Kim Jong Un to meet in demilitarized zone

If the meeting were to transpire, it would be the first time a U.S. and North Korean leader have met in the DMZ.

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Alleged organizer in David Ortiz shooting arrested in Dominican Republic

Authorities said that the man paid for a hit on his cousin but that Ortiz was shot in a case of mistaken identity.

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Kamala Harris walks back her hand-up moment on health care

The California senator raised her hand when asked if she'd get rid of private health insurance, but said Friday she misunderstood the question. It wasn't the first time.

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Biden defends civil rights record after Kamala Harris confronts him at debate

"I never, never, never, ever opposed voluntary busing, as a program that Senator Harris participated in and that made a difference in her life," he said.

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Outrage at manslaughter charge for woman who lost baby in shooting

An Alabama woman was charged with manslaughter over the death of her unborn child after she was shot in a dispute that police said she started.

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In a world without Roe, how would Medicare for All guarantee abortion access in states that outlaw it?

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders seemed to make this claim during Thursday night's debate. Experts say he's wrong — but it's complicated.

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What viewers really thought: Election Confessions from the first Democratic debate

"I so wanted to like him," "I don't want to be pandered to!" and more from Night One and Night Two.

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DHS predicts up to 25 percent drop in migrant apprehensions at border

The number of migrants crossing into the U.S. typically drops as temperatures rise in summer, but McAleenan said the decline is more than just seasonal.

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Trump immigration official blames migrant father for deaths captured in photo

"Until we fix the attractions in our asylum system, people like that father and that child are going to continue to come through a dangerous trip," the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said

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Team Biden hopes to move swiftly past fiery clash with Harris in first debate

"This is super heavy stuff that can't play out in a ten-person debate. Harris had a strategy that took advantage of that reality," one top campaign official said.

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Supreme Court to hear legal fight over aid to religious schools

Three women sued over a state scholarship program in Montana because they wanted to use the money to send their children to a Christian school.

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Russia's Putin declares liberalism in Europe 'obsolete'

"The liberal idea... has come into conflict with the interests of the overwhelming majority of the population," Putin said.

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Supreme Court won't hear appeal to restore Alabama abortion law

In 2016, Alabama's legislature voted to ban a procedure known as dilation and evacuation but the law was blocked by the courts before it took effect.

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Supreme Court agrees to hear DACA case in win for Trump administration

The court will hear the case during its next term, which begins in October, and a decision likely wouldn't come till 2020.

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Democrats march leftward in first presidential debates

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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Trump's split-screen trip: As Dems debate, for once it's not all about him

The president is finding that for the first time since he catapulted onto the American political scene, there's another show in town.