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Democratic frontrunner Biden criticised for race record in TV debate

Democratic White House favourite Joe Biden came under fierce attack for his past record on race in a TV debate.

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Front-running Biden trips in first 2020 Democratic debate

Analysis: Over the span of two days, rivals Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren created opportunities for themselves.

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Who won the second Democratic debate?

Analysis: Kamala Harris stood out, Joe Biden had a target on his back, and a few of the candidates were barely there.

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Top candidate lines from the second night of Democratic debate

Some of the most memorable takes from each candidate on stage in Miami on Thursday.

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Integration's painful past becomes the present for Biden and Harris

Analysis: In the debate, Biden revived his long-ago support for local school control. But Harris countered that only the federal government integrated schools.

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'I couldn't get it done,' Buttigieg says of police tensions

"It's a mess, and we're hurting," Buttigieg says of the fallout in his Indiana city after the killing of a black man by a white officer.

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Trump pans Democratic debate take on undocumented insurance: 'That's the end of that race!'

The president weighed in on the debate in Japan, on his way to a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Biden, Sanders go after Trump at Democratic debate

10 Democratic candidates took the stage at the face off, hosted by NBC hosted in Miami.

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Fact checking Night Two of the first Democratic debate

As the second set of Democratic candidates take the stage, here are the claims that hold up and the ones that don't.

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Live-tracking mentions of President Trump during the Democratic debate

Democrats mostly avoided talking about the president on Wednesday night. Will that happen again on Thursday?

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De Blasio apologizes after quoting Che Guevara at South Florida rally

After Wednesday's debate, de Blasio ended a speech to a union crowd by chanting Guevara's slogan "hasta la victoria siempre" or "until victory, always."

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This is how much work women miss because of their periods

There's still a taboo for women when it comes to discussing menstrual pain at work or school.

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Jony Ive, the iconic designer behind Apple's iPhone, is leaving the company

Ive, who was a close confidant of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, plans to step down this year to form a design company.

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Emergency funding for detained migrants clears Congress

The House on Thursday passed a Senate-approved version of the funding bill after attempts to make changes failed.

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States removed 17 million voters from rolls in two years

Legal challenges over voter registration practices have broken out across the country, often splitting along partisan lines.

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House committee passes $300 million bill requiring carbon monoxide detectors in public housing

"It is unfathomable that the very people our government seeks to shelter are dying in their homes," Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, D-Ill., said.

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Trolls target online polls following first Democratic presidential debate

Users from pro-Trump communities on 4chan and Reddit implored fellow members to vote for lower-polling candidates, specifically Tulsi Gabbard and Bill de Blasio.

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Trump floats delaying 2020 census for citizenship question

The president said he has asked lawyers if it is possible to delay the 2020 census "no matter how long."

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Manafort pleads not guilty to state mortgage fraud charges

The longtime GOP operative known for his dapper suits shuffled into the courtroom in downtown Manhattan dressed in a navy blue prison jumpsuit.

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Smartphone sales were already in decline — then came the trade war with China

For companies such as Apple — for whom 17.5 percent of all iPhone sales come from China — the growing impasse in the trade war has only served to further threaten the smartphone market.

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Twitter will label, but not delete, tweets from politicians who violate its rules

"A critical function of our service is providing a place where people can openly and publicly respond to their leaders," Twitter said Thursday.

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Here are the rules for Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress

Mueller has agreed to testify before the House in July, but there are conditions, according to a Congressional aide with knowledge of the arrangement.

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Kushner cut me, other top diplomats out of the loop in talks with Saudis, Tillerson says

Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he told Kushner his end-run around diplomats was a problem, but that Trump's son-in-law didn't change his approach.

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Paris' workers persevere as extreme heat wave hits Europe

Temperatures in the French capital soared to 93 degrees — and felt more like 102 degrees — as the heat intensifies across the continent.

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Supreme Court tosses citizenship question from 2020 census forms, a victory for Democratic states

The court found that while the department of commerce has a right to reinstate the question, it did not provide an adequate justification for doing so.