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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.

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Smiling Trump tells Putin: 'Don't meddle in the election, please'

Trump's casual comments to Putin at a meeting during the Group of 20 Summit are unlikely to satisfy his critics.

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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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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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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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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.