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President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis to quell ongoing protests against ICE, but local leaders say it's the White House that's escalating the situation.
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Jae C. Hong/APThousands of employees whose contracts end this year will lose their jobs, FEMA managers said at personnel meetings this week. The cuts could hobble the nation's disaster agency. -
Steffan Hill/HBOThere are no dragons, no maps and no internecine family trees in this Game of Thrones prequel about an underdog knight and his would-be squire. -
Jérôme Prébois/Sony Pictures ClassicsJodie Foster has spoken French since she was a child. But it's only now that she's taken on a lead role scripted almost entirely in the language of Molière, for A Private Life. -
Trump threatens military action to stop the protests in Minneapolis, Maria Corina Machado presents Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize, Trump announces health plan that's scant on details.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado met with President Trump Thursday and talked about the future of Venezuela, including the prospect of new elections.
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A woman who was married to a man twice her age remembers their relationship, and the important question she asked him when they spoke to StoryCorps 20 years ago.
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A recent increase in violent incidents between ICE agents and residents in cities like Minneapolis has raised questions about how federal immigration agents are trained and the protocols they follow.
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A recent surge in federal agents and Trump-friendly social media influencers to Minnesota is part of a White House communication strategy that emphasizes online content to influence policy.
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President Trump announced a plan that addresses drug costs and health savings accounts, but not the health insurance premium spikes that millions of Americans are facing. -
The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter who covers the federal government, seizing her laptops, phone and smart watch. The move has alarmed free speech advocates and the media.
