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Remembering Tina Turner's extraordinary life and career

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Uvalde struggles with trauma a year after school shooting

Uvalde struggles with trauma a year after school shooting

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Taliban crackdown makes delivering aid to Afghanistan harder

Taliban crackdown makes delivering aid to Afghanistan harder

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News Wrap: No debt limit deal but both sides remain hopeful

News Wrap: No debt limit deal but both sides remain hopeful

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Texas Republican Will Hurd calls for meaningful gun reform

Texas Republican Will Hurd calls for meaningful gun reform

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Rainn Wilson on traveling the world in search of well-being

Rainn Wilson on traveling the world in search of well-being

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How DeSantis' campaign shapes the GOP presidential race

How DeSantis' campaign shapes the GOP presidential race

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DeSantis event highlights Musk's transformation of Twitter

DeSantis event highlights Musk's transformation of Twitter

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Supreme Court decision scales back scope of Clean Water Act

Supreme Court decision scales back scope of Clean Water Act

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Inside encampments where migrants await chance to enter U.S.

Inside encampments where migrants await chance to enter U.S.

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Debt ceiling negotiations see progress, but still no deal

Debt ceiling negotiations see progress, but still no deal

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Biden picks Gen. Charles Brown Jr. as Joint Chiefs chairman

Biden picks Gen. Charles Brown Jr. as Joint Chiefs chairman

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How the U.S. national debt reached $31.4 trillion

If you stacked up the full debt of the United States in hundred dollar bills, you could make not one, not two, but 13 piles of cash as tall as the Washington Monument. Lisa Desjardins takes a look at what the nation owes and has the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations on Capitol Hill.
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