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Trump defends Acosta but says he'll look into Epstein plea deal

US President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta (R) during the National Teacher of the Year reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, May 2, 2018.

How Tom Steyer made his fortune

Court rules Trump can't block Twitter followers

CDC seeks cause of polio-like illness, urges quick reporting

Jul 9, 2019

Acosta defends plea deal for Epstein

Jul 9, 2019 - World

Israeli education minister calls intermarriage rate of U.S. Jews "second Holocaust"

Don't panic about Bitcoin's energy consumption

Billionaire Tom Steyer launches 2020 presidential campaign

Activist billionaire Tom Steyer
Jul 9, 2019 - Sports

MLB accused of juicing baseballs following historic home run surge

Illustration of a baseball being injected with a serum.
Jul 9, 2019 - Economy

The good news and bad news about wage growth

Workers protesting the low minimum wage
Jul 9, 2019 - Technology

Group seeks ban on government use of facial recognition

An illustration of facial recognition software being used on a person of color
Jul 9, 2019 - Economy

Trump resistance media rising

White House summit spotlights right's new split on tech

Illustration of a finger pointing accusingly at a computer with a frown face on its screen
Updated Jul 9, 2019 - World

Hong Kong protesters rally after leader declares extradition bill "dead"

Chief Executive Carrie Lam holds a press conference at the government headquarters in Hong Kong on July 9.

Child detention is creating a mental health crisis

Illustration of children's toy blocks spelling out, "AYUDA".

Long-defiant truckers are forced into conformity

Truck carrying lumber in the snow
Updated Jul 9, 2019

Pelosi leads calls for Acosta to resign over Epstein's 2008 plea deal

Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, (R) speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump listens in Washington, DC.
Updated Jul 8, 2019

Trump admin steps up push to add citizenship question to 2020 Census

President Donald Trump tours the border wall between the United States and Mexico in Calexico, California, April 5.
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