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Updated May 3, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Biden faces new Democratic pressure to rein in Israel

Rep. Jason Crow, wearing a gray suit, speaking with colleagues on the House floor.
Updated May 3, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Hope Hicks testifies in Trump hush money trial

Hope Hicks attends President Trumps cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House on May 19, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Democratic Rep. Cuellar indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges

Rep. Henry Cuellar, wearing a blue suit and holding a piece of paper at a committee hearing.

"This was a crisis": Hope Hicks testifies in N.Y. criminal trial and other week three highlights

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 2, 2024 in New York City.

The job market is transitioning to a more steady state

Illustration of bar chart columns forming a briefcase.
May 3, 2024 - World

CIA director in Cairo as talks for Israel-Hamas deal reach critical point

William Burns, nominee for Central Intelligence Agency director, listens to opening statements during his Senate Select Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing in Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.
May 3, 2024 - Health

Bird flu's big question: What's driving its spread

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Updated May 3, 2024 - Economy

U.S. labor market slows in April, adding 175,000 jobs

Elon Musk to reinstate X account of white nationalist Nick Fuentes

Elon Musk attends the 10th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on April 13, 2024 in Los Angeles; Nick Fuentes answers question during an interview with Agence France-Presse in Boston.

Where college negotiations ended campus protest chaos

Students at Brown University take down tents after agreeing to dismantle an encampment on Tuesday.

News industry divides over AI

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May 3, 2024 - Business

WSJ, WashPost, NYT run joint ad calling attention to missing, detained journalists

Biden tries threading the needle on campus protests, war

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Scoop: Biden beefs up border team as pressure builds

President Joe Biden speaks with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer during a presentation about immigration and border security
May 3, 2024 - Science

Exclusive: Inside the AI research boom

Over 2,000 protesters arrested at college campuses across the U.S.

Captain sentenced over deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history

Members of the FBI dive team view a growing memorial in Santa Barbara Harbor for 34 victims of the Conception boat tragedy September 5, 2019 in Santa Barbara, California.
May 2, 2024 - Business

Axios Finish Line: Just the generous stuff

May 2, 2024 - Science

Study: Orangutan 1st wild animal seen treating injury with medicinal plant

This handout photo released by SUAQ Foundation on June 23, 2022, shows Rakus, a male orangutan with a facial wound, at Gunung Leuser National Park in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Democrats warn Mike Johnson: Don't get used to us saving you

Illustration of a lifesaver ring attached to a rope which is fraying and about to break.

Senate GOP zeros in on 4 top races in 2024

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., conducts a news conference after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol

Mike Johnson's short game

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