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Thursday

North Carolina's New State Board Of Elections Will Decide Fate Of Congressional Race

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Failed Virginia Bill Sparks National Debate About Abortion

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell led the effort to advance an amendment that supports keeping U.S. troops in Syria and Afghanistan to fight ISIS and al-Qaida. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Senate Republicans Rebuke President On Syria And Afghanistan Policy

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Does The U.S. Or China Have More Leverage In Ongoing Trade Talks?

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Trump Meets With Vice Premier Of China To Discuss Potential Trade Deal

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Rep. Aguilar Likes The Tone So Far Of Bipartisan Border Security Talks

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Trump Chides Intelligence Officials In A Bid To Play To His Base

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Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., announced on Jan. 23 that he is forming an exploratory committee to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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The Youngest 2020 Candidate Pushes A Platform Of 'Inter-Generational Justice'

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Wednesday

President Trump Takes Aim At His Own Intelligence Team, Again

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Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar Discusses Border Security Negotiations

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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., at an Oakland, Calif., campaign rally this week. Harris says she backs a single-payer health system, but she hasn't yet offered details on how she would finance that plan. Mason Trinca/Getty Images hide caption

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The ship Hammersmith Bridge, foreground, which has just arrived from Shanghai in China, unloads Chinese shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, on September 29, 2018. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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U.S. Opens Trade Talks With China

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FBI Director Christopher Wray (from left), CIA Director Gina Haspel, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, arrive to testify before the Senate intelligence committee on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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A steel barrier runs along the U.S.-Mexico border near Calexico, Calif. Bipartisan negotiators on Capitol Hill are discussing what kind of physical barriers are needed and how much Congress should spend to address national security issues at the Southwest border. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Border Security Talks Begin On Capitol Hill With Signs of Narrow Bipartisan Deal

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