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CBO: Deficit to exceed $1 trillion next year
The Congressional Budget Office is upping its projections for this year's federal deficit by $63 billion and increasing its forecast for deficits over the next decade by $809 billion.
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The Danish prime minister had called Trump's idea of buying the semiautonomous Arctic territory of Greenland from Denmark "an absurd discussion."
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As Venezuela's crisis deepens, women are bearing the brunt of the nation's upheaval.
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A detailed recap of five memorable moments from the Thursday night debate in Miami — leading off with the discussion of busing in America between two top contenders in the field.
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The four students were shot outside a library that serves Clark Atlanta and other nearby historically black colleges.
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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. HOW TRUMP ...
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He accused American Jews who vote for Democrats of showing "a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty."
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From immigration to gun control, Democrats covered a lot of ground in the first debate of the 2020 race.
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Trump canceled an upcoming trip to Denmark after its prime minister dismissed the idea.
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He's feeling passed over In a play to his pro-Israel evangelical base as much as anyone, Donald Trump portrays Palestinian-sympathetic ...
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Summer this year is hitting Greenland hard with record-shattering heat and extreme melt.
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But he said the prospect of such cuts is not in response to signs of a potential recession.