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Gary Cameron / Reuters The Fed Holds Steady
The U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged at its March meeting, but hinted that a rate hike is on the horizon.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Judge Merrick Garland Meets a Senate Blockade
Top Republicans vowed to ignore President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court despite praising him in the past.
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Vivek Prakash / Reuters Instagram's Biggest Change Since 2013
The app is piloting an algorithmic, non-chronological feed.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The Supreme Court Confirmation Battle Begins
President Obama nominated 63-year-old Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court, setting up an election-year battle with Senate Republicans.
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Jon Chol Jin / AP The Cost of Stealing a Sign: 15 Years of Hard Labor
North Korea’s Supreme Court has convicted Otto Warmbier, a 21-year-old student at the University of Virginia, of subversion.
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Drew Angerer / Stringer / Getty How Can the U.S. Shrink the Influence of Money in Politics?
Campaign finance is at the very heart of complaints about elections. Let’s look at some of the claims about money’s role, and proposals to change it.
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Jeff Roberson / AP The End of Discriminatory Policing in Ferguson?
The city council voted to accept the the U.S. Department of Justice’s changes to its courts and police.
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Medium Medium Evolves Again
The service will add human editorial decisions to its mobile app.
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Joe Skipper / Reuters Donald Trump Has a Huge Tuesday
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Rubio Campaign Ends Where It Began
The Florida senator suspended his campaign at home in the Sunshine state, after voters there swung decisively in favor of Donald Trump
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U.S. Coast Guard / Reuters Obama Abandons Plans to Drill in the Atlantic Ocean
Oil and gas exploration off the coast of Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico will move forward.
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Aung Shine Oo / AP Burma’s First Civilian Leader in Five Decades
Htin Kyaw says he will be a proxy for Aung San Suu Kyi, the democracy advocate and Nobel Peace laureate.
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AP Nina Simone's Face
The upcoming biopic about the singer proves that the world still isn’t ready to tell her story.
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Aaron Doster / USA TODAY Sports The NFL Fumbles a Key Concession on Concussions
A top official has acknowledged a link between football and CTE, the degenerative brain disease.
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Tony Dejak / Associated Press The U.S. Government's Warning to Courts That Jail The Poor
The U.S. Department of Justice has told local and state courts to avoid practices that hurt low-income individuals most.
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Ben Earp / AP How North Carolina Explains Trump's Rise
Despite the disapproval of top state conservatives, the outsider exploited the same tensions that gave Republicans control of the Old North State’s government.
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