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Amid blackface uproar, Justin Trudeau announces plan to ban assault rifles

The prime minister said Friday that if his Liberal Party wins the national election Oct. 21, the government would ban military-grade assault weapons.

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Real-life Atlantis: Lost continent found under Europe is revealing Earth's missing history

Research has turned up lost continents buried beneath Europe and in the Pacific Ocean, and there may be more.

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Can a president really say or promise anything he wants when conducting foreign policy?

Analysis: "The president [has] the authority to do, and say, and pledge, awful things in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy," said a Bush admin lawyer.

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Trump appears to praise Pelosi's drug pricing bill after McConnell rejects it

McConnell said in an interview hours before Trump's tweet that Pelosi's measure is dead on arrival in the Senate.

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Six months after Christchurch shootings, videos of attack are still on Facebook

Platforms increasingly face a battle with bad actors organizing on forums such as 8chan to circumvent their detection systems.

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What we know — and don't know — about the Trump-whistleblower story

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio drops 2020 bid

De Blasio's bid — launched in May — ultimately lasted just over four months and was largely mocked for most of its short life.

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North Korea welcomes 'new method' from U.S. in nuclear talks

A North Korean diplomat welcomed that relations would be conducted "from a more practical point of view" after the departure of John Bolton.

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Trump admin ignored its own evidence of climate change's impact on migration from Central America

An internal report obtained by NBC New showed migration surged from those areas where climate change is hurting crops and farmers.

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Global climate strike protests expected to draw millions

Coordinated action is expected in some 150 countries, organizers claimed.

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How one Syrian camp shows the fight against ISIS isn't over

Six months ago ISIS lost all of its territory and tens of thousands of fighters in Iraq and Syria — but it lives on.

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High school gamers are scoring college scholarships. But can esports make varsity?

The esports boom has reached high schools, where students are forming teams and districts are weighing the benefits. Esports startups see opportunity.

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Stephen Miller wants to slash the number of refugees allowed in the U.S. The Pentagon is fighting back.

The Pentagon is the lone voice inside the Trump admin defending the U.S. refugee program.

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Trump, Mark Zuckerberg hold surprise White House meeting

Trump has previously accused Facebook of having a bias against conservatives and even threatened to sue the tech giant.

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Topless women win big as Colorado city drops ban

Officials in Fort Collins decided it's not worth the money to fight for its ordinance banning women from appearing topless in public.

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DHS formally backs off plans to deport sick immigrant children

After backlash from Congress and the public, the administration says it will resume consideration of deportations on a "case-by-case" basis.

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Everyday people: How a massive picture database sparked a discussion about AI and bias

After an art project showed how AI can categorize people in offensive ways, a major research database is discarding half its images of people.

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McConnell changes position and backs $250 million for election security

Democrats said the Senate majority leader had finally caved into their pressure to safeguard the voting system.

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Can Justin Trudeau survive the blackface scandal? Canadian political experts weigh in

"This scandal could lead many of his supporters to wonder if the prime minister is more talk than action," one expert said.

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Trump administration expels two Cuban diplomats

The State Department said the two Cuban nationals allegedly tried to conduct "influence operations in the United States."

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Apple's privacy battle against rival tech giants is coming to your home screen

Apple on Thursday released the latest version of its iPhone operating system, which includes a new feature meant to notify people when apps are tracking them in unexpected ways.

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Mysterious 'alien megastructure' star may not be so special after all

Astronomers found more than a dozen stars that display similarly mystifying behavior.

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House passes short-term funding measure to avert October shutdown

The legislation will keep the government funded through Nov. 21, a week before Thanksgiving.

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Annual complaints to intel watchdog hotline have more than doubled since Trump took office

According to public records, the hotline received 563 contacts last year, and numbers for the latest fiscal year are on pace to be even higher.

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Schiff: Trump or 'people around him' likely behind effort to keep whistleblower details from Congress

"We're determined to do everything we can to determine what this urgent concern is [and] to make sure that the national security is protected" the House Intelligence Committee chairman said Thursday.

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U.S., Canada have lost 3 billion birds. Scientists say 'nature is unraveling.'

"It's an empty feeling in your stomach that these same birds that you grew up with just aren't there anymore."

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