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Democrats are replaying the 2016 health care wars ahead of 2020

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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Model rockets launched to mark Apollo 11 anniversary

Thousands of model rockets launched in Huntsville, Alabama on Tuesday, 50 years after the Apollo 11 crew blasted off for the Moon.

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Sudanese military, protesters sign power-sharing document

The two sides signed a so-called political declaration at a ceremony in Khartoum on Wednesday.

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Euroviews. What do Trump and Batman have in common? They feel wealth entitles them to power ǀ View

The myth of the wealthy playboy who can fix what ails the world has hurt a lot of innocent Americans. And yet still they seek elected office.

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In rare rebuke, dozens of Republicans hit Trump over 'racist' tweets

In rare rebuke, dozens of Republicans hit Trump over 'racist' tweets

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Elon Musk wants to hook your brain up directly to computers

The Tesla and SpaceX founder announced a goal of implanting chips into human brains as early as next year to create direct human connections to computers.

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'Unfit to be president': Full text of House impeachment resolution on Trump

Read the full text of Rep. Al Green's House impeachment resolution

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Rep. Green will read impeachment articles on House floor in bid force vote

"What do you do when the leader of the free world is a racist?" Green said Tuesday. "You file Articles of Impeachment."

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Brother of Sandy Hook school shooting victim to run for public office

JT Lewis, whose younger brother Jesse was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, announced Monday he's running for state senate in Connecticut.

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R. Kelly considered flight risk in sweeping sex-crime prosecution

Two women who say they're living with Kelly attended his arraignment on Tuesday and sat in the front row.

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3 Iranians charged with exporting tons of substance with military, nuclear uses

Carbon fiber is used in the fabrication of nose cones for long-range missiles and the manufacture of the rotors in the centrifuges that enrich uranium.

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Shelf control? Largest textbook publisher is ditching books and going 'digital first'

The price of textbooks in the U.S. increased by 90 percent from 1998 to 2016.

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McConnell on Trump vs Squad feud: Everyone should 'lower the incendiary rhetoric'

"The president's not a racist. And I think the tone of all of this is not good for the country," the Senate Majority Leader said Tuesday, blaming voices "across the ideological spectrum."

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Roger Stone avoids arrest for gag order violation, but has social media blackout imposed

"What am I supposed to do with you?" exasperated U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said.

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The next world cup? Fortnite. Here's everything you need to know

Hot favorite Tyler "Ninja" Blevins failed to qualify for the finals, so all eyes for the "Super Bowl of Fortnite" are on streamer Turner "Tfue" Tenney.

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Storm 'turned Mississippi Delta into an ocean'

Fears circulated prior to the storm that some of Mississippi River's levees would be toppled at New Orleans, allowing the canals to rush into the city. This destruction happened before, in 2005's Hurricane Katrina, with devastating consequences for the city.

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Watch: Apollo 11 astronaut speaks on 50th anniversary of launch

Astronaut Michael Collins returned to the Apollo 11 launch pad on the 50th anniversary of the mission to land on the moon.

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Racial division is a hallmark of Trump's presidency

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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Read: Full text of House resolution condemning Trump's 'racist comments'

House Democrats introduced a resolution Monday condemning President Donald Trump for 'racist comments' directed at a group of newly elected progressive congresswomen of color: Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.

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David Marcus goes to Washington; Jeffrey Katzenberg lands NBC News

Byers Market is a daily newsletter from NBC News senior media reporter Dylan Byers that takes you behind the scenes in Hollywood, Silicon Valley, New York and Washington.

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House to vote on resolution condemning Trump's 'racist comments'

Asked Monday if he was concerned the comments were viewed as racist, the president said, "It doesn't concern me because many people agree with me."

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Large pod of over 100 dolphins surrounds boat in California

A large pod of dolphins was spotted off the coast of southern California on Sunday.

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Palestinians denounce Trump tweets against local hero Rashida Tlaib

Although Tlaib has never lived in the West Bank, she still has relatives in the area and is widely seen as a local hero.

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Democrats duel over health care in new campaign dust up

Biden and Sanders are locking horns in a high-profile skirmish over Obamacare and Medicare for All.

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Founder of neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer should pay $14 million to victim of 'troll storm,' judge says

A federal magistrate denounced the "particularly egregious and reprehensible nature" of Andrew Anglin's anti-Semitic intimidation of a Montana woman.

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At least 1 dead, 15 injured in gas explosion at California home

Southern California Gas Company confirmed that one of its employees died in the blast at the Murrieta home.

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