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Number of migrant children in Border Patrol custody drops dramatically

The number fell from 2,350 on May 30 to under 300 as of Tuesday, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by NBC News.

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Trump administration will print 2020 census without citizenship question

The Supreme Court last week blocked the administration from adding the question, saying it did not provide a sufficient rationale for including in the census.

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Suspected U.S. spies 'due to be' sentenced to death, Iran says

NBC News could not independently confirm the reports and the CIA said it had no comment.

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Euroviews. Don't be fooled by Trump's historic-seeming North Korean photo op ǀ View

Is this enough to really change the tide of history on the Korean Peninsula? The answer became clearer as the two men sat next to each other.

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'Help': Photos show hundreds of migrants, children crammed in overflowing border facilities

One senior manager at a facility called the situation a "ticking time bomb." Migrants banged on cell windows and pressed notes against the plexiglass.

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Freak hailstorm that hit Mexican city has a surprising explanation

The storm dumped 3 feet of hail on Guadalajara and left locals and people around the world searching for an explanation.

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Nike pulls Independence Day-trainers after NFL star objected

Some argue that the Betsy Ross flag has racist connotations.

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Joe Biden, Kamala Harris in virtual tie for Democratic nomination, new poll shows

The latest Quinnipiac poll comes just days after last week's Democratic debate.

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Dalai Lama sorry for saying female successor would have to be "attractive"

"If a female Dalai Lama comes, she should be more attractive," the Dalai Lama told the BBC in a recent interview.

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Tanks arrive in D.C. for Trump's Fourth of July celebration

NBC News spotted the tanks in the southeast section of the city on Tuesday, just days before the event.

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House Democrats sue Trump administration in effort to secure president's tax returns

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the IRS and Treasury Department in an effort to secure access to President Donald Trump's tax returns.

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14 killed in fire on Russian navy submersible

The ministry said that the blaze broke out Monday while the vessel was performing tests in Russia's territorial waters.

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Everything you wanted to know about Trump's July Fourth celebration

Tanks, the president, the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, the U.S. Army Band, the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon and the Blue Angels are all part of the program.

02/07/2019

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Women's soccer enters new era with huge World Cup audiences

FIFA says it expects the competition to reach a total of 1 billion viewers across all platforms worldwide.

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Former NASA intern may possess only surviving recordings of Apollo 11

Retiree Gary George interned at NASA as a college student in 1976. During his time there he purchased more than `1,100 videotapes for around $218. At the time, NASA was attempting to reduce costs by recording over or selling old videotapes.

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Over 2,700 miles in four months: One fox's sprint stuns researchers

Researchers say it's one of the longest migrations of an Arctic fox ever documented in such a short time.

02/07/2019

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Trump's re-election efforts announce $105 million fundraising haul

The Trump campaign and the RNC combined to raise a record amount of money for this point in a re-election campaign, far outpacing President Obama.

02/07/2019

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Trump laments NY probe into NRA in second day of complaints about home state

Trump suggested the National Rifle Association will "quickly move to Texas."

02/07/2019

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Trump's Asia trip highlights daughter Ivanka's prominent, and controversial, role

"This seemed to be a moment where she came even further from the margins to center stage," said former White House staffer Peter Feaver.

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'Spider-Man' spins web of delight at children's hospital in LA

A few of Earth’s mightiest heroes paid a visit to the Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles

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Euroviews. The killer robots are coming. Here's our best chance at stopping them ǀ View

The US shouldn't propel the killer robot arms race by building bigger, faster, deadlier machines of our own. It should cut it short.

02/07/2019

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Interstellar visitor was no alien spaceship, scientists say

A new look at the first interstellar object known to have visited our solar system gives a thumbs-down to supernatural explanations.

02/07/2019

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Trump's foreign aid policies endanger women, experts say

"If it was done at the end of a gun, it would be denounced before the International Criminal Court," the U.N. human rights commissioner said.

02/07/2019

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'This is tough': Baseball mourns death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs

The Angels pitcher, who was pronounced dead in a Texas hotel room, had been expected to overcome injuries to blossom into a big-time star.

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Trump says more deportations ahead after Independence Day

"After July Fourth, a lot of people are going to be brought back out," the president said of undocumented immigrants.

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Trump says there will be military tanks at Fourth of July celebration

The president told reporters Monday that Thursday's event would feature military tanks, amid fresh criticism of changes to the annual event.

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