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Support for the Affordable Care Act is at an all-time high.
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In an unanimous decision, the nine justices said the city of Philadelphia was wrong to exclude a Catholic agency from its…
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For over a century, Black activists have used punctuation marks to subtly challenge official accounts of events.
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Ebrahim Raisi became the favorite to win Iran's June 18 presidential election after his top opponents were disqualified.
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