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Costly refugee funding on the table as they rake in over a dozen taxpayer benefits
The funding rose from less than $2 billion in fiscal year 2021, the last year of President Donald Trump’s first term, to nearly $9 billion the next fiscal year – the first year of former President Joe Biden’s administration.
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Daughter of Hollywood actor Tommy Lee Jones found dead at age 34 in San Francisco hotel
San Francisco police were called to the Fairmont Hotel early Thursday morning, where they declared Victoria Jones dead on the scene. The cause of death has not been identified.
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Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz will not host gala at Kennedy Center: 'No longer apolitical'
Roma Daravi, the Kennedy Center’s vice president for public relations, and the center's president Ric Grenell have denied that Schwartz was expected to host an event at the venue, because he had not been approached by its new leadership.
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Astronomers say dwarf planet is 'ocean world,' possible harbor for life
Object is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Facebook says it has removed over 30 million posts for 'hate speech' this year so far
Removals increased dramatically from the first quarter to the second.
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Sumner Redstone, legendary media tycoon, dead at 97
Redstone transformed his family's drive-in move theater business into a multibillion-dollar media empire.
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Stars' donations helped bail out suspects charged with 'murder, violent felonies, sex crimes'
Hollywood stars like Seth Rogen, Steve Carell, Cynthia Nixon and Don Cheadle sent thousands of dollars to the Minnesota Freedom Fund to help bail out protesters caught up in the George Floyd-inspired protests. Now, we're learning where some of that cash went.
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Looting in Chicago should be viewed as reparations, BLM rally organizer reportedly says
Black Lives Matter organizers gathered outside a South Loop police station to support the people who were arrested Monday after widespread looting took place across the city's downtown area.
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Trump adviser Jenna Ellis fires back at criticism for calling transgender state official a 'guy'
'To be called a bigot for simply acknowledging scientific fact is both hilarious and tragic,' Ellis said.
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Austin bike shop co-owned by Lance Armstrong will no longer participate in police contract
'We are not anti-police,' the shop said in its statement revealing the move.
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Hasbro pulls Trolls doll from stores amid uproar over hidden button
Hasbro pulls Trolls doll after a Change.org petition alleged that the placement of one of its features is inappropriate.
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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rocks North Carolina near border with Virginia
More shocks could be on the way, U.S. Geological Survey says
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Trump signs executive orders providing coronavirus relief funds, bypassing Congress
Talks for stimulus packages have hit a stalemate on Capitol Hill.