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The moment Lin-Manuel Miranda conceived the idea of telling the story of Alexander Hamilton almost exclusively with a cast of brown and Black actors was its own kind of big bang. People have tried before to jazz up the story

(CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico) — An international disaster relief organization reported Tuesday the first confirmed case of COVID-19 among migrants living in a tent encampment of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Global Response Management said that one person in the

The Senate granted five additional weeks for the remaining money left in the program to be spent.

Politicians around the world have called for a United Nations probe into a Chinese government birth control campaign targeting largely Muslim minorities in the far western region of Xinjiang, even as Beijing said it treats all ethnicities equally under the

Dr. Anthony Fauci: “I Would Not Be Surprised If We Go Up To 100,000 [New Cases] A Day; Clearly We Are Not In Total Control”  Deadline Dr. Anthony Fauci says U.S. coronavirus outbreak is ‘going to be very disturbing,’ could top

Support for defense program from New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand shows party’s mainstream committed to backing Israeli military despite progressives’ calls for cuts

(WASHINGTON) — Democrats drove a temporary extension of a popular subsidy program for small businesses through the GOP-controlled Senate late Tuesday, an unexpected development that came as spikes in coronavirus cases in many states are causing renewed shutdowns of bars

When protesters began flooding the streets of Minneapolis last month after the police killing of George Floyd, they were decrying police brutality and systemic racism. There’s little doubt that something as far-removed from that grave situation as The Golden Girls

The vice president wore a mask during an appearance in Rockville, Md. Despite a surge in new cases, Pence insisted the country was “in a much better place than four months ago, even two months ago.” (Image credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Top commando unit to be partially dissolved due to extremism, ‘toxic leadership,’ defense minister says