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Labor Clout Takes A Hit In Supreme Court Ruling On Dues

Union activists and supporters rally Wednesday in Lower Manhattan against the Supreme Court's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Labor Clout Takes A Hit In Supreme Court Ruling On Dues

The Supreme Court dealt a blow to public sector unions this week, saying workers don't need to pay a cent in dues or fees, but they can still benefit from a union contract in their workplace.

Labor Clout Takes A Hit In Supreme Court Ruling On Dues

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Reassessing Organized Labor's Political Power After Supreme Court Ruling

A new Supreme Court ruling removes unions' ability to collect fees to cover collective bargaining costs for workers who opt out of union membership. It's a big setback for labor unions in the U.S.

Reassessing Organized Labor's Political Power After Supreme Court Ruling

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Trump Sees Pardon As Power, Perk — Considers One For Muhammad Ali

In this file photo, Muhammad Ali is honored on March 14, 2001, receiving the UCP's Humanitarian Award from Donald Trump at the United Cerebral Palsy dinner at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. George De Sota/Getty Images hide caption

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Trump Sees Pardon As Power, Perk — Considers One For Muhammad Ali

For President Trump, the pardon seems to have become the ultimate symbol of presidential power. He says he's considering one for the late boxer, though Ali's attorney says it's not necessary.

A Campaign Frozen In Time: Photographer Reflects On Covering Bobby Kennedy

David Kennerly says this 1968 photo of his, taken in Los Angeles at the beginning of Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign, captures what it meant to cover the chaotic and carefree period as a photojournalist. "Everybody could get close, everybody wanted to," he says. David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images hide caption

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1968: How We Got Here

A Campaign Frozen In Time: Photographer Reflects On Covering Bobby Kennedy

It's been 50 years since Robert F. Kennedy's assassination. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Kennerly, who covered his short-lived run for president, describes what it was like on the ground.

With 'The Prodigal Son,' Ry Cooder Puts His Own Touch On Gospel Music

The Prodigal Son is Ry Cooder's first solo album in six years. On it, Cooder makes more traditional American gospel music his own. Beth Gwinn/Getty Images for Americana Music hide caption

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Music Interviews

With 'The Prodigal Son,' Ry Cooder Puts His Own Touch On Gospel Music

In his first solo album in six years, Cooder injects social satire into his refurbished work of traditional American gospel music.

With 'The Prodigal Son,' Ry Cooder Puts His Own Touch On Gospel Music

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'My Fifth Career': Bettye LaVette Reinvents Bob Dylan For Herself

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'My Fifth Career': Bettye LaVette Reinvents Bob Dylan For Herself

The 72-year-old soul star reflects on a lifetime of overcoming industry skepticism and making Dylan's lyrics personal on her latest album Things Have Changed, her first major label release in 30 years.

'My Fifth Career': Bettye LaVette Reinvents Bob Dylan For Herself

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Trump Hits The Campaign Trail To Rally Republicans Before Midterms

President Trump campaigned in Elkhart, Ind., on Thursday — the same day he announced the meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un and met the 3 Americans who had been detained in North Korea.

Trump Hits The Campaign Trail To Rally Republicans Before Midterms

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Former Coal CEO Turned Senate Hopeful Don Blankenship Says He's 'Trumpier Than Trump'

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Former Coal CEO Turned Senate Hopeful Don Blankenship Says He's 'Trumpier Than Trump'

Blankenship could win West Virginia's GOP Senate primary, despite spending a year in prison after 29 miners died in an explosion at a mine owned by the company he led. Trump isn't backing him.

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Nebraska Farmers Will Take Hit From Tariffs, But Will They Still Support Trump?

Farmers in Nebraska are taking the news of a trade war with China in stride. The tariffs on agricultural exports — particularly soy beans will hurt — but are the voters of this Republican state willing to take the pain and for how long?

Nebraska Farmers Will Take Hit From Tariffs, But Will They Still Support Trump?

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Prominent Republicans, Democrats Looking Ahead To 2020 With New Hampshire Visits

So far this year colleges and diners in New Hampshire have played host to a special visit from Republicans Jeff Flake and John Kasich, and Democrats Joe Biden and Martin O'Malley. That's early even for a place that is used to seeing a lot of politicians with national aspirations.

Prominent Republicans, Democrats Looking Ahead To 2020 With New Hampshire Visits

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Could Dallas Suburbs, Longtime GOP Strongholds, Turn Blue?

Dallas suburbs have long been Republican-held areas but Democrats hope that is changing. Democrats are looking to use anti-Trump sentiment to unseat an 11-term Republican congressman.

Could Dallas Suburbs, Longtime GOP Strongholds, Turn Blue?

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Democrats See Opportunity In Dallas Suburb Thanks To Once Reliably GOP Voters

Texas Republican Pete Sessions is running for reelection in a district that is an island of blue in a sea of red. But Democrats are sensing an opportunity in the area that Hillary Clinton won in 2016.

Democrats See Opportunity In Dallas Suburb Thanks To Once Reliably GOP Voters

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Missouri Senate Seat Is One Of The Most Competitive Midterm Races

Democrat Claire McCaskill wants to retain her Senate seat in a state that voted for Donald Trump by 20 points. The GOP frontrunner is state Attorney General Josh Hawley.

Missouri Senate Seat Is One Of The Most Competitive Midterm Races

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