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How Cuba Protests Reveal Biden's Political Challenges In South Florida

Widespread protests across Cuba have revealed political challenges President Biden faces as he seeks to support the demonstrations without hurting their cause — or his own political interest.

An American lieutenant, center, meets with villagers in Afghanistan's Kunar province in 2009, assisted by an interpreter, sitting to his right wearing a baseball cap. The U.S. will begin the evacuation of some 18,000 Afghan nationals who aided military operations, along with their families, in late July. David Guttenfelder/AP hide caption

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Evacuation Of Afghan Interpreters And Others Who Aided U.S. To Begin In Late July

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U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, is co-sponsoring a GOP plan that would regulate marijuana like alcohol and enable the Department of Veterans Affairs to prescribe cannabis treatments to veterans. Mark Duncan/AP hide caption

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Legal Weed Is Gaining A Little Ground Among GOP Congressmen

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Best Actor Or Actress? Gender-Expansive Performers Are Forced To Choose

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Britney Spears supporters gathering outside a Los Angeles courthouse before her June 23rd testimony. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Britney Spears Can Choose Her Own Lawyer In Conservatorship Case, A Judge Has Ruled

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UCSF neurosurgeon Edward Chang says a system that lets a man express his thoughts at 15 words a minute is just the beginning for computer-mediated communication. Barbara Ries/UCSF hide caption

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Experimental Brain Implant Lets Man With Paralysis Turn His Thoughts Into Words

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How Cuba Protests Reveal Biden's Political Challenges In South Florida

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