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Will The Supreme Court Nomination Fight Cost This Senator His Seat?

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Will The Supreme Court Nomination Fight Cost This Senator His Seat?

A new challenger plans to put Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley's opposition to holding Supreme Court nomination hearings at the center of her campaign.

Unbound Delegates Look To Narrow Their Republican Vote

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Amid EU Deal, Migrants In Greece Doubtful Macedonia Border Will Open

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Think Twice Before Telling A Woman To Smile

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Think Twice Before Telling A Woman To Smile

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Think Twice Before Telling A Woman To Smile

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Best Fake Smile James Bay

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Let It Go

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Will The Supreme Court Nomination Fight Cost This Senator His Seat?

by Clay Masters

Will The Supreme Court Nomination Fight Cost This Senator His Seat?

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A Family Engulfed By Heroin Fights To Keep A Son Alive

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A Family Engulfed By Heroin Fights To Keep A Son Alive

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A Family Engulfed By Heroin Fights To Keep A Son Alive

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Hopopono GoGo Penguin

D.C. Metro Closure A Symptom Of National Transit Funding Woes

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D.C. Metro Closure A Symptom Of National Transit Funding Woes

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Days to Come [*][Instrumental] Bonobo

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With Fear, Determination And Poetry: How Great Writers Face Death

Children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, who died in 2012, spent much of his life obsessed with death. In 2011 he told Fresh Air's Terry Gross: "There are so many beautiful things in the world which I will have to leave when I die, but I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready." Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption

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With Fear, Determination And Poetry: How Great Writers Face Death

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With Fear, Determination And Poetry: How Great Writers Face Death

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Need A Useless Robot? Simone Giertz Is The Queen

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Need A Useless Robot? Simone Giertz Is The Queen

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Need A Useless Robot? Simone Giertz Is The Queen

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The Musical That Ushered In The Jazz Age Gets Its Own Musical

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Jazz

The Musical That Ushered In The Jazz Age Gets Its Own Musical

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The Musical That Ushered In The Jazz Age Gets Its Own Musical

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Gypsy Blues

Europe

Belgium Captures Last Wanted Suspect In Paris Attacks

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Europe

EU Migrant Deal: Turkey To Start Denying Asylum Granted Elsewhere

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EU Migrant Deal: Turkey To Start Denying Asylum Granted Elsewhere

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Middle East

Kurdish Uprising: ISIS Exacerbating Civilian Violence In Turkey

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Mmmhmm Vijay Iyer Trio

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Play Mass Sons of Kemet

Latin America

Ongoing Political Turmoil Dividing Angry Brazilians

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Politics

Waning Ways To Stop Trump; How Western Caucuses Will Affect Democrats

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Pop Culture

'The Simpsons' 2000 Trump Presidency Prediction: 'A Warning To America'

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National

Retired Boeing Employee Stays On In Fighter Jet Command Voice

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Top Gun Anthem Harold Faltermeyer & Steve Stevens

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Sports

Sports Chatter: Let The 'Madness' Begin

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Uprock (Instrumental)

National

Hulk Hogan Awarded $115 Million In Sex Tape Lawsuit Against Gawker

by David Folkenflik

Hulk Hogan Awarded $115 Million In Sex Tape Lawsuit Against Gawker

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'I Grew Up In The Shadow Of This': Writer Reflects On His Brother's Murder

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'I Grew Up In The Shadow Of This': Writer Reflects On His Brother's Murder

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'I Grew Up In The Shadow Of This': Writer Reflects On His Brother's Murder

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On 'The Very Last Day,' Parker Millsap Brings Apocalyptic Imagery To Life

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On 'The Very Last Day,' Parker Millsap Brings Apocalyptic Imagery To Life

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On 'The Very Last Day,' Parker Millsap Brings Apocalyptic Imagery To Life

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Hands Up Parker Millsap

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Temptation Blues Big Walter Horton

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