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The California city of Palm Springs has taken the first step in developing a universal basic income program for transgender and nonbinary residents. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption

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Stockton, Calif., resident Susie Garza displays the debit card on which she received a monthly stipend as part of a pilot universal basic income program. The program began in 2019, when this photo was taken. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption

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Flaviane da Conceição, 40, a self-employed house cleaner, poses for a photo at her home in the Cidade de Deus favela on July 29 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A single mother of three, she applied for government emergency aid at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and it helps her support her family. Bruna Prado/Getty Images hide caption

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President Trump has his highest approval rating yet, even though his reelection prospects continue to be lackluster. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Poll: Americans Not Sold On Trump — Or Democrats

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