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How Trump's Campaign Fundraising Compares With 2020 Democratic Contenders

President Trump's re-election campaign is turning to everything from MAGA hat sales to six-figure fundraisers as it faces an energized Democratic field that is focused on small-dollar fundraising.

Faulty 'Harry Potter' Manuscript Sells For $90,000

The first book in the series was titled "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," and a copy with some typos went up for auction in London. The mistakes include misspelling the word philosopher.

North Carolina's Shayla Bennett (0) shoots over Wake Forest's Elisa Penna (41) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019.

UNC Women's Basketball Staff Put On Leave As School Initiates Review

Updated at 5:55 p.m. The University of North Carolina has placed its women's basketball coaching staff on administrative leave following the launch of...

India launched a ballistic missile defense interceptor last week — and NASA says it created dangerous debris in orbit. "We have identified 400 pieces of orbital debris from that one event," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said.

NASA: Debris From India's Anti-Satellite Test Raised Threat To Space Station

"That is a terrible, terrible thing to create an event that sends debris in an apogee that goes above the International Space Station," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said.

Trucks wait to enter the United States at the border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, in 2017. More than $1.6 billion in goods flow across the border each day.

How Closing The Border Would Affect U.S. Economy, From Avocados To Autos

President Trump has threatened to close the U.S. border with Mexico in response to a large number of illegal crossings. A closure would very likely hit a wide range of industries.

Robin Hayes announced Monday that he would be stepping down as the chair of the North Carolina Republican party for health-related issues.

GOP Chair Indicted, Burr Visits Duke And The Future Of Medicaid Expansion

The chair of the North Carolina Republican Party has been arrested on bribery and conspiracy charges. Robin Hayes, along with political donor Greg...

Poets Alan Shapiro (left) and Jonathan Farmer (right) discuss the communal nature of poetry.

The Social Life of Poems

Poetry has always been at the center of the friendship between Alan Shapiro and Jonathan Farmer . They met when Farmer took a poetry class from Shapiro...

Cherokee Nation Cultural Biologist Feather Smith-Trevino holds an unripe Georgia Candy Roaster Squash at an educational garden in Tahlequah, Okla., where traditional native plants are grown.

How A Seed Bank Helps Preserve Cherokee Culture Through Traditional Foods

The seeds are free for any Cherokee, but recipients have been limited because demand is so high. Collecting the seeds has been difficult and emotional, but the program has helped unify the community.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally in Los Angeles on March 23. His campaign reported on Tuesday that it raised $18.2 million through the end of the first quarter of the year.

Sanders Tops Democratic Fundraising As O'Rourke, Harris And Buttigieg Draw Big Sums

The Vermont senator's campaign says it raised $18.2 million from more than 500,000 donors. Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke has raised $9.4 million since entering the race three weeks ago.

Venezuela's power grid crashed on March 7, 2019, throwing almost all of the oil-rich nation's 30 million residents into chaos for nearly a week.

'New York Times' Journalist Describes An 'Almost Unimaginable' Crisis In Venezuela

New York Times reporter Nicholas Casey was in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in March 2019 during a six-day power outage. "By the fourth day," he says, "you started to hear shots getting fired in the street."

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