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California puts a moratorium on the death penalty; a senior Catholic official is sentenced to prison for child sex abuse.
Theresa May’s Brexit deal is struck down in Parliament; Algeria’s president won’t seek a fifth term.
The Trump administration just released its proposal for the fiscal year 2019 budget.
Trump’s trillion-dollar 2020 budget proposal; a second Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes.
Violence is hurting Ebola response efforts; the US women’s national soccer team files a gender discrimination lawsuit.
Facebook turns to privacy; the UN focuses on Saudi Arabia’s human rights record.
Netflix’s revival of the ‘70s series is TV’s warmest, most welcoming family comedy.
Hulu goes back to middle school and back to the year 2000 for a terrific coming-of-age comedy.
Netflix’s new dramedy is a beautiful, darkly funny journey through spiritual healing.
TBS’s goofy comedy makes genial fun of heavenly bureaucracy.
FX and Pamela Adlon offer a tremendously insightful comedy.
IFC’s hyper-specific documentary parody still exists. Thank goodness.
A Chinese hack amid Canada’s Huawei trial; North Korea shows no signs of slowing down nuclear developments.
A potential new HIV treatment; Algerians protest an aging president seeking a fifth term.
The House ramps up investigations; the US Consulate in Jerusalem closes.
Jared Kushner’s clearance level raises questions; Canada’s prime minister faces an ill-timed accusation.
The Hanoi summit comes to a contested early end; Israel’s prime minister faces potential indictment.
The year-long decision process, the backlash, and the reversal, explained.
Pruitt’s scandals have finally caught up to him.
Tensions between India and Pakistan; a conservative vote for the United Methodist Church.
Michael Cohen will testify before Congress; Theresa May offers a vote to delay Brexit negotiations.
Trump is optimistic about a trade deal with China; unrest during Nigeria’s national elections.
A new ruling from a federal judge puts convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein back in the headlines; Japan reports an outbreak of measles.
Evidence of election fraud in North Carolina; Venezuelans flee a humanitarian crisis.
Discussing libel laws; the potential of a European army.
Recruiting companies offering one easy fix to gender disparities are getting taken way too seriously.
A House report reveals Trump’s plans to develop nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia; Haitian officials arrest five Americans.
President Trump hasn’t backed down from his demands for wall funding — even as the partial shutdown stretches on.
The Vatican prepares to talk about the sexual abuse of minors; Australia is hit with a cyberattack.
The Catholic Church found Theodore McCarrick guilty of sexually abusing minors and adult seminarians over decades.
High-speed rail is a no-go in California; the House votes to condemn the war in Yemen.
Here’s why he’s doing both at the same time.
Trump doesn’t call for a shutdown, but a national emergency looms; Amazon nixes its planned headquarters in New York.
A hallmark conservation bill is passed by the Senate; charges against a former US Air Force intelligence agent.
El Chapo faces life in prison; 12 defendants are on trial in Madrid for their roles in the Catalan independence movement.
Denver’s teachers go on strike; a video shows a reportedly dead Uighur musician alive.
Acting AG Matthew Whitaker testifies; the Supreme Court halts a Louisiana abortion law.
AOC’s Green New Deal; tension between France and Italy.
Trump picks a World Bank skeptic to lead the institution; Costa Rica’s former president faces sexual assault allegations.