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Shutdown Politics Has Republicans Singing Government’s Praises

By: Carl Hulse —
As Republicans try to pin blame for shutdown damage on Democrats, they are hailing a federal bureaucracy they normally bash as wasteful and overreaching.

A Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago last week on the first day of the government shutdown.

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140,000 N.Y.C. Students Are Homeless. Can the Next Mayor Change That?

By: Troy Closson —
The city’s housing crisis has contributed to an education crisis, with more children than ever living in temporary housing. They face dismal outcomes.

More than 1.3 million students in the United States have been identified as homeless, according to the most recent data. That is widely considered to be a significant undercount.

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Pope Leo Calls for Unity on Climate at a Divided Moment

By: Motoko Rich —
The pope invoked his predecessor, Francis, for whom the environment was a core issue, but stopped short of criticizing world leaders dismissive of climate change.

Pope Leo spoke at a conference on fighting climate change in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Wednesday.

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‘The U.S. Cannot Solve All the World’s Problems’

By: Nicholas Kristof —
We can’t fix everything. But if it’s cheap and easy to save lives, why wouldn’t we?

Khadiga Adam holds her severely malnourished 2-year-old daughter, Rashida, in South Sudan.

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Trump Officials Unveil Budget Cuts to Aid for Health, Housing and Research

By: Tony Romm —
The new blueprint shows that a vast array of education, health, housing and labor programs would be hit, including aid for college and cancer research.

President Trump’s budget proposes deep reductions for nearly ever major federal agency, reserving its steepest cuts for foreign aid, medical research, tax enforcement and a slew of anti-poverty programs.

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Bill Gates Accuses Elon Musk of ‘Killing Children’ by Cutting Foreign Aid

By: Neil Vigdor —
The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist condemned his fellow billionaire for overseeing deep cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development in the Trump administration.

Bill Gates said that Elon Musk had gutted the U.S. Agency for International Development, resulting in the deaths of children in some of the world’s poorest countries.

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Herbert J. Gans, 97, Dies; Upended Myths on Urban and Suburban Life

By: Robert D. McFadden —
A leading sociologist, he explored American society up close — living in a Levittown at one point — to gain insight into issues of race, class, the media and even the Yankees.
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Which Colleges Offer Free Tuition?

By: Amanda Holpuch —
Dozens of schools say they provide free tuition to students whose families earn under a certain income. How does it work?

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is eliminating tuition starting next fall for all undergraduate students from families earning less than $200,000 per year.

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