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Tuesday

Officials at the U.S. Government Publishing Office, headquartered in Washington, D.C., showed a "high degree of disregard" for procedures in awarding the 2020 census contract to the bankrupt printing company Cenveo, the agency's Office of the Inspector General found. Samantha Clark/NPR hide caption

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Officials Botched 2020 Census Printing Contract, Report Finds

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Traders work on the floor at the closing bell of the Dow Industrial Average at the New York Stock Exchange on July 26, 2018 in New York. Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Trump Administration Eyes Capital Gains Tax Cut

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Dahani Gudiel, 25, from Guatemala turned herself and her three daughters in to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection outside of McAllen, Texas on Monday. Gudiel says she crossed the border seeking asylum after being threatened by gangs at home. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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A Look Into What Immigrant Families Face At Busiest Border Crossing

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President Trump believes his emphasis on immigration is critical to rallying his voters this fall, and he may be right. They may care more about the promise of a wall than they have about his promise that Mexico would pay for it. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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Facebook says it is still in early stages of an investigation and is sharing information with U.S. law enforcement and Congress. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption

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Facebook Says It Removed Pages Involved In Deceptive Political Influence Campaign

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A man in Tehran looks at a newspaper with a picture of President Trump on the front page on Tuesday. Iran's currency traded at a fresh record-low of 119,000 to the dollar today, a loss of nearly two-thirds of its value since the start of the year as U.S. sanctions loom. Trump says he's willing to meet with Iranian leaders, but Iran doesn't seem eager to sit down. Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Marchers carry an LGBTQ pride flag during the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City in June. The Senate bill would require the Census Bureau to protect all sexual orientation and gender identity information it collects. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption

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Paul Manafort (center), standing with his lawyers, is introduced to jury pool on Tuesday. Sketch by Art Lien hide caption

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Manafort Trial Begins, Ushering In New Phase In Mueller Probe

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Monday

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, pictured in 2017, is leading a multistate lawsuit to prevent 3D-printer gun plans from being published online. Karen Ducey/Getty Images hide caption

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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (right), who approved adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, listens during a cabinet meeting with President Trump in the White House on July 18, in Washington, D.C. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption

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President Trump boards Air Force One after spending the weekend at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. before heading back to Washington. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte participate in a joint news conference at the East Room of the White House Monday. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Trump Says 'No Problem' With Government Shutdown Over Border Wall Funding

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Sunday

A.G. Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times, met with President Trump earlier this month and implored him to "reconsider his broader attacks on journalism." Rob Kim/Getty Images hide caption

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