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Susana Lujano, left, a dreamer from Mexico who lives in Houston, joins other activists to rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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President Biden finalized a new policy Friday giving illegal immigrant “Dreamers” here under the DACA program full access to Obamacare, including taxpayer subsidies to buy insurance on the Affordable Care Act’s markets.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters following a closed-door GOP strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Johnson and other Republicans are calling for an end to the student protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict, even encouraging intervention by the National Guard. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, hobbled by a one-vote majority and dogged by a small band of disgruntled archconservatives who want to fire him, is determined to defy his critics and remain speaker in the next Congress.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters following a closed-door GOP strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Johnson and other Republicans are calling for an end to the student protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict, even encouraging intervention by the National Guard. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Surveillance cameras are seen as a visitor looks at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, Monday, March 11, 2024. The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia said its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening concerns about the city’s media freedoms. Bay Fang, the president of RFA, said in a statement Friday March 29, 2024 that it will no longer have full-time staff in Hong Kong, although it would retain its official media registration. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

CIA preparing for ‘infinite race’ on tech, AI in face of China challenge

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In this image made from video provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Coast Guard vessel, BRP BAGACAY (MRRV-4410) is water cannoned by Chinese Coast Guards as it tried to approach the waters near Scarborough Shoal locally known as Bajo De Masinloc at the South China Sea on Tuesday April 30, 2024. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

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IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at IRS headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

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The Rev. Jerry Kulah of Liberia leads a rally supporting traditional views of marriage and sexuality outside the 2024 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News, used with permission.

United Methodists, winnowed by conservative exodus, embrace LGBTQ inclusivity

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The Rev. Jerry Kulah of Liberia leads a rally supporting traditional views of marriage and sexuality outside the 2024 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News, used with permission.

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Members of the New York Police Department strategic response team load arrested protesters from Columbia University onto a bus, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. After entering the campus, a contingent of police officers approached Hamilton Hall, the administration building that student protesters began occupying in the morning. (AP Photo/Julius Motal)

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President Joe Biden listens as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at the annual &quot;Friends of Ireland Luncheon&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

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FILE - Taylor Swift performs at the Monumental stadium during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 9, 2023. Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning to TikTok as the two parties have struck a new licensing agreement following an approximately three-month long dispute. The two sides said Thursday, May 2, 2024, that they are "now working expeditiously to return music by artists represented by Universal Music Group and songwriters represented by Universal Music Publishing Group to TikTok in due course." (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

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South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem attends an event on Jan. 10, 2024, at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D. The Guardian has obtained a copy of Noem's soon-to-be-released book, where she writes about killing an unruly dog, and a smelly goat, too. She writes, according to the Guardian, that the tale was included to show her willingness to do anything "difficult, messy and ugly." (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

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In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, sailors applaud as China's third aircraft carrier christened Fujian is launched at a dry dock in Shanghai on Friday, June 17, 2022. State media reported that China on Friday launched its third aircraft carrier, the first such ship to be both designed and built entirely within the country. Chinese characters on screen reads &quot;Our country's third aircraft carrier launched into water, named Fujian&quot; (CCTV via AP)

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Surveillance cameras are seen as a visitor looks at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, Monday, March 11, 2024. The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia said its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening concerns about the city’s media freedoms. Bay Fang, the president of RFA, said in a statement Friday March 29, 2024 that it will no longer have full-time staff in Hong Kong, although it would retain its official media registration. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

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Avril Haines, director of National Intelligence, testifies during the Senate Armed Services hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, May 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Greater instability and military coercion by China coming, intel chief Haines tells lawmakers

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks about student protests over the war in Gaza, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

GOP lawmakers urge Biden to drop Gaza refugee plans

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters following a closed-door GOP strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Johnson and other Republicans are calling for an end to the student protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict, even encouraging intervention by the National Guard. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Susana Lujano, left, a dreamer from Mexico who lives in Houston, joins other activists to rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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President Joe Biden listens as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at the annual &quot;Friends of Ireland Luncheon&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

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FILE - Taylor Swift performs at the Monumental stadium during her Eras Tour concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 9, 2023. Artists from Universal Music Group, which include Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, will be returning to TikTok as the two parties have struck a new licensing agreement following an approximately three-month long dispute. The two sides said Thursday, May 2, 2024, that they are "now working expeditiously to return music by artists represented by Universal Music Group and songwriters represented by Universal Music Publishing Group to TikTok in due course." (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

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This image released by HBO shows Brian Cox in the final season of "Succession." (HBO via AP)

Cancel that last order: McDonald’s pitchman Brian Cox fileted over Bible-bashing

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., says she'll call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Rep. Greene, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, is forcing her colleagues to choose sides after Democratic leaders announced they'd provide the votes to save the Republican speaker's job. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House antisemitism bill not an attack on Christian Scriptures, scholars say

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The Rev. Jerry Kulah of Liberia leads a rally supporting traditional views of marriage and sexuality outside the 2024 United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News, used with permission.

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In this May 8, 2018, file photo, a person holds a sticker after placing his vote at the Durham County Library North Regional in Durham, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

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President Joe Biden speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, April 29, 2023. Biden is set to deliver an election-year roast at the annual event on Saturday, April 27, 2024, before a large crowd of journalists, celebrities and politicians against the backdrop of growing protests over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Alabama lawmakers approve legislation to ensure Biden is on the November ballot

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Assemblywoman Shirley Weber speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on June 10, 2020. While in the Assembly Weber authored legislation creating the first-in-the-nation task force in California to study and recommend reparations for African Americans. California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, that would have granted more time for the reparations task force to complete its work at at Weber's request. The Coalition for a Just and Equitable California and other organizations sent a letter to Newsom saying the extension would send a demoralizing message to African Americans waiting for restitution. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to supporters during a campaign event, Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Royal Oak, Mich. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

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Members of the New York Police Department strategic response team load arrested protesters from Columbia University onto a bus, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. After entering the campus, a contingent of police officers approached Hamilton Hall, the administration building that student protesters began occupying in the morning. (AP Photo/Julius Motal)

Nearly half of anti-Israel ‘student’ protesters arrested at Columbia, CCNY weren’t students

Run by a private firm hired by the city, migrants stay in a makeshift shelter at O'Hare International Airport, Sept. 20, 2023, in Chicago. Five mayors from around the U.S. want a meeting with President Joe Biden to ask for help controlling the continued arrival of large groups of migrants to their cities. The mayors of Denver, Chicago, Houston, New York and Los Angeles say in a letter to Biden that there has been little to no coordination, support or resources and that is leading to a crisis. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) **FILE**

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A Drug Enforcement Administration agent shoulders a bundle of marijuana plants down a steep slope after working with other law enforcement officers to clear a patch of the plants from national forest land near Entiant, Wash., Sept. 20, 2005. Police confiscated 465 marijuana plants at the so-called "garden," a small find compared to the thousands of other plants confiscated on some other busts in the area. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Biden makes election-year moves to downgrade marijuana on federal list of criminal drugs

In this photo taken from video released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, rescuers work in the burned concert hall after a terrorist attack on the building of the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia. Russia is still reeling from the attack Friday in which gunmen killed 139 people in the Crocus City Hall, a concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow. Health officials said about 90 people remain hospitalized, with 22 of them, including two children, in grave condition. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

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Members of the New York Police Department strategic response team load arrested protesters from Columbia University onto a bus, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. After entering the campus, a contingent of police officers approached Hamilton Hall, the administration building that student protesters began occupying in the morning. (AP Photo/Julius Motal)

Nearly half of anti-Israel ‘student’ protesters arrested at Columbia, CCNY weren’t students

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators embrace while charging devices at an encampment on the UCLA campus Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Police begin clearing NYU encampment; U.S. campus arrests grow to 2,200 in pro-Palestinian protests

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A salesperson shows an unsold 2024 Cooper SE electric hardtop to a prospective buyer at a Mini dealership Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. On Friday, May 3, 2024, the U.S. government issues its April jobs report. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Former President Donald Trump inside Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 2 2024. (Mark Peterson/Pool Photo via AP)

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A woman touches photos of Israelis missing and held captive in Gaza that are displayed on a wall in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 21, 2023. Israel and Hamas appear to be seriously negotiating an end to the war in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages. A leaked truce proposal hints at concessions by both sides following months of stalemated talks. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Hamas is sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks in the latest sign of progress

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Activists block a highway as they demand the release of the hostages from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

A hostage held in Gaza dies as Israel and Hamas work on a cease-fire deal

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Defense chiefs from U.S., Australia, Japan and Philippines vow to deepen cooperation

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In this image made from video provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Coast Guard vessel, BRP BAGACAY (MRRV-4410) is water cannoned by Chinese Coast Guards as it tried to approach the waters near Scarborough Shoal locally known as Bajo De Masinloc at the South China Sea on Tuesday April 30, 2024. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

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Indiana Pacers forward Pascal Siakam, right, gets a hug from teammate James Johnson after Game 6 against the Milwaukee Bucks in an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Indianapolis. The Pacers won 120-98. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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In this Aug. 5, 2017, file photo people make their way to RFK Stadium in Washington before an MLS soccer match between D.C. United and Toronto FC. The stadium, the former home of the NFL’s Washington Redskins, Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals and Senators, and Major League Soccer’s D.C. United, will be demolished by 2021, local officials in Washington said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) **FILE**

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Texas Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi tosses the rosin bag as he walks behind the mound before throwing to Washington Nationals' Luis Garcia Jr. in the sixth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, May 2, 2024. Eovaldi left the game with an unknown injury in the inning. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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Members of the New York Police Department strategic response team load arrested protesters from Columbia University onto a bus, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. After entering the campus, a contingent of police officers approached Hamilton Hall, the administration building that student protesters began occupying in the morning. (AP Photo/Julius Motal)

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President Joe Biden listens as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at the annual &quot;Friends of Ireland Luncheon&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

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President Joe Biden speaks April 24, 2024, in Washington. Biden called Japan and India "xenophobic" countries that do not welcome immigrants, lumping the two with adversaries China and Russia as he tried to explain the four countries' economic circumstances and contrasted them with the U.S. on immigration at a campaign fundraiser Wednesday evening at the start of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Surveillance cameras are seen as a visitor looks at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, Monday, March 11, 2024. The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia said its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening concerns about the city’s media freedoms. Bay Fang, the president of RFA, said in a statement Friday March 29, 2024 that it will no longer have full-time staff in Hong Kong, although it would retain its official media registration. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks about student protests over the war in Gaza, from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

GOP lawmakers urge Biden to drop Gaza refugee plans

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Susana Lujano, left, a dreamer from Mexico who lives in Houston, joins other activists to rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, June 15, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Police advance on pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)

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Michael Cohen arrives at New York Supreme Court on Oct. 25, 2023, in New York. Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, Cohen was once a fierce Trump ally, but now he's a key prosecution witness against his former boss in the Trump hush money trial. Cohen worked for the Trump Organization from 2006 to 2017. He later went to federal prison after pleading guilty to campaign finance violations relating to the hush-money arrangements and other, unrelated crimes. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) **FILE**

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FILE - Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks to a joint session of the state Legislature to deliver his State of the Commonwealth address in the House chambers of the state Capitol, Jan. 3, 2024, in Frankfort, Ky. Beshear predicted Thursday, May 2, that his recent economic development trip to Germany and Switzerland will reap more business investments in the Bluegrass State. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

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FILE - This artist sketch depicts Salah Al-Ejaili, foreground right with glasses, a former Al-Jazeera journalist, before the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., April 16, 2024. Al-Ejaili, a former detainee at the infamous Abu Ghraib Prison, described to jurors the type of abuse that is reminiscent of the scandal that erupted there 20 years ago: beatings, being stripped naked and threatened with dogs, stress positions meant to induce exhaustion and pain. A judge declared a mistrial Thursday, May 2, after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq two decades ago. (Dana Verkouteren via AP, File)

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In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, right, talks to Rep. Mike Gallagher, the Republican chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, center, as she meets with members of United States Congressmen, in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

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Bee keeper Matt Hilton prepares to throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Phoenix. Hilton removed a swarm of bees on the net behind home plate that delayed the start of the game. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, questions Special Counsel Robert Hur during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

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This image released by HBO shows Brian Cox in the final season of "Succession." (HBO via AP)

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Avril Haines, director of National Intelligence, testifies during the Senate Armed Services hearing to examine worldwide threats, Thursday, May 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

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A Tesla sign is seen at a dealership, Dec. 3, 2023, in Buena Park, Calif. A Tesla that may have been operating on the company's Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle on Friday, April 19, 2024, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure that Tesla drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

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A United Airlines Boeing 787 approaches for landing in Lisbon, Sept. 2, 2023, with the setting moon in the background. United Airlines reports their earnings on Tuesday, april 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

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