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A pair of Democratic senators are reportedly pushing for legislation to force major digital platforms to publicly disclose the groups and individuals they sell ads to for more than $10,000, amid concern over Facebook ads sold to Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign. Democratic Sens.

President Trump spoke with the governors of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Thursday, as the region deals with recovery efforts in the wake Hurricane Maria, according to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.  Hurricane Maria pummeled the islands in the Caribbean, bringing heavy rain and winds, and claiming the lives of at least 19 people in the region.  Puerto Rico's Gov.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) on Thursday amped up his criticism of the new plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare, saying the GOP bill would “pit Nevadans against each other.” “Flexibility with reduced funding is a false choice,” Sandoval said in a statement to The Nevada Independent.

Secretary of State The Wall Street Journal reports. Tillerson and other officials are urging Trump to certify Iran's compliance but make changes to address U.S. concerns, current and former U.S.

Violence broke out at a speech by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, with police forced to briefly detain several protesters, according to The New York Times. A scuffle between protesters and attendees erupted in the ballroom of a New York hotel where Erdogan was speaking after a man yelled "You're a terrorist.

With the school year in full swing and holidays quickly approaching, it’s time to organize your kitchen. No more fumbling for the spices behind the tortilla chips or bumping into your partner while trying to get breakfast for the family on the table.

Fall fiction is here and ready to entertain you, as new novels by Nicole Krauss, Salman Rushdie and Nathan Englander can attest. In nonfiction, enhance your viewing of Ken Burns’s “Vietnam War” with James Reston Jr.’s “A Rift in the Earth,” the story of the controversy over Maya Lin’s Vietnam memorial.

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • On the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, North Korea’s envoy threatened to conduct a nuclear test in the Pacific Ocean after the U.S. widened trade sanctions on the country.

For the more than five million Puerto Ricans living on the United States mainland, it was bad enough to watch news reports on Wednesday of Hurricane Maria ripping through an island where relatives and friends lived.

Puerto Rico remained in the throes of chaos and devastation Thursday as the remnants of Hurricane Maria continued to dump rain on the island — up to three feet in some areas. Flash flood warnings persisted, according to the National Hurricane Center, with “catastrophic” flooding “especially in areas of mountainous terrain.” The strikingly powerful storm had rendered an estimated 3.4 million people without power, and with the territory’s energy grid all but destroyed, Gov.