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The Department of Justice on Friday asked an appeals court to restore FBI access to roughly 100 documents taken from former President Donald Trump's Florida mansion, but did not seek to block the appointment of a so-called "special master," or third-party individual, to review other materials, The New York Times reports.

Well, this we've gotta see.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday challenged Ron DeSantis (R) to a televised debate, after having decried the Florida governor and his conservative counterpart —Texas' Greg Abbott — for relocating vulnerable migrants in protest of President Biden's border policies,

"Hey [DeSantis], clearly you're struggling, distracted, and busy playing politics with people's lives," Newsom tweeted Friday. "Since you have only one overriding need — attention — let's take this up & debate. Читать дальше...

Britain's King Charles III and Prince William on Saturday made a surprise visit to those waiting in long lines to pay their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II, who died earlier this month at the age of 96, BBC News reports.

If there is a war on child poverty, the U.S. is finally winning.

"The U.S. has not solved poverty," of course, David Leonhardt writes at The New York Times, but lots of people, including policy experts, were surprised by Census data released last week that showed just how far child poverty rates have fallen since the 1990s. "I'll confess that I was — and I have been covering economics for much of the past two decades," Leonhardt adds. 

Here's a look at how the U.S. managed to cut child poverty so sharply... Читать дальше...

Here are three of the week's top pieces of financial insight, gathered from around the web:

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Alexa, play "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again."

The Phantom of the Opera, Broadway's longest-running production, is set to close in February, The New York Times reports Friday, citing an initial write-up from the New York Post.

The show will celebrate its 35th anniversary in January, with final bows to come on Feb. 18, a spokesman said. The "cast, crew and orchestra were informed of the decision on Friday," the Times writes.

Despite its renown, Phantom's grosses have unfortunately... Читать дальше...

Members of the Biden administration are meeting Friday to discuss pertinent immigration concerns, including how best to respond to the Republican governors relocating migrants in protest of President Biden's border policies, CNN reports.