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The chief of the United Nations' refugee agency, facing potentially steep cuts in U.S. ​humanitarian aid under President Donald Trump, argued that national-security considerations require Washington to maintain higher levels of funding. Refugee flows in the Middle East and Africa, particularly out of Syria, Libya and South Sudan, risk destabilizing key American allies, said Filippo [...]

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LOS ANGELES-California's notoriously difficult bar exam has long been a point of pride among the state's lawyers. Now it is prompting blowback. With passing rates hitting historic lows, the state's law schools are pushing for a controversial change: lowering the score required to pass. The educators argue that California holds graduates...

General Motors Co. Chief Executive Mary Barra faces shareholders this week, under pressure from a hedge-fund investor and fresh scrutiny following the ouster of her counterpart at a crosstown rival. Shareholders have generally been patient with GM's 55-year-old boss even as the stock trades near the $33 initial public offering price set in 2010.