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Mar 16 2019
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Trump issues first veto of his presidency over emergency declaration for border wall
President Trump issued the first veto of his presidency Friday to secure federal money for a border wall that he promised as a candidate and considers a crucial priority for his reelection, capping a week of confrontation with both political parties.
“Today I am vetoing this resolution. Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution, and I have the duty to veto it,” Trump said during
Washington PostNov 21 2019
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Fiona Hill tells impeachment inquiry about a ‘fictional narrative’ on Ukrainian interference
Fiona Hill, the former White House adviser on Russia, opened her testimony before the impeachment inquiry Thursday with withering criticism of Republican attempts to sow doubt that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
“This is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services,” Hill said in her opening statement.
Washington PostJun 16 2017
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Trump keeps policy on Dreamers, tightens restrictions on older undocumented
President Trump's Department of Homeland Security has rescinded former President Barack Obama's order shielding millions of migrants from deportation, but is letting stand a policy that grants reprieves to people who arrived in the United States as children.
USA TODAYNov 15 2019
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In Chicago and across the Midwest, Trump’s EPA inspecting polluters less, cutting staff
Mamie Cosey and others living near downstate Sauget, a tiny, industrial town on the banks of the Mississippi River near East St. Louis, wondered for years what poisons they all could smell spewing from the three smokestacks of a waste-incinerator plant.
Two days before President Barack Obama left office, the federal Environmental Protection Agency ordered that the stacks be continuously
Chicago Sun-TimesFeb 08 2013
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Reid Twice Wrong on $2.6 Trillion ‘Cuts’
Sen. Harry Reid was doubly wrong when he claimed that Congress already has cut $2.6 trillion from projected future deficits by reducing “non-defense programs alone. In fact, legislation he refers to applied to both security and non-security spending. Furthermore, a good chunk of the deficit reduction came from tax increases,
FactCheck.orgAug 04 2021
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Prospect of massive economic packages unleashes lobbying bonanza in Washington
Nearly 2,000 companies and organizations have lobbied Congress and the administration this year in an attempt to influence the contours of major new infrastructure spending, an effort that is sure to intensify now that the Senate is hoping to vote within days on their version of the $1 trillion public-works package.
The proposal — along with a still-forming second economic package
Washington PostFeb 19 2021
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It is official: U.S. back in the Paris climate club
The United States officially rejoined the Paris climate agreement on Friday, reinvigorating the global fight against climate change as the Biden administration plans drastic emissions cuts over the next three decades.
Scientists and foreign diplomats have welcomed the U.S. return to the treaty, which became official here 30 days after President Joe Biden ordered the move on his first
ReutersApr 09 2020
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Sen. Bernie Sanders Drops Out
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On Wednesday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders suspended his presidential campaign. In a live-streamed speech to supporters, Sanders explained: “I cannot in good conscience continue to mount a campaign that cannot Abridge NewsSep 04 2020
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How coronavirus effects the environment and vice versa -NASA studies
Among some of the most asked questions during global coronavirus containment efforts was "how have lockdowns affected the environment?" Now, eight researchers have been awarded rapid-turnaround project grants to find out the answer to not only this question, but also how the environment has in turn impacted the spread of the virus, according to the NASA website.
Among the researchers'
The Jerusalem PostJun 06 2017
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NSA Leaker Is A Bernie Supporter Who ‘Resists’ Trump
The 25-year-old woman who stole “Top Secret” documents from the National Security Agency and leaked them to The Intercept appears to be a supporter of Bernie Sanders and other progressive icons, such as Bill Maher and Michael Moore.
The Daily Caller