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Apr 30 2020
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Coronavirus identified in air pollution particles — but that doesn't mean it spreads that way
Now that the coronavirus has infected more than 3 million people worldwide, the question of how SARS-CoV-2 spreads has become increasingly relevant. Experts remain confident, as of now, that the virus is passed from individuals through respiratory droplets. But a new study out of Italy — first covered by the Guardian — suggests more research on whether it can be spread through the air.
Yahoo News
Aug 07 2019
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot rebukes Ivanka Trump's 'nonsense' gun violence tweets
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot rebuked a pair of tweets from presidential adviser Ivanka Trump that highlighted the city’s gun violence problem.
In response to the back-to-back mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, the first daughter sought to bring attention to the violence in Chicago where seven people were fatally shot over the weekend.
“As we grieve over the evil
Washington Times
Oct 29 2017
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Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier
The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about President Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the matter said.
Washington Post
Jan 03 2016
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Ammon Bundy, Cliven’s son, at peaceful protest, then occupies building at Oregon wildlife refuge
A peaceful protest Saturday in support of an eastern Oregon ranching family facing jail time for arson was followed shortly afterward by an occupation of a building at a national wildlife refuge.
Ammon Bundy, the son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who was involved in a standoff with the government over grazing rights, told The Oregonian that he and two of his brothers were among a
Washington Times
Jan 03 2016
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Protesters Occupying Oregon Wildlife Refuge Ask Militia Members to Join Them
A family previously involved in a showdown with the federal government has occupied a building at a national wildlife refuge in Oregon and is asking militia members to join them.
Ammon Bundy—the son of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who was involved in a standoff with the government over grazing rights—told The Oregonian on Saturday that he and two of his brothers were among a group of
Wall Street Journal (News)
Oct 12 2016
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Overlooked fact in the immigration debate: The 500K visa overstays per year
When, after 20 years, the U.S. government finally updated its numbers of the estimated number of people who entered the country legally and overstayed their visas, the information was sobering.
The Homeland Security Department said 527,127 people who were supposed to leave the country in the 2015 fiscal year overstayed, more than the population of Atlanta. And that was only those who
Fox News Digital
May 21 2017
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James Comey’s Hometown Friends And Family Defend His Character
National media outlets have covered virtually every angle of the story of former FBI Director James Comey’s firing ― with the exception of how people who actually know Comey are taking the news.
HuffPost
Jun 12 2019
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Centrist Democrats are back. But these are not your father’s Blue Dogs.
When Mikie Sherrill first ran into the congressional Blue Dog coalition in 2018, she wasn’t sure it would be the place for her.
She knew the caucus focused on fiscal and national defense issues, which she – a Democrat then running for a GOP-held seat in northern New Jersey – cared deeply about. But she also knew it had been founded by a group of white Democratic congressmen, most from
Christian Science Monitor
Apr 27 2018
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Kim, Moon Pledge End To Korean War And Denuclearization Of Peninsula
Following a historic meeting between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the leaders appeared side by side to make an extraordinary announcement: The two nations — technically in a state of war for more than six decades — would work toward a permanent peace treaty and the elimination of nuclear weapons from the peninsula.
NPR (Online News)
Jun 12 2019
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Google Axes Lobbyists Amid Growing Government Scrutiny
Google has fired about a half-dozen of its largest lobbying firms as part of a major overhaul of its global government affairs and policy operations amid the prospect of greater government scrutiny of its businesses.
In the past few months, the company has shaken up its roster of lobbying firms, restructured its Washington policy team and lost two senior officials who helped build its
Wall Street Journal (News)