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U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would change the way the Endangered Species Act is applied, significantly weakening the nation's bedrock conservation law credited with rescuing the bald eagle …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump rolls back endangered species protections
Trump rolls back endangered species protections
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Trump overhauls landmark endangered species protections
Trump overhauls landmark endangered species protections
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Trump administration overhauls Endangered Species Act in bid to reduce red tape
Trump administration overhauls Endangered Species Act in bid to reduce red tape
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Trump Policy Favors Wealthier Immigrants for Green Cards — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will make it harder for legal immigrants who rely on government benefit programs, such as food stamps and subsidized housing, to obtain permanent legal status as part of a far-reaching …
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Top immigration official Ken Cuccinelli briefs reporters on change to “public charge” rule
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Trump administration tightens rule that could deny green cards, citizenship to immigrants who need public assistance
Trump administration tightens rule that could deny green cards, citizenship to immigrants who need public assistance
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Donald Trump administration wants to deny green cards to migrants on public assistance
Donald Trump administration wants to deny green cards to migrants on public assistance
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
President Donald J. Trump is Ensuring Non-Citizens Do Not Abuse Our Nation's Public Benefit
President Donald J. Trump is Ensuring Non-Citizens Do Not Abuse Our Nation's Public Benefit
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Ted Hesson / Politico:
Trump to deny green cards to immigrants receiving public benefits
Trump to deny green cards to immigrants receiving public benefits
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U.S. Officials Suspect New Nuclear Missile in Explosion That Killed 7 Russians — American intelligence officials are racing to understand a mysterious explosion that released radiation off the coast of northern Russia last week, apparently during the test of a new type of nuclear-propelled …
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Sarah Silverman fired from new movie for blackface photo — Sarah Silverman revealed that she was recently fired from a movie over an old photo of her in blackface. — She said the photo, which was snapped on the set of “The Sarah Silverman Show” in 2007, recently resurfaced and caught the eye of the film's producers.
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'Using the Lord's name in vain': Evangelicals chafe at Trump's blasphemy — Paul Hardesty didn't pay much attention to President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., last month until a third concerned constituent rang his cellphone. — The residents of Hardesty's district …
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How the El Paso Killer Echoed the Incendiary Words of Conservative Media Stars — Tucker Carlson went on his prime-time Fox News show in April last year and told his viewers not to be fooled. The thousands of Central Americans on their way to the United States were “border jumpers,” not refugees, he said.
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What I learned about the Democrats at a family barbecue in North Carolina — Every second Saturday in August, my mother and her siblings host a family barbecue, a simple gathering under the enormous pecan tree in the side yard of the house where they grew up in Severn, N.C. In the mix …
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Hong Kong Cancels All Remaining Monday Flights as Protesters Swarm Airport — Flights to and from city scrapped; Cathay shares tumble — Chinese official warns protesters showing signs of ‘terrorism’ — Hong Kong airport authorities canceled remaining flights on Monday …
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This is how to respond to Trump's conspiratorial lunacy — This is how CNN's State of the Union began on Sunday: … Credit Tapper with not allowing Trump to use his show as a megaphone for Trump's insane conspiracy-mongering and reminding viewers that the president feeds conspiracy theories all the time …
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Journos' debunker mentality: Rush to rip conspiracy talk
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‘It was inevitable’: Officers watching Epstein were on overtime due to jail staffing shortage, union president says
‘It was inevitable’: Officers watching Epstein were on overtime due to jail staffing shortage, union president says
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Did a Far-Right Star Recruit Jacob Wohl to Terrorize Women? — “I'll make it my mission to torture you so much that you end up killing yourself,” reads a text message from a phone number belonging to notorious smear merchant Jacob Wohl. — A perennial House candidate's alleged harassment …
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Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris's controversial Michael Brown tweets, explained — Elizabeth Warren delivers a campaign speech at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair on August 10, 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images — The tweets claimed a police officer “murdered” Michael Brown.
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David French / National Review:
On Ferguson, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris Told a Terrible Lie
On Ferguson, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris Told a Terrible Lie
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How YouTube Radicalized Brazil — NITERÓI, Brazil — When Matheus Dominguez was 16, YouTube recommended a video that changed his life. — He was in a band in Niterói, a beach-ringed city in Brazil, and practiced guitar by watching tutorials online.
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U.S. Budget Deficit Already Exceeds Last Year's Total Figure — The U.S. fiscal deficit has already exceeded the full-year figure for last year, as spending growth outpaces revenue. — The gap grew to $866.8 billion in the first 10 months of the fiscal year, up 27% from the same period a year earlier …
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L Brands CEO Les Wexner has been giving documents to investigators showing alleged Jeffrey Epstein theft — KEY POINTS — L Brands founder Les Wexner and his legal team have been providing documents to federal investigators that they believe show Epstein misappropriated funds while the child predator was Wexner's money manager.
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Iowa Democrats Are Getting Nervous About Biden's Trail of Gaffes — Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. — DES MOINES, Iowa — Biden's bumbles are back — and some Democrats are concerned. — Former Vice President Joe Biden delivered a series of verbal fumbles …
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Bolton Says U.S. Strongly Backs Brexit Even if No EU Deal Is Reached — Trump's national security adviser held meetings in London on trade, defense — LONDON—President Trump's national security adviser said he told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson the administration would strongly support …
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Tulsi Gabbard to report for active duty for 2 weeks — Tulsi Gabbard, Democrat from Hawaii and presidential candidate, will be taking a two-week absence from her campaign Monday to report for active duty with the Hawaiian Army National Guard in Indonesia, she said in an interview with CBSN's Caitlin Huey-Burns.
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Trump is impeaching himself — Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and author, with Kevin Kruse, of the new book “Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974.” Follow him on Twitter at @julianzelizer. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.
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Texas Republicans brace for 2020 drubbing — As bad as it's been for Texas Republicans lately, some members of the party are warning that 2020 could be even worse. — The rash of recent House GOP retirements is just the latest sign of a state party in distress: In last year's midterms …
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