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Climate issues: Where 2020 Democrats stand on the Green New Deal and more
Climate change — or, more precisely, fighting climate change — has quickly become one of the top priorities among Democratic voters.
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Seth Wenig
Gas customers are casualties in fight over new pipelines
Restaurateurs are becoming casualties of a fight between utilities trying to meet expanding demand for gas and environmentalists, who say building new infrastructure to deliver cheap fossil fuels will worsen climate change and make states less likely to switch to less-polluting energy sources.
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Bermuda gets ready for pass by Category 3 Hurricane Humberto
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Humberto’s maximum sustained winds strengthened to 115 mph (185 kph) and it would probably remain a Category 3 hurricane through Thursday
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Jacquelyn Martin
Trump names hostage negotiator as national security adviser
The announcement of Robert O’Brien’s selection comes a week after the Republican president ousted John Bolton from the national security adviser’s post, citing policy disagreements.
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Eric Gay
Migrants say they face danger before court in Texas tents
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Evan Vucci
Trump’s Cabinet has had more ex-lobbyists than Obama or Bush
Former lobbyists run the Defense and Interior departments, Environmental Protection Agency and office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
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Cokie Roberts, pioneering female journalist who helped shape NPR, dies at 75
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Gregory Bull
Army revamps recruiting, hits enlistment goal
Historically, the top method of getting recruits has been in person. But young people are now more interested in connecting online than face to face.
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Andrew Harnik
Lewandowski, House Democrats spar at impeachment hearing
Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s outspoken former campaign manager, is scheduled to appear Tuesday to discuss the report by former special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool
New York Times faces questions all around for Kavanaugh story
Between an offensive tweet and a significant revision, the New York Times’ handling of a new sexual misconduct allegation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh attracted almost as much attention as the accusation itself.
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Health care: See where the 2020 Democratic candidates stand
By Danielle Kurtzleben, Lexie Schapitl and Alyson Hurt/NPR