Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said companies should be paying to clean up contamination.
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Leeds man fires back after Donald Trump calls him an ‘animal’
Richard Fochtmann, called an “animal” by Trump on Twitter, said Monday he considers the president a bully, a racist and a would-be dictator.
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America still waiting for Trump’s promised replacement for Obamacare
Meanwhile, skirmishes among 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls are largely driving the health care debate.
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U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia battling pancreatic cancer
He vows to stay in office while he undergoes treatment.
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Biden leaves it unclear if he would honor Senate subpoena
In a Saturday tweet, the Democratic presidential candidate suggests he would consider a subpoena from Senate Republicans for the impeachment trial to be illegitimate.
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Navy SEALs describe chief petty officer’s alleged war crimes to investigators
Their interviews will be available for streaming on Hulu on ‘The Weekly’ from The New York Times and will be broadcast on FX on Sunday.
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Republican groups pressing Sen. Collins as impeachment trial nears
A new ad released by the Republicans for the Rule of Law urges voters to call her ‘and tell her these witnesses must testify.’
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States are on front lines of 2020 election-security efforts
Worries are greater in the aftermath of the 2016 election, when Russian military agents targeted voting systems across the U.S.
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To overcome Trump’s travel ban, some Americans are taking it to court
The third version took effect in December 2017, keeping citizens of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and North Korea, and government representatives from Venezuela, from traveling or immigrating to the United States.
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Murkowski ‘disturbed’ by McConnell impeachment remark
The Alaska Republican wants a ‘full and fair process,’ potentially using President Clinton’s hearings as a template.