Mar 16, 2019 - Energy & Environment

Al Gore: The unintended consequence of Trump's climate change denial

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Former Vice President Al Gore said on Friday that the unintended consequence of President Trump's resolute rejections of climate change is that more people are demanding that we take action to protect the planet, reports CNN.

The backdrop: Gore— who was in Atlanta on Friday to meet with climate change activists and expressed his support of the Green New Deal — besmirched Trump in his 2017 documentary: "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power," and called the president's abandonment of the Paris climate agreement "indefensible."

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Coronavirus dashboard

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  1. Politics: Ex-FDA chief: Pence campaigning after COVID exposure puts others at risk — Mark Meadows: "We are not going to control the pandemic" — COVID-19 looms over White House Halloween celebrations.
  2. Health: Fauci says maybe we should mandate masks if people don't wear them — America was sick well before it ever got COVID-19 — U.S. reports over 80,000 new cases for 2nd straight day.
  3. World: Spain declares new state of emergency — Polish President Andrzej Duda tests positive for COVID-19.
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Fadel Allassan
1 hour ago - Politics & Policy

Senate advances Amy Coney Barrett nomination, setting up final confirmation vote

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The Senate voted 51-48 on Sunday to advance the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, setting up a final confirmation vote for Monday.

Why it matters: It's now virtually inevitable that the Senate will vote to confirm President Trump's third Supreme Court nominee before the election, which is just nine days away.

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Felix Salmon, author of Capital
3 hours ago - Economy & Business

Wall Street is living up to its bad reputation

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Recent headlines will have you convinced that Wall Street is hell-bent on living up to all of its stereotypes.

Driving the news: Goldman Sachs is the biggest and the boldest, paying more than $5 billion in fines in the wake of the 1MDB scandal, in which billions were stolen from the people of Malaysia.

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