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Donald Trump to end ‘war on coal’ with rule replacing Obama-era Clean Power Plan

President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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The Environmental Protection Agency moved Tuesday to upend the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan with a proposed rule that would shift authority over greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants to the states.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand joins protesters objecting to President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, at a rally. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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President Donald Trump salutes as he arrives on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, as he returns from Springfield, Mo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump unleashes troop-level diplomacy

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a joint news conference as part of a meeting with Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz at the federal chancellery in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, July 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) **FILE**

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Paint covers the name of Cardinal Wuerl at Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School, on Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, in Cranberry Township, Pa. Wuerl, a Roman Catholic Cardinal, and the archbishop of Washington, D.C., has come under fire from revelations in the Pennsylvania grand jury report about his actions while bishop of Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said three weeks ago, after a two-day ANC meeting, that the country's dominant party will push ahead to amend the constitution to allow for pure expropriation of land. (Associated Press)

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Asia Argento ‘strongly’ denies sexually assaulting actor Jimmy Bennett

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Kelly Marie Tran poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' in London, Tuesday, Dec. 12th, 2017. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

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Stevie Wonder: Global warming linked to Aretha Franklin’s cancer death

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the North Side Gymnasium in Elkhart, Ind., Thursday, May 10, 2018, during a campaign rally. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Bill de Blasio denies ripping off Trump’s ‘promises kept’ slogan

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Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building, in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Cohen could be charged before the end of the month with bank fraud in his dealings with the taxi industry and with committing other financial crimes, multiple people familiar with the federal probe said Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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In this May 22, 2018, file photo, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Financial Services and Government Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo Arizona Cardinals running back Adrian Peterson (23) watches at the sideline during an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Glendale, Ariz. The Washington Redskins have signed Peterson. The team announced the deal Monday, Aug. 20, 2018, after meeting with him. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, file)

Redskins get Adrian Peterson for cheap

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D.C. United forward Wayne Rooney, right, kicks the ball against Orlando City midfielder Dillon Powers, left, during the second half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, in Washington. D.C. United won 3-2. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

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New Arizona Cardinals running back Adrian Peterson answers a question about being traded to the Cardinals during an NFL football news conference at the team's training facility Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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CMS chief: Sicker Americans deserve protection if Obamacare struck down 13 minutes ago

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gestures while speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Warren wants a lifetime ban on members of Congress from getting hired as lobbyists after they leave public office. She also wants to prohibit lawmakers from owning or trading individual stocks while in office. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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