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Green groups, government officials meet secretly to plot end of gas stoves and appliances

A pot sits on a gas stovetop. (File Photo credit: DGLimages via Shutterstock)

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Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr.’s threat of a federal ban on gas stoves this month has channeled the goals of left-wing billionaire think tanks that are making significant progress in pushing communities to eliminate fossil fuels.

This image from video from police body-worn camera footage, released by the San Francisco Police Department, shows Paul Pelosi, right, fighting for control of a hammer with his assailant, David DePape, during a attack at Pelosi's home in San Francisco on Oct. 28, 2022. DePape wrests the tool from Pelosi and lunges toward him the hammer over his head. The blow to Pelosi occurs out of view of the video as officers rush into the house and subdue DePape. (San Francisco Police Department via AP)

Paul Pelosi assaulter says ‘sorry I didn’t get more of them’ in interview after attack tape released

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-lago on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump is set to kick off his 2024 White House bid with visits to a pair of early voting states. The appearances on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, will mark Trump's first campaign events since launching his bid more than two months ago. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump says he’s ‘more committed now’ in the first early stops of the 2024 campaign

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass., March 28, 2018. On Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, the federal government denied a request from a group of environmental organizations to immediately apply proposed ship speed restrictions in an effort to save right whales, a vanishing species. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Whale deaths blamed on offshore wind farms ignites feud among environmentalists

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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This July 9, 2019, file photo shows a sign outside of the Twitter office building in San Francisco. Twitter said late Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, that it will ease up on its 3-year-old ban on political advertising, the latest change by Elon Musk as he tries to pump up revenue after purchasing the social media platform last year. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Twitter execs internally trashed Russian bot theory used to target conservatives, didn’t dismiss it

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The image from video released on Jan. 27, 2023, by the City of Memphis, shows Tyre Nichols during a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols died on Jan. 10. The five officers have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. (City of Memphis via AP)

Video of Tyre Nichols beating leaves unanswered questions

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Hunter Biden arrives in the East Room before President Joe Biden speaks awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people at the White House in Washington, July 7, 2022. Come next year, Republicans have made clear, the January 6th select committee will be no more. Investigations into the president’s son, Hunter Biden, will quickly begin. And GOP priorities like border security, parents’ rights and defunding the IRS will be on fast tracks to the House floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Trump lampoons Biden, son Hunter:’ This kid is not working out well for me’

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Copies of the interim report issued by California's first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for African Americans are seen at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on June 16, 2022. California's committee to study reparations for African Americans will meet in Oakland Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, to discuss requirements for residents who may receive some form of compensation. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California reparations task force under pressure to follow San Francisco’s $5 million example

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People visit the Luxor Temple in Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. Egyptian authorities are poised to unveil a renovated ancient promenade that dates back 3,000 years. The ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, is meant to highlight the country’s archaeological treasures as Egypt struggles to revive its tourism industry, battered by years of political turmoil and more lately, the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Remains of ancient Roman city found in Egyptian city of Luxor

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Fans line up outside Madison Square Garden before an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Golden State Warriors in New York, Feb. 23, 2021. New York's attorney general said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, that Madison Square Garden may be violating anti-bias laws with its practice of barring lawyers from firms involved in litigation against MSG from its venues including Radio City Music Hall and the Garden itself. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

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Shown is the statue of Christopher Columbus at Marconi Plaza in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Philadelphia removed the plywood box it placed over the statue after 2020 protests over racial injustice. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Dismissal of lawsuit over Columbus Day name change upheld

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Alan Cumming participates in the BUILD Speaker Series to discuss the television series "Instinct" on March 14, 2018, in New York. Cumming turns 56 on Jan. 27. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

British actor Alan Cumming returns royal honor over ‘toxicity’

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Protesters gather in Lafayette Park outside the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, over the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden ‘deeply pained’ by Tyre Nichols video

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House refuses to say if officials discussed Hunter Biden’s laptop computer with Elon Musk

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President Joe Biden speaks at the Steamfitters Local 602 in Springfield, Va., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden heads to friendly terrain to pivot away from questions about mislaid classified documents

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White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients removes a face mask as he prepares to speak at a press briefing at the White House, April 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden confirms Jeff Zients will replace Ron Klain as White House chief of staff

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Hunter Biden arrives in the East Room before President Joe Biden speaks awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people at the White House in Washington, July 7, 2022. Come next year, Republicans have made clear, the January 6th select committee will be no more. Investigations into the president’s son, Hunter Biden, will quickly begin. And GOP priorities like border security, parents’ rights and defunding the IRS will be on fast tracks to the House floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Trump lampoons Biden, son Hunter:’ This kid is not working out well for me’

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-lago on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump is set to kick off his 2024 White House bid with visits to a pair of early voting states. The appearances on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, will mark Trump's first campaign events since launching his bid more than two months ago. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump says he’s ‘more committed now’ in the first early stops of the 2024 campaign

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

This image from video from police body-worn camera footage, released by the San Francisco Police Department, shows Paul Pelosi, right, fighting for control of a hammer with his assailant, David DePape, during a attack at Pelosi's home in San Francisco on Oct. 28, 2022. DePape wrests the tool from Pelosi and lunges toward him the hammer over his head. The blow to Pelosi occurs out of view of the video as officers rush into the house and subdue DePape. (San Francisco Police Department via AP)

Paul Pelosi assaulter says ‘sorry I didn’t get more of them’ in interview after attack tape released

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass., March 28, 2018. On Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, the federal government denied a request from a group of environmental organizations to immediately apply proposed ship speed restrictions in an effort to save right whales, a vanishing species. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Whale deaths blamed on offshore wind farms ignites feud among environmentalists

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A woman poses for a selfie on a bridge decorated with lanterns at a public park in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

New year greetings stir old animosities; Chinese outraged over cultural appropriation

A pot sits on a gas stovetop. (File Photo credit: DGLimages via Shutterstock)

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The roughly 900 generals and admirals on active duty today is far fewer than it was in past eras, but the percentage of those officers compared with the number of enlisted troops is near the highest level in modern military history, according to Congressional Research Service data. (Associated Press)

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, top left, stands on top of a German Gepard anti-aircraft gun tank as he visits a training program for Ukrainian soldiers at a military training area in Putlos, Germany, Aug. 25, 2022. On Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, a parliamentary committee recommended a waiver of Swiss law that bars countries from re-exporting Swiss tanks, weaponry and other war materiel to Ukraine for its defense against Russia. Swiss war materiel that other countries could re-export to Ukraine under a proposal from a parliamentary committee might include ammunition for German-made Gepard anti-aircraft tank. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP) **FILE**

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A demonstrator tries to stop traffic along the Interstate 95 bridge during a protest over the death of Tyre Nichols, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Authorities released video footage Friday showing Nichols being beaten earlier this month by five Memphis police officers who held the Black motorist down and repeatedly struck him with their fists, boots and batons as he screamed for his mother. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP)

Memphis beating video puts spotlight on first police account

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The image from video released on Jan. 27, 2023, by the City of Memphis, shows Tyre Nichols during a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols died on Jan. 10. The five officers have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. (City of Memphis via AP)

Video of Tyre Nichols beating leaves unanswered questions

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In this file photo, Border Patrol agents hold a news conference prior to a media tour of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge in Donna, Texas, May 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) **FILE**

Border patrol agents in San Diego seize $4 million worth of narcotics in one day

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Shown is the statue of Christopher Columbus at Marconi Plaza in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Philadelphia removed the plywood box it placed over the statue after 2020 protests over racial injustice. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Dismissal of lawsuit over Columbus Day name change upheld

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In this image released by the U.S. Department of Defense, German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1, fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece, on Nov. 8, 2017. Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea. So it was a critical turning point when news broke this week that the U.S. has agreed to send a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine. (Sebastian Apel/U.S. Department of Defense, via AP, File)

Long range missiles for Ukraine not on the table, but not off either

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

People visit the Luxor Temple in Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. Egyptian authorities are poised to unveil a renovated ancient promenade that dates back 3,000 years. The ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, is meant to highlight the country’s archaeological treasures as Egypt struggles to revive its tourism industry, battered by years of political turmoil and more lately, the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Remains of ancient Roman city found in Egyptian city of Luxor

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Presidential candidate and retired army Gen. Petr Pavel leaves the polling station after casting his vote during presidential election runoff in Cernoucek, Czech Republic, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Retired Czech army general Petr Pavel wins presidential election

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A great white shark swims past a boat on a shark watching boat off the Massachusetts' coast of Cape Cod on Aug. 17, 2021. The New England Aquarium and an environmental group are launching a project to use data collected about white shark sightings via an app to make beaches more safe. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Mexican fisherman decapitated by great white in first fatal shark attack of 2023

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Barcelona's Pedri celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Girona and FC Barcelona at the Montilivi stadium in Girona, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Pedri leads win at Girona in 100th game for Barcelona

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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts after missing a ball on the 18th hole during the competition of the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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Alex Hall of the United States, checks the score following his run in the slopestyle finals, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, during the Dew Tour freestyle skiing event at Copper Mountain, Colo. There's a legion of freestyle skiers and snowboarders at the action park who refuse to subscribe to the “spin to win” theory. It's the idea that maxing out flips and twists is the only way for them to score big with the judges.(AP Photo/Hugh Carey, File)

Winter X daredevils ride fine line between height, happiness

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pays his respects to victims of a deadly helicopter crash during a farewell ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, his Deputy Yevhen Yenin, State Secretary Yurii Lubkovych, national police official and the three crew members were killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday in Kyiv suburbs of Brovary. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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Hunter Biden arrives in the East Room before President Joe Biden speaks awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people at the White House in Washington, July 7, 2022. Come next year, Republicans have made clear, the January 6th select committee will be no more. Investigations into the president’s son, Hunter Biden, will quickly begin. And GOP priorities like border security, parents’ rights and defunding the IRS will be on fast tracks to the House floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

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Border patrol agents in San Diego seize $4 million worth of narcotics in one day

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A man is apprehended after being in a pickup truck parked on the sidewalk in front of the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building, as seen from a window of the U.S. Capitol, Aug. 19, 2021, in Washington. A man who caused evacuations and an hourslong standoff with police on Capitol Hill when he claimed he had a bomb in his pickup truck outside the Library of Congress pleaded guilty on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, to a charge of threatening to use an explosive. Floyd Ray Roseberry faces up to 10 years behind bars and is scheduled to be sentenced in June. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

North Carolina man pleads guilty to making 2021 bomb threat outside the Library of Congress

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Re-elected Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel holds a gavel while speaking at the committee's winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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This photo provided by the Nichols family shows Tyre Nichols, who had a passion for photography and was described by friends as joyful and lovable. Nichols was just minutes from his home in Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 7, 2023, when he was pulled over by police and fatally beaten. Five Memphis police officers have since been charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. (Courtesy of the Nichols family via AP)

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