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Skeptics chuckle as climate activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for Europe on ‘plastic yacht’

Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg waves from the 48-foot (15-meter) catamaran La Vagabonde as it departs Salt Ponds in Hampton, Va., on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. Thunberg left North America on a return trip across the Atlantic hitching a renewable-energy ride with an Australian family aboard their catamaran. (Rob Ostermaier/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg eschews jet travel based on her opposition to greenhouse-gas emissions, but her return trip to Europe isn’t entirely carbon-neutral.

In a Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., front, and Attorney General William Barr arrive before President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House about his judicial appointments, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Mitch McConnell dismisses House impeachment proceedings as ‘some public hearing’

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This 2014 image released by ABC shows George Stephanopoulos anchor &quot;Good Morning America,&quot; in New York. Stephanopoulos' &quot;Good Morning America&quot; exchange with White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday, March 6, 2017, is the second time in a month that the ABC anchor had a notably sharp interview with a Trump administration official. (Lou Rocco/ABC via AP)

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos’ Clinton conflicts resurface amid impeachment, Epstein

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y stands alongside Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a campaign rally on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. (Bryon Houlgrave /The Des Moines Register via AP)

AOC, Sanders hatch $180 billion plan to guarantee housing for everyone

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, talk as they wait to speak at an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pelosi says delay of Ukraine aid amounts to bribery

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In this April 20, 2016, file photo, a man smokes a marijuana joint at a party celebrating weed in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Marijuana legalization supported by two-thirds of Americans: Pew study

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In this May 29, 2018, file photo George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations listens to the conference after his speech entitled &quot;How to save the European Union&quot; as he attends the European Council On Foreign Relations Annual Council Meeting in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

George Soros group asks Fox News to ban guest who claimed billionaire controls State Dept.

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This Friday, April 18, 2014 photo shows a textbook by the Museum of the Bible which will be used for a new elective course starting in Fall 2014 at the suburban Oklahoma City Mustang School District high school in Mustang, Okla. The curriculum, supported by Hobby Lobby chain president Steve Green and billed as a way to teach archaeology, history and the arts through Bible stories, also tells students God is always there in times of trouble and that sinners must &quot;suffer the consequences&quot; of disobeying. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Ohio House passes bill to protect students’ religious expression in school

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Court rules Dems can demand 8 years of Trump’s taxes

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President Donald Trump listens during a news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump says impeachment hearing was ‘joke’ not worth his time

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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump praises Erdogan as ‘good friend’ amid talks over Kurds, trade

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President Donald Trump talks to the media before leaving the White House, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Trump too busy to watch House impeachment show

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addresses an audience at a campaign event, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, in Exeter, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Elizabeth Warren selling ‘Billionaire Tears’ mugs

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In this Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, file photo, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick speaks during an interview at his Statehouse office in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) ** FILE **

Former Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick enters 2020 presidential race

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Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg delivers a Veterans Day address at a campaign event, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, in Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Justice Democrats turn knives on ‘scared’ Pete Buttigieg

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addresses an audience at a campaign event, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, in Exeter, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Elizabeth Warren tops 2020 Democratic presidential field in Iowa: Hawkeye Poll

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White House lawyer Steven Menashi, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Menashi's guarded responses were frustrating at times to both Democrats and Republicans on the Judiciary panel. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Disgrace’: Schumer fumes as Senate confirms White House lawyer as appeals court judge

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Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin discusses the upcoming recanvass of the Governor's race in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Bevin concedes in Kentucky governor’s race

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y stands alongside Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a campaign rally on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. (Bryon Houlgrave /The Des Moines Register via AP)

AOC, Sanders hatch $180 billion plan to guarantee housing for everyone

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, talk as they wait to speak at an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg fills out paperwork, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., to appear on the ballot in Arkansas' March 3 presidential primary. Bloomberg hasn't formally announced a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, but his trip to Arkansas is the latest indication that he is leaning toward a run. (Staton Breidenthal/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

Sudden expansion of 2020 Democratic presidential field reveals unease with Biden, Warren, Sanders

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Retired Lt. Gen. Edward Soriano, then I Corps commanding general, along with an Army family, cut the ceremonial ribbon to dedicate the new 108-unit Beachwood II housing area on Lewis North, built under the Residential Communities Initiative in 2002. Photo by Mike Cullum, JBLM Enterprise Media Center.

‘Litany of horrors’: Military families’ suit targets private housing company over ‘nightmare’

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters just before the House vote on a resolution to formalize the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Vote shows Pelosi’s impeachment inquiry more partisan than Clinton effort

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President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump shake hands following their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘Booby-trapped’: Obama ‘detailees’ led Trump opposition on National Security Council

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In this May 9, 2019, file photo, Baltimore Mayor Bernard &quot;Jack&quot; Young speaks to the crowd after been sworn during the 51st Mayoral Swearing-In Ceremony at War Memorial Building in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Baltimore mayor says he’s not to blame for high homicide rate: ‘I’m not committing the murders’

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2 dead, several injured in California school shooting; gunman caught

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In this Sept. 10, 2019, photo, government contractors erect a section of Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River, in Yuma, Ariz. A federal appeals court hears arguments against diverting Pentagon money for border wall construction as time runs out. It says the Trump administration has moved quickly to spend the money after the Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal to prevent work from starting in July. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

DHS confirms no new border wall yet

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In this June 15, 2019, photo, migrants cross the Rio Bravo illegally to surrender to the American authorities, on the U.S.-Mexico border between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Drug trafficking surges at southern border, illegal immigration down

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Maryland athletic director Damon Evans speaks at a news conference held to address the school's football program and the death of a player who collapsed on a practice field, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Maryland athletic director favors paying players for name, image and likeness

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Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) gets away from Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie (77) in the first period of an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Sidney Crosby out at least six weeks with core injury

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Washington Redskins wide receiver Terry McLaurin (17) is tackled by Minnesota Vikings cornerback Xavier Rhodes (29) after catching a pass during the first half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

‘Score:’ Redskins know they need to fix red zone problems

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FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, former NFL football quarterback Colin Kaepernick smiles on stage during W.E.B. Du Bois Medal ceremonies at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Kaepernick plans to audition for NFL teams on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, in a private workout arranged by the league to be held in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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