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The “democratic socialist” from New York has pushed for the policy in alarmist terms: “People are going to die,” she says, unless it becomes law. Or perhaps “Americans are dying” already. Either way, we face “cataclysmic climate disaster” unless Congress can “plan and implement a Green New Deal” in ten years. But the “Green New Deal” has little to do with the environment.

The Washington Times reported Monday (original links): (Read the full Washington Times article here.) Steele’s dossier was used by the FBI to obtain a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant to spy on several Trump associates.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee announced Monday that he won’t seek re-election in 2020, a decision that gives the red state its second open Senate contest in two years. Alexander said in a news release that he’s deeply grateful for being elected to serve more combined years as governor and senator than anyone else in Tennessee. But the 78-year-old said it’s now time for someone else to have that privilege. The long-tenured Tennessee leader’s decision raises speculation that popular Republican Gov. Bill Haslam could make a run for the Senate.

OPINION | JONATHAN GRUBER The ruling is ridiculous, but the case will likely head to the US Supreme Court, which does not represent anything close to the mainstream legal view on matters such as this.  JOAN VENNOCHI Since her election to Congress 11 years ago, Niki Tsongas staked out her own turf.  Editorial It’s not enough for the media to stand by itself to defend and protect press rights.

OPINION | JONATHAN GRUBER The ruling is ridiculous, but the case will likely head to the US Supreme Court, which does not represent anything close to the mainstream legal view on matters such as this.  JOAN VENNOCHI Since her election to Congress 11 years ago, Niki Tsongas staked out her own turf.  Editorial It’s not enough for the media to stand by itself to defend and protect press rights.

OPINION | JONATHAN GRUBER The ruling is ridiculous, but the case will likely head to the US Supreme Court, which does not represent anything close to the mainstream legal view on matters such as this.  JOAN VENNOCHI Since her election to Congress 11 years ago, Niki Tsongas staked out her own turf.  Editorial It’s not enough for the media to stand by itself to defend and protect press rights.

OPINION | JONATHAN GRUBER The ruling is ridiculous, but the case will likely head to the US Supreme Court, which does not represent anything close to the mainstream legal view on matters such as this.  JOAN VENNOCHI Since her election to Congress 11 years ago, Niki Tsongas staked out her own turf.  Editorial It’s not enough for the media to stand by itself to defend and protect press rights.

Saudi Arabia is rejecting the Senate's position that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is responsible for the death of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Kashoggi.  “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia rejects the position expressed recently by the United States Senate, which was based upon unsubstantiated claims and allegations, and contained blatant interferences in the Kingdom’s internal affairs, undermining the Kingdom’s regional and international role”, a statement carried by Saudi Press Agency said,

Federal prosecutors in New York are reportedly probing whether MORE’s inaugural committee misspent donated funds from the record $107 million it received for the 2017 event. In addition to examining possible financial wrongdoing, investigators are scrutinizing donors who may have written sizable checks in exchange for access to the Trump administration, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The probe’s findings could affect other matters invo

Republicans are facing a starkly different shutdown fight as they close a difficult 2018 that will see them ushered out of the House majority. A little less than a year ago, MORE and his GOP allies enjoyed a victory in January over Democrats in what they termed the “Schumer shutdown.” At the time, the party was riding high off Trump’s biggest legislative victory to date: passage of a huge tax-cut bill. The GOP rejected Democratic demands to add language helping young undocumented immigrants to a government-funding bill, and then watched with glee as the opposing party