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FILE - In this June 3, 2017 file photo, the coal-fired Plant Scherer, one of the nation's top carbon dioxide emitters, stands in the distance in Juliette, Ga. President Donald Trump's recent decision to pull the United States from the international climate deal reached in Paris was but the latest in a rapid-fire series of moves that would weaken or dismantle federal initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, which scientists say are heating the planet to levels that could have disastrous consequences.

Bogus climate change lawsuits need to stop

Craig Richardson · December 3, 2018 5:00 am

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Moon Landing.

Beltway Confidential

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory is not quite as impressive as the moon landing

Philip Wegmann · November 30, 2018 8:35 pm

Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc., makes an opening statement during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Republicans pressed Dorsey for what they said may be the "shadow-banning" of conservatives during the hearing.

Beltway Confidential

Twitter needs to decide if it’s a platform or a publisher

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 30, 2018 7:24 pm

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., right, smile together during a news conference on American labor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. Trump said on Twitter that the driver in Tuesday's attack "came into our country through what is called the 'Diversity Visa Lottery Program,' a Chuck Schumer beauty" â a reference to the Senate's Democratic leader.

Chuck Schumer welcomes first grandchild

Dominick Mastrangelo · November 29, 2018 6:00 pm

Michael Cohen walks out of federal court, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in New York. Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia. He told the judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to be consistent with Trump's "political message."

READ: Michael Cohen’s plea agreement

Kelly Cohen · November 29, 2018 4:47 pm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio hold a news conference Tuesday Nov. 13, 2018, in New York. Amazon said it will split its much-anticipated second headquarters between New York and northern Virginia. Its New York location will be in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens.

Dear Santa, please bring Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio copies of Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis · November 28, 2018 3:53 pm

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., co-chairman of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, speaks during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Thursday, July 28, 2016.

House Democrat asks for delay on leadership vote

Naomi Lim · November 27, 2018 9:28 pm

New York Democratic Congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to supporters, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 in Queens the Queens borough of New York, after defeating Republican challenger Anthony Pappas in the race for the 14th Congressional district of New York.

Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign shoes head to Cornell for exhibit

Naomi Lim · November 24, 2018 9:14 pm

Postal Service worker Gene Rodriguez, 56, handles an unloaded firearm at The Outdoorsman gun shop in Santa Fe, N.M., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.

New Yorkers may need to submit social media, internet search histories for gun licenses

Naomi Lim · November 24, 2018 7:21 pm

Trump camp reacted to Hillary Clinton stating that Bill Clinton should not have to resign from the foundation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

New York judge denies Trump Foundation request to dismiss case

Naomi Lim · November 24, 2018 12:40 am

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., laughs as another speaker talks about her during a news conference with members of the Progressive Caucus in Washington, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dances to ‘Jump on It’ with Thanksgiving volunteers

Naomi Lim · November 20, 2018 7:12 pm

Amazon Prime Now bags full of groceries are loaded for delivery by a part-time worker outside a Whole Foods store, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Cincinnati.

Beltway Confidential

Mad about Amazon’s corporate welfare? Blame politicians

Adam Brandon · November 16, 2018 10:11 pm