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Oil companies face ‘big tobacco moment’ in Congress over their climate policies

House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., called the CEOs of four oil companies to appear and answer questions about climate change. She says the companies have spread misinformation for decades. (Image credit: Pool/Getty Images)

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Oil company CEOs will discuss climate policies at Congress – NPR

Oil company CEOs will discuss climate policies at Congress  NPR ‘They knew. They lied.’ California congressman on Big Oil’s role in climate change  Yahoo Finance Top Executives From Shell, Exxon, Chevron, BP, to Face Adversarial House Panel  The Wall Street Journal Op-Ed: Will

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Is Donald Trump Already Running for President in 2024? – The Atlantic

Is Donald Trump Already Running for President in 2024?  The Atlantic Donald Trump’s “slow-motion coup” is becoming a runaway train  Salon A fear grows in Trumpworld: Have we gone too conspiratorial?  POLITICO Is Donald Trump sabotaging the Republican Party? – opinion  The Jerusalem Post

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Crews are working to restore power to hundreds of thousands in New England as more flooding looms along East Coast – CNN

Crews are working to restore power to hundreds of thousands in New England as more flooding looms along East Coast  CNN Nor’easter Brings Hurricane-Force Winds to Massachusetts  The New York Times ‘Bomb cyclone’ brings 90 mph gusts to New England; hundreds of

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India test-fires nuclear-capable missile amid tensions with China

India has test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile from an island of its east coast amid lingering border tensions with China.

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Shut Out on Budget Bill, Republicans Take Shots From the Sidelines

The party is stepping up its attacks on the safety net measure that Democrats are shaping entirely on their own.

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School closings and delays for Thursday, Oct. 28 – MassLive.com

School closings and delays for Thursday, Oct. 28  MassLive.com Nor’easter Brings Hurricane-Force Winds to Massachusetts  The New York Times Video: High wind gusts lead to power outages across the state  WFSB 3 List of Massachusetts school closings: Nor’easter knocks out power and causes

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Top US general: Chinese weapon test ‘very concerning,’ close to a Sputnik moment

Milley is 1st Pentagon official to confirm nature of Beijing test of nuclear-capable hypersonic weapon that orbited Earth then reentered atmosphere

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