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on November 21, 2016 in World News

Trump names landing teams for 6 more agencies

By Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) President-elect Trump’s transition staff dispatched six additional “landing teams” to federal agencies on Monday, bringing the total number of teams sent to facilitate the changing of power at various departments to 10. The newly-unveiled teams will head to the Department of Commerce, Social Security Administration, Department of the Treasury, Federal Communications Commission, Small Business Administration and the office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Trump’s staff also announced additions to the State Department, Pentagon and Justice Department landing teams, which headed to Washington last week. The six groups made public Monday were part of the economic “bucket”… View Article

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on November 21, 2016 in World News

Trump’s World Order: How US Foreign Policy Could Change Under New President

After new United States President-elect Donald Trump assumes power significant changes are expected to happen in global politics, including a dialogue with Russia, the possible cancellation of the final nuclear deal with Iran and deepening tensions with Cuba. Russia Throughout his electoral campaign, Donald Trump was widely criticized for his calls to restore friendship between Moscow and Washington and develop cooperation in the fight against terrorism. What is more, Trump made a number of praising remarks about Russia leader Vladimir Putin, but insisted he has no links to the Kremlin. Some American media and supporters of Hillary Clinton openly labelled… View Article

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on November 21, 2016 in World News

Scientists Amazed at Plants’ Increasing Ability to Absorb Carbon

by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. As climate alarmists rend their garments over fossil fuel emissions, a group of scientists has discovered that the world’s plants have somehow increased their capacity to assimilate carbon, resulting in an actual decline in the percentage of human-produced CO2 remaining in the atmosphere. Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found to their surprise that despite the increased human emissions of greenhouse gases, between 2002 and 2014, plants were somehow able to absorb more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere than in previous decades. In a study published earlier this month in Nature Communications, the… View Article

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