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Reality Check: Climate change, energy and the environment
It's Day Two of our Reality Check on the campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Their positions on climate change are as different as night and day. We hear what that might mean for energy policy, the environment and national security — depending on who makes it to the Oval Office.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenIt's Day Two of our Reality Check on the campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Their positions on climate change are as different as night and day. We hear what that might mean for energy policy, the environment and national security — depending on who makes it to the Oval Office.
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3 storiesUS and Russia's relationship at low point over Syria
Yesterday, the US cut off negotiations with Russia on ending the chaos in Syria. Today, Russia pulled out of a landmark deal involving the fuel for nuclear weapons. Karen DeYoung, associate editor and national security correspondent for the Washington Post , looks at the implications of these changes.
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The promises of candidates during political campaigns are often made to be broken, but they do provide clues for voters who want to know what government might look like once the election is over. Hillary Clinton describes global warming as an "urgent threat." Donald Trump once called it "a hoax created by the Chinese."
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Photo by Matt Wade Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia died early this year, and the Senate has not even considered President Obama's nominee to replace him. Today, the Court heard the first arguments of this year's session with an empty chair -- and an uncertain future. Mark Joseph Stern, who covers the Court for Slate, looks at which…
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