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Hurricane Dorian is on track to become a major hurricane with dangerous storm surge and winds before its slams into Florida’s east coast at the end of Labor Day weekend, forecasters said Thursday. Dorian left the Caribbean relatively unscathed as it pushed past Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. But forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say the storm is primed to strengthen to a Category…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday will propose rolling back Obama-era limits on emissions of methane at oil and gas operations on Thursday, a government source said, relaxing standards on one of the main pollutants scientists link to climate change. President Donald Trump insists he is an environmentalist, but the move is his administration’s latest easing of environmental rules, including many put forth by his predecessor, President Barack…

China says it’s willing to resolve trade war with a ‘calm… China is willing to calmly resolve the trade dispute with the United States, Gao Feng, spokesman for China’s Ministry of Commerce, said Thursday. China Politicsread more

The Conservative Party leader in Scotland, Ruth Davidson, resigned on Thursday, and though she carefully avoided criticizing Mr. Johnson in a resignation letter and a news conference, given the timing, the British news media linked her action to the prime minister’s. Ms. Davidson opposes a “no-deal” Brexit, but said she trusted Mr. Johnson’s assurances that he does intend to reach an agreement with the European Union by Oct. 31. [The…

Hurricane Dorian targets Florida’s Atlantic coast over Labor Day weekend Hurricane Dorian was getting stronger as it set its sights on the U.S. mainland early Thursday, churning over open waters. “Strengthening is forecast during the next few days, and Dorian is expected to become a major hurricane on Friday,” the National Hurricane Center said. Dorian became a Category 1 hurricane just before making landfall on the U.S. Virgin Islands Wednesday,…

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China says it’s willing to resolve the trade war with a ‘calm… China is willing to calmly resolve the trade dispute with the United States, Gao Feng, spokesman for China’s Ministry of Commerce, said Thursday. China Politicsread more

On Friday, under international pressure to act, Mr. Bolsonaro ordered a military operation to help put out the fires, and vowed that his government would take a “zero tolerance” approach to enforcing environmental laws. Ibama workers said in their letter that they welcomed that move but worried that it would amount to an empty promise if it is not backed by a “permanent, continuous, strategic and effective enforcement mechanism.” Absent…

Arelis R. Hernández August 28 at 6:17 PM VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Dorian appeared to spare Puerto Rico on Wednesday, weaving an erratic path that sideswiped the archipelago and pounded the U.S. Virgin Islands with rain, but didn’t ravage the U.S. territories that are still recovering from Hurricane Maria’s destruction from 2017. The Category 1 storm, which was headed out into the Atlantic Ocean late Wednesday, was on its…

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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell “revealed” this week that Russian oligarchs with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off loans given to President Trump by Deutsche Bank. Though this seems like a major scoop (if you are still into this sort of thing), there are some serious holes in the cable host’s reporting. First, O’Donnell personally has not seen evidence of Trump’s supposed financial ties to Putin-connected oligarchs. Second, his story…

President TrumpDonald John TrumpOur justice system must reward success Former Biden economic adviser: ‘I really like a lot of’ Warren’s tax proposals Roy Moore calls for Omar to go back from ‘whence she came’ MORE on Wednesday blasted The Washington Post over a report that he urged aides to do whatever is necessary to complete construction of the wall along the southern border, and that he would pardon them if they…

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An 80-year-old man died in Puerto Rico when he fell from a ladder while preparing his home for Hurricane Dorian, authorities said Wednesday. The storm lashed Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Wednesday on track for what forecasters said could be landfall as a Category 3 hurricane in Florida over the weekend. A spokesman for police in Bayamón confirmed to NBC News that one person had died in connection…

The actor Hugh Grant, using a couple of expletives, responded to Mr. Johnson on Twitter by saying, “You will not destroy the freedoms my grandfather fought two world wars to defend.” Britain, he said, was “revolted.” Others focused on what they described as Mr. Johnson’s narrow mandate. Under the parliamentary system, Mr. Johnson was elected directly by the governing Conservative party after Prime Minister Theresa May’s resignation. In the party’s…

Those funds would have only built about 234 miles of wall, according to a Jan. 6 letter from the Office of Management and Budget — far less than Trump has said he wants to build. At that time, Trump claimed the wall would be finished in two years. But experts have said that the project could take more than a decade to complete, and could cost tens of billions of…

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Tropical Storm Dorian strengthened to a hurricane Wednesday afternoon as it threatened the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, with forecasters predicting it could become a Category 3 hurricane by the time it hits Florida over the weekend. Dorian became a hurricane near the island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center. There were multiple observations of hurricane-force winds in St. Thomas, according to…

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