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President Obama said parts of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans are off-limits for oil and gas drilling.
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President-elect Donald Trump to pay $25 million to the plaintiffs involved in three Trump University-related cases by January 18, 2017, according to newly filed details of the settlement. Trump’s nominee for interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, travel fraud while serving as a member of Navy SEAL Team 6. The White House President Obama is that four officials will face felony charges in connection with the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. ISIS for the attack that killed 12 people at a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday.

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