Environment

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Rancher Cliven Bundy declared that despite his sons Ammon and Ryan being arrested for their part in the takeover of a Malheur National Wildlife Refuge building that the occupation will continue. (Associated Press)

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National Edition Opinion cover for February 2, 2016 - Wounded Warrior waste (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)

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Illustration on waste in three charitable organizations by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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St. Kateri reliquary. (Photo: Catholic News Agency website/Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Conservation Center)

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In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, file photo, marijuana plants with their buds covered in white crystals called trichomes are a few weeks away from harvest in the "Flower Room" at the Ataraxia medical marijuana cultivation center in Albion, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

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A makeshift roadside memorial for rancher Robert "LaVoy" Finicum stands on a highway north of Burns, Oregon. Mr. Finicum was killed Tuesday in a confrontation with the FBI and Oregon State Police. Four people occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge held their position Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Even Gov. Terry Branstad said fellow Iowans are likely to make up their minds who to vote for as late as Monday. (Office of Gov. Terry Brandstad)

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National Edition News cover for January 31, 2016 - A researcher holds a container with female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes at the Biomedical Sciences Institute in the Sao Paulo's University, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. The Aedes aegypti is a vector for transmitting the Zika virus. The Brazilian government announced it will direct funds to a biomedical research center to help develop a vaccine against the Zika virus linked to brain damage in babies. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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Former President George H.W. Bush visited the CIA on Friday to mark the 40th anniversary of his swearing in as the Agency's director in 1976. (CIA)

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North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un issued his latest nuclear-program brag Wednesday, saying on state media that his country had developed a nuclear warhead. (Associated Press)

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Robert "LaVoy" Finicum was fatally shot on Tuesday as authorities arrested seven refuge occupiers, including group leader Ammon Bundy, after a traffic stop. (Associated Press)

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I will be tough on China. (Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate)

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Tim Constantine reports on the latest poll numbers for Democrats in Iowa, and a request to stand down at a wildlife refuge in Oregon.

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In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou posts a letter in a mailbox during his visit to Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba, in the Spratly archipelago, south of Taiwan, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Outgoing President Ma, defying a rare criticism from key ally the United States, visited the island in the disputed South China Sea on Thursday to emphasize Taiwan's sovereignty claims in the increasingly tense region. (Taiwan's Presidential Office via AP)

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Employees tend to marijuana plants at a grow house in Denver on Dec. 31, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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DEADLY CONFRONTATION: Authorities in Oregon say shots were fired Tuesday during the arrest of members of an armed group that has occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. One of the protest group's leaders, Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, was killed in the incident. (Associated Press)