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Armstrong Williams

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Climate Change Scam Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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In this photo taken Tuesday, July 28, 2015, volunteer Ivette Portela bottle feeds a young fawn at the Kindred Spirits Fawn Rescue in Loomis, Calif. California's historic drought has caused a scarcity of food in the wild that has been blamed for unusual animal activity. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Image of actor Jeff Bridges, from the movie "True Grit." Image created by W. Scott Lamb.

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Tim Constantine reports on Democratic presidential candidates on carbon emissions, Donald Trump on anchor babies, and Facebook's battle against titles.

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"This is totally unacceptable. How can anybody give water from a tank like this that was clearly an oil tank and expect us to drink it, our animals to drink it? And to contaminate our soil with this?" said Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye. "It's just wrong. Clearly, it's wrong." (Associated Press)

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Megan Boone and James Spader star in "The Blacklist: The Complete Second Season" now on Blu-ray from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign last month announced that it would seek to be carbon neutral. But the campaign did not respond to requests for comment on how it would achieve that goal and whether it has begun buying carbon offsets. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Republicans Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas stated in a letter to Secretary of State John F. Kerry that the Obama administration has failed to provide Congress with the text of the two side deals with Iran on its nuclear program. (Associated Press)

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This photo released by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) of Indonesia Monday, Aug. 17 shows the part of the wreckage that BASARNAS identified as of the missing Trigana Air Service flight that crashed in Oksibil, Papua, Indonesia. (The National Search and Rescue Agency of Indonesia via Associated Press)

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Illustration on the root cause of our dysfunctional government by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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An employee keeps an eye on the two boilers that generate steam to make power at the new Ameresco biomass power plant at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. (Associated Press)

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The Animas River flows with toxic waste from the Gold King Mine on Aug. 8, 2015, as seen from the 32nd Street Bridge in Durango, Colo., as the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train goes by. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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A loggerhead sea turtle rests in a tank on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, at the sea turtle hospital at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) ** FILE **

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More than 150 adult crocodiles, alligators and caimans were rescued this week from the Toronto home of a man who reported that he could no longer care for them, according to the Indian River Reptile Zoo that took in the animals. (CTV via ABC News)

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras listens during a parliamentary session in Athens on Aug. 14, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks during a news conference with U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (right), on Aug. 13, 2015, along the Animas River Trail in Berg Park in Farmington, N.M. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times via Associated Press) ** FILE **

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In this Aug. 13, 2015 photo, a sandal lies among other debris washed ashore on the Indian Ocean beach in Uswetakeiyawa, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy who has apologized repeatedly for the spill, called the accident "a heartbreaking situation for the EPA," according to the Navajo Times. She met privately Thursday with top tribal officials. (Associated Press)

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A "get well soon" ballon floats in the contaminated waters of the Animas River flowing through Durango, Colo., Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. (Shaun Stanley/The Durango Herald via AP)