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People were divided politically when reports first emerged of the Trump administration's immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades, dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, with Democrats lambasting it as cruel and Republicans upholding it as a necessary space. But now that detainees have lived in ...
Corn Refiners Association President and CEO John Bode reacting in a statement to Trump's announcement that Coca-Cola will switch to sugar in the U.S. The company has not confirmed this will actually happen.
As President Donald Trump pushes Texas Republicans to adopt a controversial new redistricting plan to pad their congressional majority by up to five seats, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has begun to float a similar scheme of his own: redrawing his state's legislative districts to further benefit ...
$1.4 trillion: The current core budget of the European Union. Debate continues over the amount because it represents only about 1% of total EU GDP, compared with 48% for Germany's budget and 57% for France's.
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