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The Buzz: E.T., phone home and check your messages from Trump

President Trump says he’ll release files on aliens while Colbert weighs a campaign management career.

FILE — A neighborhood in Poca across the Kanawha River from the John Amos Power Plant, a three-unit, coal-fired power plant in Winfield, W.Va., Sept. 19, 2025. In a reversal, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)

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Comment: What happens now with end of a 2009 EPA climate finding

The Trump administration will move to kill climate regulations. But expect fact-based court challenges.

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Comment: Cap on child care would harm families and employers

Leaving thousands out of a state child care program will be more costly to the state in the…

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Comment: More taxes on health care won’t make state more affordable

Proposals in the Legislature could increase health care costs for workers and businesses.

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Comment: Grok’s digital fakes of real people are criminal assault

First Amendment rights can be protected without allowing unauthorized use of individual’s images.

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Comment: No partisan divide in naming Epstein’s fellow abusers

Party politics don’t explain the obfuscation of the Epstein files. This is about power protecting power.

Tears stream down the face of the Rev. Jesse Jackson during the announcement of Brack Obama’s election as president of the United States, at an election night party in Grand Park. Chicago on Nov. 4, 2008. (Linda Davidson / The Washington Post file photo)

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Robinson: Three photos tell of Jesse Jackson’s arc of history

The three photos, taken 40 years apart, tell of his civil rights work, political triumph and his witness.

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Comment: Putin doesn’t want peace; he’s playing for more time

The U.S. and Europe need to deny Russia the ability to wait out Ukraine. Economic pressure should be…

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Comment: We honor civil rights heroes only when time allows comfort

The demands of MLK and others made them unpopular in their day. Their challenge to us remains.

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Comment: Focus on inflation misunderstands affordability fears

Inflation has eased, but wage growth and job openings have slowed, adding to families’ budget concerns.

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Comment: Big Oil loses shield as Trump frees it from regulation

Ending emissions regulations seems like a victory, but it exposes the industry to Big Tobacco-like lawsuits.

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Comment: Trump’s election manuevers about more than ego-boosting

The president likely has designs on manipulating the midterms by casting doubt on results.

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Comment: Federal bankers deserve an F on climate threat

In dismissing the financial threat from the climate crisis, Fed bankers set the nation up for failure.

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Comment: The federal agency brain drain will have dire effects

More than 10,000 workers with STEM doctorates are gone. Who will solve crises and innovate for America?

A horse near transmission lines in Houston, Sept. 20, 2023. Texas has grown to be the second-largest solar power producer in the country. (Annie Mulligan / The New York Times)

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Comment: Two energy roads, different futures for world’s climate

The paths for fossil fuels and renewables are set, with countries choosing diverging road maps.

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Comment: Revolutionary War fought by ordinary men and women

Early battles, such as at Moore’s Creek Bridge, and won by volunteer loyalists inspired others to join the…

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Comment: Our response when federal disaster help is a disaster

With federal emergency aid in doubt, the state, localities and communities must team up to prepare.

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Comment: Tire dust killing salmon; state must bar chemical’s use

A chemical called 6PPD produces a toxin that kills coho. A ban by 2035 can add to efforts…

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Comment: Hospitals staying true to Congress’ drug discounts

Nonprofit hospitals aren’t abusing the 340B pricing program. The fault lies with profit-taking drugmakers.

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Comment: Maybe we should show the EPA our insurance bills

While it has renounced the ‘endagerment finding’ that directs climate action, insurance costs are only growing.