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The Trump administration could embolden Republicans to make sweeping changes to how the affordable care act functions and is ...

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Even before I could make out the silhouette of Platform Holly on the foggy horizon, I could see and smell oil. Ripples of iridescent liquid floated on the sea’s surface, reflecting the cloudy sky.

Every Atlantic hurricane that formed this year had higher wind speeds because of climate change. Two likely would have ...