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As a tumultuous year comes to an end, the New York Times Opinion politics writer Michelle Cottle talks to the columnists ...

Jamelle Bouie, Michelle Cottle and David French convene to discuss the year that was.

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Trump used U.S. deaths from fentanyl to justify the drug's new designation, estimating that up to 300,000 people die annually from the drug; that number is exaggerated. In the 12 months through April ...

Pesticides and disinfection by-products are widely detected together in treated drinking water at trace levels worldwide.

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