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Unhappy With Findings, Agriculture Department Plans to Move Its Economists Out of Town

Politics /

WASHINGTON — For years, economists at the Agriculture Department have churned out studies that forecast the effects of food trends, environmental changes and trade policy on rural America. But these days, career staff members at the Economic Research Service have been anxiously trying to predict their own futures. Last year, after an economist with the […]

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Chief medical officer considers recommending tax on unhealthy food

Lifestyle /

Image copyright Getty Images England’s chief medical officer says she is considering recommending a tax on unhealthy food to persuade parents to buy more fresh fruit and vegetables. Prof Dame Sally Davies has been asked to urgently review what more can be done to meet the government’s target of halving childhood obesity by 2030. Ideas

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Ukraine ex-president accused of taking key servers with him

Technology /

Less than two weeks after Ukraine’s new president assumed office, his staff discovered that his predecessor had apparently gutted key computer equipment in a meeting room when he left office. Oleksandr Danylyuk, who was appointed chairman of the National Security and Defense Council on Tuesday, said all the equipment from the situation room, where the

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Trump Tweets, and Then Retracts, Statement That Russia Helped Him Get Elected

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COLORADO SPRINGS — President Trump said that Russia helped get him elected, then abruptly denied it again, all within less than an hour on Thursday, as he raged against the special counsel and sought to counter increasing calls for impeachment. Even for a president known for contradicting himself, Mr. Trump’s divergent statements before leaving on

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