Overnight Energy: Protesters plan Black Friday climate strike | 'Father of EPA' dies | Democrats push EPA to abandon methane rollback

NOT THAT KIND OF BLACK FRIDAY: Cities across the U.S. will see climate strikes on Black Friday with youth protesters aiming to bring attention to climate action. The protests, organized by nine youth climate activist groups, will take place in cities including Chicago, Sacramento, Calif., and Colorado Springs, Colo. The rallies are the latest in […]

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Senators challenge Trump on military pardons

Sens. Patrick LeahyPatrick Joseph LeahyOvernight Defense: Senators challenge Trump on military pardons | State Department to investigate if US weapons ended up in wrong hands in Yemen | Dems release final impeachment transcripts Senators challenge Trump on military pardons Michelle Obama presents Lin-Manuel Miranda with National Portrait Award MORE (D-Vt.) and Sheldon WhitehouseSheldon WhitehouseOvernight Defense: […]

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US sees further drop in number of abortions: CDC

The U.S. has continued to see a drop in the number of reported abortions, according to data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There were 623,471 abortions performed in areas across the country that reported data to federal officials in 2016, the latest available year for data, down from 636,902 the previous […]

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Florida school district brings synthetic frogs to classroom for biology dissection

J.W. Mitchell High School in New Port Richey, Fla., became the first school in the world to dissect synthetic frogs last week.  Students dissected 100 “SynFrogs” that were created by SynDaver, a Tampa-based synthetic manufacturing company that specializes in human and animal models for medical simulation. “The SynFrog mimics the visual and textural properties of a live […]

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Overnight Defense: Ex-Navy secretary slams Trump in new op-ed | Impeachment tests Pompeo's ties with Trump | Mexican president rules out US 'intervention' against cartels

Happy Wednesday and welcome to The Hill’s Overnight Defense, your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, White House, Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter.   First a programming note: We’ll be off the rest of the week for the Thanksgiving holiday, but back on Monday with all […]

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Trump says he will designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations

President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump at rally vows to supporters no name change for ‘Thanksgiving’ Trump says he will designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations State Dept. official describes frantic effort to save recalled Ukraine ambassador MORE said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that he will designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists, prompting Mexican officials to seek further […]

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Ex-Navy secretary slams Trump's 'shocking and unprecedented intervention' in new op-ed

Former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer on Wednesday admonished President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump at rally vows to supporters no name change for ‘Thanksgiving’ Trump says he will designate Mexican drug cartels as terror organizations State Dept. official describes frantic effort to save recalled Ukraine ambassador MORE for repeatedly involving himself in an internal review of a Navy […]

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