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William Ruckelshaus is sworn in as the first Environmental Protection Agency Administrator by Chief Justice Warren Burger as Jill Ruckelshaus and President Richard Nixon look on, December 4, 1970. Courtesy The Nixon Library and Museum/Handout via REUTERS

Nation Nov 27

Ruckelshaus, who famously defied Nixon in Watergate firing, dies at 87

By Gene Johnson, Associated Press

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Judge says 234,000 Wisconsin voter registrations should be tossed

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Climate change activist Greta Thunberg attends the High-Level event on Climate Emergency during the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain December 11, 2019. Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters

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Thunberg calls on youth to ‘fight for tomorrow’ at Italy protest

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House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) speaks about the next steps in the impeachment of President Donald Trump as he stands with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-NY), House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA); House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) and House Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) as well as other House committee chairs at a news conference to announce articles of impeachment against the president on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC2FSD97923Q

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