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Warren promised in a tweet Friday to “sign an executive order that puts a total moratorium on all new fossil fuel leases for drilling offshore and on public lands” and vowed to “ban fracking — everywhere”: Warren’s pledge to ban fracking follows Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) call, urging fellow Democrat candidates to support a “fracking ban on public and private lands.” “Fracking is a danger to our water supply. It’s a danger to the air we breathe. It causes earthquakes. It’s highly explosive.

ABC News reports that the “data is comprised of campaign polling conducted before recent back-to-back mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, that left 31 dead.” The data suggests support for stricter background checks among a majority of Americans, but “gun control measures would be unpopular with Trump’s base.” Trump ran on a pro-gun, pro-Second Amendment platform in 2016. Trump talked about a bipartisan effort for stronger background checks on August 5 and 7, just

Child Protection League (CPL) Action will hold its “Protect Kids Rally” on Sunday, September 22 on the steps of the state capitol in St. Paul. CPL Action states that, in April, a majority of Minnesota House lawmakers voted to mandate that every Pre-K-12 traditional public and charter school teach comprehensive sex ed. “Democrats said the legislation focused on teaching ‘harassment’ and ‘consent,’” CPL Action continues.

New York Attorney General Letitia James said Friday that she has worked with a bipartisan group of attorneys general on an antitrust probe into Facebook. James said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal: Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter @SeanMoran3.

When President Donald Trump wants to convey that something is a big deal, he often reaches for the same big number: 10,000. He says it’s the number of points the Dow Jones Industrial Average would be up had the Federal Reserve not raised interest rates.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says he’s no longer considering an independent presidential bid. Schultz said Friday in a letter posted on his website, ‘‘I have concluded that an independent campaign for the White House is not how I can best serve our country at this time.’’ Schultz faced intense resistance from Democratic activists who feared an independent run would give President Donald Trump an easier path to reelection.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s bedeviling Brexit dilemma intensified Friday, as opposition parties refused to support Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call for an election until he secures a delay to Britain’s exit from the European Union — something he vows he'll never do. Johnson insists Britain must leave the EU in 55 days, and says an election is the only way to break the deadlock that has seen lawmakers repeatedly reject the divorce deal on offer, but also block attempts to leave the EU without one. He wants to go to the public on Oct.

If the New Hampshire Democratic primary were held today, who would win? When the Globe set to answer that question in May, former vice president Joe Biden had recently entered the race and sat as the Granite State frontrunner.

One of MORE's top advisers on Hurricane Dorian issued a lengthy statement on Thursday defending the president's repeated claims that forecasts showed Alabama getting hit by Hurricane Dorian, adding another twist to the days-long effort to justify Trump's claim. The White House circulated a statement on official letterhead from Rear Adm.