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John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor and a rising star in the Democratic Party, isn’t a progressive. He says he’s just being honest.

John Fetterman at the Carrie Furnaces, a former steel mill near Braddock, Pennsylvania, that’s now open for tours. Marketing the history of the steel culture to strangers comes within the framework of the former mayor’s plan to revive the area. Michael S. Williamson/ The Washington Post via Getty Images John …

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Trump Strips Protections from Tongass National Forest

On Wednesday, the Trump administration published the standard rules that they are able to strip protections from 9.4 million hectares of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. The move is being shaped despite overwhelming opposition from the general public and Native Americans who rely on the forest for food and …

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Naspers is in talks to invest in Southeast Asia’s Carousell

Naspers, the South Africa-based firm that famously backed Chinese giant Tencent in its infancy, is in talks to invest in Singapore-based startup Carousell, according to two sources with knowledge of discussions. Carousell offers a mobile app that combines listings with peer-to-peer selling across Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. That …

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