Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says – National

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, says any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking Senate confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine. “Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” McConnell said in a statement Friday. “Anyone seeking the…

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1,650 barrels of oil spilled by Enbridge in Wisconsin

Descrease article font size Increase article font size OAKLAND, WIS. — Roughly 70,000 gallons (264,978 litres) of oil from a pipeline spilled into the ground in Wisconsin, officials said. The problem was discovered Nov. 11 in Jefferson County, 60 miles (96.5 kilometres) west of Milwaukee, by an Enbridge Energy technician, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported,…

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Trudeau shares border plan with premiers in meeting on Trump tariff response

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shared an “overview” of the federal government’s plan to strengthen border security with Canada’s premiers and discussed potential responses to tariffs threatened by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump during a meeting Wednesday, federal officials said. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporters in Ottawa that the border plan was still being finalized,…

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