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WASHINGTON — C-SPAN has shot down online speculation that President Trump called the public service network Friday using a preferred pseudonym, “John Barron,” to rant about the Supreme Court. C-SPAN ...

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Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

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