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Oil pump jacks on a well pad near the town of Falls City, Texas, USA, on February 23, 2024. Falls City and the surrounding Karnes County is one of 30 counties that make up the area known as the Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas production area.

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Oil pump jacks on a well pad near the town of Falls City, Texas, USA, on February 23, 2024. Falls City and the surrounding Karnes County is one of 30 counties that make up the area known as the Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas production area.

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By Nick Surgey

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is interviewed by author and radio host Eric Metaxas, right, at the National Religious Broadcasters convention Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn.

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President Donald Trump listens as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought speaks during an event on "transparency in Federal guidance and enforcement" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 9, 2019, in Washington..

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