October 19, 2009

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Posted on October 19, 2009

China is the world’s top apple producer.

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Q: Did the Trump administration have 60 cherry blossom trees cut down in D.C. to build a golf course?

A: In what the Department of Interior called “routine maintenance,” about 60 trees were removed from East Potomac Park, according to the Washington Post. But only one cherry tree removal was mentioned in that article, and an advocacy group opposed to major changes to the park told us it only knew “for certain” of one cherry tree being cut down.

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