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U.S. electricity demand is set to explode. That will make it harder to cut climate pollution

Analysts say the country will burn a lot more natural gas in the coming years to meet soaring electricity demand, potentially locking in decades of heat-trapping emissions.

Sean Duffy, President-elect Trump's pick for transportation secretary, testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday.

Trump's Cabinet pick for secretary of transportation is Sean Duffy. Here's what to know

While some of President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees faced sharp questioning this week, Sean Duffy received a friendly welcome in his confirmation hearing to be secretary of transportation.

Carrie Underwood is set to perform "America the Beautiful" during the swearing-in ceremony

Here's everyone performing at the presidential inauguration

Unlike Donald Trump's 2017 inauguration, which reportedly struggled to book high-profile performers, several well-known artists will partake in this year's inaugural events.

Three oil platforms are seen in federal waters off the southern California coast in 2021. President Biden has prohibited new oil and gas leases in more than 625 million acres of federal ocean; existing leases are not affected.

Biden makes an 11th-hour move to block coastal oil drilling

President Biden has issued an executive order blocking drilling for oil in more than 625 million acres of U.S. ocean. It's the largest such move in history, but is almost guaranteed to be challenged under the incoming Trump administration.

Vice President Harris speaks during a moderated conversation with former Rep. Liz Cheney in Brookfield, Wisc., on Monday. They spoke in front of a banner reading "Country Over Party."

Trump and Harris' closing messages to Republicans are as different as they come

With two weeks to go until voting closes on Election Day, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Harris made two separate but equally important pitches to Republicans on the campaign trail Monday.

Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Education Department, Linda McMahon, seen here in December, has come out in support of school choice and "parental rights in education," and in opposition to "political indoctrination in classrooms."

Linda McMahon led WWE and the SBA. The U.S. Education Dept. may be next

McMahon has a limited background in education, and a long career as a business executive. She'd be stepping into an agency the president hopes to dissolve.

Lauren Gruel, pictured at right, celebrates having filled another truck bed with community-donated supplies on Thursday. She and her husband Andrew turned their Huntington Beach restaurant into a donation hub to support wildfire victims in Los Angeles.

A small seafood restaurant turns into a national donation hub for LA fire victims

In response to the devastating fires raging in LA, a small restaurant in Surf City USA has become a channel for big help — from locals to people across the country — to support their neighbors up north.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Capitol Hill after meeting with Sen. Bernie Sanders on Jan. 8.

7 things about RFK Jr. you should know ahead of his Senate hearings

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has built his fortune and reputation on disparaging the government scientists and institutions he's now in line to lead as HHS secretary.

The San Diego County Administration building is seen on Sept. 20, 2024.

County Supervisors Anderson, Lawson-Remer sworn in for 2nd term

The Board of Supervisors' new governing year will start minus one member: Nora Vargas.

Thousands gather to protest Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th president of the United States and other related issues during the People's March on Jan. 18, in Washington D.C.

With fewer protesters and a renewed focus, activists plan for a second round of Trump

President-elect Donald Trump takes office Monday and Democratic organizers are not seeing the mass-scale opposition they witnessed in 2017. So, they're adjusting with a focus on Trump's agenda.

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