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Bessent testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing for Treasury Secretary in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 16, 2025.

Wall Street investor Scott Bessent is confirmed as Treasury secretary

Bessent won Senate confirmation with the support of more than two dozen Democrats.

This photo provided by the New York Air National Guard shows smoke from the fires in the Pine Barrens off Sunrise Highway in New York's Long Island, on Saturday, March 8.

Long Island brush fire is 22% contained, as firefighters battle high winds

Rudy Sunderman, commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services, said Sunday that the fires were 100% "knocked down," which means there are no visible flames.

Rain drops are seen on a car in the Allied Gardens neighborhood of San Diego, Calif. March 1, 2023.

Showers expected in San Diego County Wednesday

The latest forecasts have the rain arriving Wednesday and lasting until Friday before skies clear up next Saturday.

House GOP leaders delay budget vote because of conservative opposition

House GOP leaders delayed a critical vote after being unable to sway a sufficient number of holdouts within the party. The vote on a Senate amendment related to a budget plan would have brought the party one step closer to implementing much of President Trump's legislative agenda.

Ashford University is pictured in San Diego in this undated photo.

Debt discharged for 260,000 ex-students of San Diego-based Ashford University

Ashford borrowers approved for a discharge will receive emails from the Department of Education in the coming days.

Chloe Kienzle of Arlington, Va., holds a sign as she stands outside the U.S. Department of Education, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday – the day after the Trump administration announced widespread job cuts at the agency.

What parents, teachers and school choice groups think of Education Department cuts

Teacher unions and some parent groups condemned the cuts, while school choice advocates celebrated them.

Morning rain in Bankers Hill is shown in this photo, Feb. 7, 2017.

Late-winter storm delivers showers across San Diego area

A late-winter storm brought widespread showers to the San Diego area, dropping modest amounts of moisture, and another round of rain is on the way Wednesday.

'Citizenship won't save you': Free speech advocates say student arrests should worry all

The Trump administration has targeted students — both those with visas and those with permanent legal status — who protested the war in Gaza. Free speech advocates warn that these are test cases.

Two Kea birds, Arthurs Pass South Island New Zealand. The species is listed as threatened in that country and climate change is among the reasons their numbers are in danger.

How many species could go extinct from climate change? It depends on how hot it gets.

A new study projects biodiversity threats if global warming speeds up. Under the most extreme scenarios, about one in three species could be facing extinction by the end of the century.

Thousands of people protest in Washington, D.C., and across the U.S. on Presidents Day

The protestors participated in the 50501 Movement, which originated in response to the Trump administration and its efforts to cut government spending. Many chanted "Where is Congress?'"

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