Etienne Laurent via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The fires blazing through Los Angeles County are the latest unprecedented natural disaster likely amplified by our changing climate. In the weeks and months to come, climate attribution science will determine by just how much. However, we do know that heavy rains,Read More →

Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Preliminary data from the first week of New York City’s highly debated congestion pricing program shows the country’s first such plan of its kind is working, officials said. “The purpose of the program is to reduce the number of vehicles entering whatRead More →

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel David Weiss slammed President Joe Biden’s characterization of his probe as being infected with “raw politics” in his final report detailing his investigations into the president’s son Hunter Biden, which was released Monday by the Justice Department. Weiss’ work culminated in two separateRead More →

Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that “there should probably be conditions” on aid to help California deal with devastating wildfires when asked if he’s open to sending funding, signaling a possible political battle over helping the traditionally Democratic state. “I think there shouldRead More →

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, FILE (BUTLER COUNTY, Pa.) — First responders from Butler County, Pennsylvania – the site of the first assassination attempt on Donald Trump during the presidential campaign – played a pivotal and personal part in his run for the White House. Now, those responders who helped him inRead More →

Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A flurry of separate lawsuits were filed Monday against Southern California Edison, a utility company in California, by homeowners and renters who lost their homes in the Eaton Fire. The four lawsuits each allege the company failed to de-energize all of itsRead More →

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — Nearly a full week has passed since Alex Shekarchian and Moogega Cooper hastily packed a few belongings and fled from the second natural disaster to upturn their lives in three months. In October, the couple survived Hurricane Milton, which slammed the Florida coast. Now, theyRead More →

xRoberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a speech touting his foreign policy legacy, President Joe Biden on Monday said the U.S. was “pressing hard” to close a deal that would see some of the hostages held by Hamas freed in exchange for a period of peace in Gaza.Read More →

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to serve in top Cabinet and senior advisory roles are slated to appear on Capitol Hill this week for hearings before Senate committees, a key test for many of them. The marathon of nomination hearings will color theRead More →

Jefferson Siegel-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee want the Justice Department to preserve all records related to special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into Donald Trump, in addition to all existing and future records related to the department’s investigations and prosecutions of efforts to interfere with theRead More →