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Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary, was pressed about Trump’s economic plans at his Senate confirmation hearing. NBC News’ Garrett Haake reports.

President Joe Biden leaves behind a complicated legacy of legislative wins, economic gains and fractured relationships and grievances within his own party.

Experts say climate crisis was likely responsible for a quarter of the dryness that fueled the fires’ rapid spread As Los Angeles’s deadly wildfires continue to burn, a group of survivors is taking aim at the industry most responsible for fueling climate disasters: fossil fuels. Residents impacted by the blazes lamented during a Thursday conference … Read more

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week will mean sweeping changes in the way the federal government handles issues from foreign policy to education — and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is already rebutting what he’s expecting to see from his successor.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) this week released the final nationwide crime statistics under the Biden administration as the president prepares to leave office.  Following an uptick in violent crime in 2021 during the pandemic, it began to trend down significantly in 2023, “including double-digit drops in homicide rates across many major cities,” according to … Read more

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., appears to be getting more vocal about running for Florida governor in 2026 in the race to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Donalds, a leading friend, ally and supporter of President-elect Trump in the House of Representatives, in recent days has been telling potential donors and Florida political players that … Read more

The Colorado apartment complex where armed alleged members of a Venezuelan gang were seen on video breaking into an occupied unit will be closed.

Indictment comes seven months after FBI raided her home, with formal announcement scheduled to happen on Friday Sheng Thao, the former mayor of Oakland, California has been indicted by a federal grand jury, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The indictment comes seven months after an FBI raid on Thao’s home and two months after … Read more

The once and future President is back to wielding leverage like a club, in the Middle East and on Capitol Hill.

A Texas judge ruled Thursday that three states can move ahead with another attempt to roll back federal rules and make it harder for people across the U.S. to access the abortion drug mifepristone.