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Elon Musk’s move into a White House tech shop came “out of left field,” said the Obama-era appointee who first led that office. Read More

State officials are taking legal action and sounding the alarm amid a freeze on funds needed to remediate polluting and dangerous mines and underground fires. Read More

The Illinois governor is worried the president might not cover the federal government’s share of the costs, leaving his state on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars. Read More

Officials in Oregon and Idaho opened emergency shelters to prepare for snow and ice. Read More

Wildfire insurance is the clearest sign yet of climate change hitting voters’ pocketbooks. Read More

In addition, nearly 55,000 eggs will go to firefighters and other first responders, according to a statement from the farm. Read More

The latest spending package would emphasize repairs for damaged homes, private bridges and roads; assistance to farmers who lost crops; and rebuilding infrastructure adjacent to small businesses. Read More

The balls often come from oil spills, but the cause can also be “natural seeps” in which oil slowly escapes from petroleum reserves beneath the ocean floor, according to NOAA. Read More