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Scott Berreth, a derrick hand for Raven Drilling, works on an oil rig drilling into the Bakken shale formation on July 28, 2013 outside Watford City, N.D. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Judge halts federal fracking rule

Zack Colman · June 24, 2015 2:07 am

Reid blamed Republicans for failing to act on policies that he said would help confront climate change. (Washington Examiner)

Energy and Environment

Reid: Call out climate opponents

Zack Colman · June 24, 2015 1:32 am

Katherine Archuleta, director of OPM, testifies before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearings to review IT spending and date security at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Federal worker union demands lifetime credit monitoring after OPM hack

Nicole Duran · June 23, 2015 11:45 pm

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks prior to a panel discussion on energy and environment cooperation during the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) June 23, 2015 at the State Department in Washington, DC. Officials from both countries participated in the seventh annual U.S. China Strategic and Economic Dialogue to discuss bilateral issues. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

EPA chief says climate change deniers not ‘normal’

John Siciliano · June 23, 2015 11:26 pm

The GAO found Interior lacked the ability through two systems it manages to track the $100 million in bonds companies are required to provide as collateral to reclaim land disturbed by installing wind turbines and solar panels. (AP Photo)Â

Energy and Environment

Watchdog: Feds keep shoddy records for solar, wind projects

Zack Colman · June 23, 2015 10:51 pm

"We have a moment of opportunity right now and shame on us if we don't seize it," Clinton said Tuesday at Christ the King United Church of Christ, near Ferguson, Mo. (AP)

Hillary Clinton: Stop selling Confederate flags

Ariel Cohen · June 23, 2015 10:39 pm

The statue of Jefferson Davis located in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol. (Courtesy of the Architect of the Capitol)

Democrats look to oust Confederate symbols in the U.S. Capitol

Susan Ferrechio · June 23, 2015 10:06 pm

Schumer noted a carbon fee isn't likely this year or next, saying that even his party hasn't come around to uniformly support a fee on emissions. (Getty)

Energy and Environment

Schumer: Carbon tax doable with Democratic Senate, Hillary as president

Zack Colman · June 23, 2015 9:39 pm

Perez on Tuesday forcefully pushed back on the idea that the rule would limit the options available to small businesses and their employees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Labor secretary: ‘Stakes could not be higher’ in retirement rule fight

Joseph Lawler · June 23, 2015 9:38 pm

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, left, shakes hands with China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi, right, at the 7th U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

US officials hit China with rhetoric after OPM hack, but not much else

Pete Kasperowicz · June 23, 2015 8:56 pm

A Takata employee sews an airbag at Takata's current crash-testing facility August 19, 2010 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Car maker hasn’t found cause of defective air bags

Nathan Rubbelke · June 23, 2015 8:49 pm

Many rural hospitals are designated critical access hospitals by Medicare, meaning they have to keep a certain amount of inpatient beds and an emergency room. (AP Photo)Â

Senators seek to save rural hospitals

Robert King · June 23, 2015 8:31 pm