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Trump will declare ‘national energy emergency,’ incoming administration official says  Reuters Trump to declare national energy emergency, reverse Biden rules  POLITICO Donald Trump’s pledge to ‘drill, baby, drill’ meets the reality of fracking in rural Pennsylvania  FRANCE 24 English Trump to end ‘electric

For the first time in a decade, Debra Tice, the mother of missing American journalist, Austin Tice, returns to Syria to find news of her son. (Image credit: Omar Sanadiki)

Los Angeles under dangerous red flag warnings for extreme fire risk again this week  NBC News L.A. County urged to prepare for dangerous winds, extreme fire weather  KTLA Los Angeles Strong Santa Ana winds hitting fire-ravaged Los Angeles — again  NPR Live L.A.

Biden issues preemptive pardons for Milley, Fauci and Jan. 6 committee members  CNN Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals  The New York Times Biden Issues Last-Minute Pardons to Fauci, Others Ahead of Trump Inauguration  The Wall Street

An incoming president signing a flurry of executive orders is standard practice. But there are limits to what orders can achieve.

Donald Trump will be sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S. president taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.

The chaotic scenes as three women were released from Gaza left Israelis anxious about the days ahead and frustrated by the militant propaganda.

by Paul Ellis with Akshata Kapoor in London A teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to killing three young girls in a stabbing spree last year that sparked the UK’s most violent riots in a decade. On what was set to

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours

Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump  The Associated Press Biden’s Extraordinary Use Of Presidential Power Ahead Of Trump Inauguration  NDTV Biden pardons Mark Milley, Anthony Fauci, J6 committee members  Fox News Biden Issues Pre-Emptive