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Republicans have begun exercising their influence over the incoming president and his pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, who has built a political career by battling the very agency he is about to lead. (Associated Press)

Republican attorneys general eager to dismantle Obama climate agenda under Donald Trump

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2016, file photo, Julian LePelch paddles his kayak past a flooded field at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, Calif. California's first winter storm of 2017 will shed welcome rain over the rivers, pumps and pipes that move California's water from north to south, and may open a new era of tensions over where that water goes, under a new federal law dictating that the state's farmers get the biggest possible share. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Stormier times for California’s water expected under new law

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

In this image from video from Senate Television, Vice President Joe Biden presides over the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. A bipartisan bill to speed government drug approvals and bolster biomedical research cleared its last procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday in an emotional moment for Biden. The overwhelming 85-13 vote put the measure on track for final legislative approval by the Senate as early as Tuesday. (Senate TV via AP)

Stopgap spending bill to be unveiled as Congress finishes up

By Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram - Associated Press

In this Oct. 24, 2016, file photo, the HealthCare.gov 2017 web site home page is seen on a laptop in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) **FILE**

President-elect Trump means angst for ‘Obamacare’ consumers

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press