Over the last few weeks, President Trump has made a number of contentious appointments to key cabinet positions, and signed a flurry of executive orders. Organizers in the Bay want their ...

A security officer blocks Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Paul Tonko from entering the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington on Feb. 6. Photo: Al Drago/Getty Images.

Republican Sen. John Kennedy has landed a key leadership assignment that increases Louisiana's influence in Congress. Kennedy has secured the chairmanship of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water ...