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Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling

Gov. Gavin Newsom, a chief critic of the president and an opponent of oil exploration in the Pacific, called the proposal “dead on arrival.”

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An oil rig off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif. The plan would also require new oil and gas leasing in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
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Interior Department Pauses Plans for Layoffs Amid Shutdown

The agency had been planning to eliminate more than 2,000 positions before the lapse in federal funding, but a federal judge blocked the move.

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The Everglades National Park in Florida last month. National parks, which are overseen by the Interior Department, are suffering damage and illegal activity during the government shutdown because of low staffing levels.
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