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Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images The Senate on Wednesday voted 52-42 to restore regulations on methane gas leaks in oil and gas production that the Trump administration had loosened last summer. Three Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), and Rob Portman (Ohio) — voted with the Democrats to overturn former President Donald Trump's rule using the Congressional Review Act, a 1996 law that lets Congress kill recently adopted regulations. Curbing methane emissions is a key element of President Biden's push to fight climate change. The House has not yet voted to restore ...

Former local Congresswoman Mary Bono shocked by storming of US Capitol Former valley Congresswoman Mary Bono is speaking out, calling today's events "beyond belief." Bono, a Republican who represented the Coachella Valley from 1998 to 2013, spoke with News Channel 3's Peter Daut tonight about how she thinks this will impact the president's legacy and the party as a whole. Peter: Your reaction to What's happening right now in our nation's capital? Bono: "I received an email from one of my friends, a member of Congress who said he was shell shocked and I think to a large degree, even though I'm...