Burgum grilled on environmental issues targeted by Trump during confirmation hearing: ‘Drill, baby, drill’
Former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, President-elect Trump's nominee for Secretary of the Interior, has set his environmental policy agenda in the Senate and its mandate to overturn many environmental rules and regulations enacted under the Biden administration. The question was asked whether it was consistent with the mission of . The Senate Energy and […]
Trump’s EPA pick, Lee Zeldin, recognizes climate change without declaring it an urgent crisis during confirmation hearing
Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin (R), who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appeared in the Senate. confirmation hearing Thursday morning. In his nomination announcement, President Trump highlighted Zeldin's “very strong legal background” and called him a “true warrior for America First.” “That's what the scientists say.” “President […]
Hirono ripped for ‘deranged’ opening confirmation hearing question to Burgum: ‘This lady has issues’
Democratic Sen. Maisie Hirono of Hawaii faced ridicule on social media Thursday over her opening question during Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum's confirmation hearing. ”As part of my responsibility to ensure the qualifications of candidates on my committee, I first ask these two questions,'' Hirono told Burkum on Thursday. Have you ever been subjected to […]
Bondi spars with Schiff at testy confirmation hearing: ‘You were censured’
pam bondiPresident-elect Trump's nominee for head of the Department of Justice, clashed Wednesday with Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), questioning Bondi about whether the California senator would prosecute Trump's political opponents. did. Schiff, a vocal critic of the president-elect, asked Bondy whether he would investigate former special counsel Jack Smith and former Rep. Liz Cheney. “I'm […]
JOE CONCHA: The 5 biggest losers after Team Trump’s confirmation hearings
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Bessent, Burgum headline Thursday's confirmation hearings
The Senate's confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump's controversial Cabinet nominations are back in full swing Thursday. The committee will hear from candidates seeking to lead the Treasury, Interior, Housing and Urban Development, and Environmental Protection Agency during President Trump's second term. They include Trump's main 2024 rival, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who was […]
Confirmation delays stack up for Trump nominees as paperwork lags in federal offices
Many of President-elect Trump's second-term Cabinet choices have had their scheduled confirmation hearings postponed, with Senate committees citing unresolved documents. Hearings for Doug Collins, the nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, and former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, the nominee to be Secretary of the Interior, were held Tuesday as part of an […]
Marco Rubio, Banned from China, Defends Tough Beijing Stance at Confirmation Hearing
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) addressed concerns about his long-standing vocal stance against atrocities committed by communist China during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday after being nominated to be secretary of state. Ta. President-elect Donald Trump selected Rubio became top diplomat shortly after winning the November election and described him as “a highly […]
Native tribe lifts banishment on Noem ahead of Senate confirmation hearing
A Native American tribe in South Dakota lifted its expulsion against Republican Gov. Kristi Noem in a letter Wednesday and expressed support for her nomination as secretary of Homeland Security, Fox News Digital has learned. Flandreau-Santee Sioux Tribe Chairman Tony Rider sent a letter to Noem on Wednesday informing him that the tribe's executive committee […]
Live coverage: Biden's farewell speech comes on heels of raucous confirmation hearings
President Biden is scheduled to deliver a prime-time farewell speech from the Oval Office on Wednesday in the final days of his presidency. This will be one of Biden's final speeches at the end of his term, and was preceded by Biden's announcement from the White House that a cease-fire agreement had been reached between […]