Trump team digs in, finds millions of wasted dollars at EPA, HUD with DOGE help
Lee Zeldin, new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said it has cancelled a $50 million environmental justice grant to an organization that appears to “climate Justice will go through free Palestine.” Zeldin, sworn as EPA administrator at the end of January, was a guest on “A Story with Martha McCallum” on Thursday, where […]
HUD Secretary Scott Turner Revokes Obama-Era Housing Rule On ‘Gender Identity’ Financial Protections
Donald Trump's candidate for the US presidential election is a secretary of housing and urban development, and Eric Scott Turner is the Senate bank at the Darksen Senate office building held on January 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. , arrives to testify at a confirmation hearing on housing and urban issues. Former NFL player Turner […]
HUD directs agency to prohibit trans males from federally funded women-only shelters
On his first day in office, Scott Turner took a bold move as secretary for the Housing and Urban Development Agency (HUD). He directed agency staff to suspend all pending and future enforcement actions related to Obama-era equal access rules. Turner said the move is part of President Donald Trump's agenda to “restore biological truths […]
Trump’s HUD Secretary to ‘Halt’ Transgenders in Women’s Shelters
WASHINGTON, DC – Newly born Housing and Urban Development Secretary (HUD) Scott Turner has removed “a distant left agenda item” on his first day in the Trump administration and is said to be a “good tax steward”. He announced his commitment. Turner, who was it? Confirmed He told reporters on Wednesday that he was repealing […]
Senate Confirms Scott Turner at HUD, Trump’s Twelfth Confirmed Nominee
The Senate confirmed Scott Turner as a Housing Urban Development Secretary (HUD) on Wednesday by bonus. Former NFL athletes in Texas and Turner, a member of the Diet, are the 12th candidate of President Donald Trump to confirm the Senate. He will be the 19th secretary of HUD founded between Lindon Johnson's presidential position. Turner […]
Trump’s former NFL player HUD secretary pick clears procedural vote
Former NFL player and member of the Texas Council, Scot Turner, proceeded in the Senate on Tuesday nights, exceeding the hurdles of important procedures, and final confirmation to lead the Housing City Development Department (HUD) in the second half of this week. I got a vote. The nomination was 55-45 margins cleared the procedure, and […]
Senate Banking Committee Rolls Trump HUD Nominee Scott Turner Out of Committee
The Senate Banking Committee has officially removed Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) nominee Scott Turner from the committee. Prepare him for confirmation by the full Senate. The committee endorsed President Donald Trump's nominee in a 13-11 panel vote. “President Trump promised the American people that he would usher in a new golden age […]
Trump’s HUD nominee wants to help Americans escape government assistance
Scott Turner, a former NFL player turned Texas state lawmaker, said Thursday during his confirmation hearing to become the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that his goal is to help people escape government assistance and become more self-sufficient. He said that his goal is to support them. Testifying before the Senate Banking, […]
HUD Is ‘Failing at Its Most Basic Mission’
President-elect Donald Trump's HUD nominee Scott Turner said in his opening statement at Thursday's hearing that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is “failing its most basic mission.” “While I sit before you today as a candidate to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, members, deep down, this opportunity is very […]
Record Homeless Count from HUD ‘Widely Considered an Undercount’
On NPR's Friday broadcast of “All Things Considered,” NPR national correspondent Jennifer Ludden said the Department of Housing and Urban Development's report that found record numbers of homeless people was “widely considered to be an undercount.” “There is,” he said. And, according to HUD officials, the biggest factor behind the record numbers is “the soaring […]