Senate Confirms Trump Nominee Doug Burgum As Interior Secretary
The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior late Thursday, solidifying President Donald Trump’s push to expand domestic fossil fuel production under his administration. The vote was 79-18, with more than half of Senate Democrats joining all 53 Republicans in supporting Burgum, the Associated Press reported.
Doug Burgum confirmed as interior secretary
Doug Burgum, a billionaire software industry entrepreneur, was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s new interior secretary on Thursday. Burgum abandoned his presidential campaign and quickly endorsed Trump in 2023. Trump has directed Burgum to tap into fossil fuel resources in the US, including from public lands.
Trump dismissed two of the three Democrats on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, JOCELYN SAMUELS and CHARLOTTE BURROWS, and removed the EEOC’s general counsel, KARLA GILBRIDE, who oversaw ...
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Interior secretary nominee Doug Burgum's confirmation hearing: What to know, how to watchDoug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be ... Trump then made the nomination official the next day, ...
A handful of senior F.B.I. employees have been told to resign within days or be fired, according to people familiar with the discussions. The step came as Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to lead ...
President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.
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