Senate confirms Doug Burgum as interior secretary after Trump tasked him to boost drilling
The Senate has confirmed billionaire Doug Burgum as interior secretary. Lawmakers on Thursday voted 79-18 in favor of Burgum.
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Trump’s ‘Friday Night Massacre’ Probably Legal, Says Law Prof — But His Power to Replace Fired IGs Is Limited
One Harvard Law School professor was skeptical that the removal of the inspectors general was not legally allowed -- but he did point to other provisions of the Inspector General Act that would ...
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Johns Hopkins hosts wide-ranging debate on Supreme Court's future
Term limits, court expansion, and ethics were addressed as possible SCOTUS reforms during the inaugural event with Open to ...
Trump sets about his retribution agenda with relish
Republicans who control both chambers of Congress have shown little appetite for checking Trump’s power, having declined to ...
Trump should rethink revoking former officials’ security details, Tom Cotton says
A top Republican Senate ally says that President Donald Trump should rethink his decision to remove security details from ...
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North Dakota sued Interior at least 5 times under Burgum. Now he’s set to run the agency
Lawsuits filed by North Dakota give some insight into former Gov. Doug Burgum's worldview as he prepares to take over ...
North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum
The cases shed light on how Burgum, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the interior, might lead the ...
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Utah public land grab fails at SCOTUS
By Kennedy Maize The state of Utah’s odd-ball, long-shot attempt to wrest control of federal land from the U.S. Interior Department has crashed and burned at the U.S. Supreme Court. The Beehive State ...