Kevin Killough

In his opening statements, Zeldin said, if confirmed, that he'd foster collaboration and balance in his approach to carrying out the mission of the EPA.

While presented as an expansion of protections for Alaska Native traditions, native communities in the North Slope have long been critical of the Biden-Harris administration’s war on oil and gas in the region, which they say provide needed economic development.

“Any corporation or company using BlackRock to manage their pension plans is now effectively aware that BlackRock has acted with a dual motive in the past and is still publicly committed to doing the same moving forward...We highly recommend that your company strenuously review its relationship with BlackRock and whether continuing with them as a retirement plan manager is worth the colossal risks to your companies and yourselves,” the letter states.

The president of Panama denied China is in control of the canal, as Trump claimed during his inaugural speech.

The Senate must still confirm Noem in a floor vote at a later date.

The orders were part of a slew of orders Trump signed after being inaugurated, undoing those of his predecessor,

The order provides a definition of “woman” as being an adult human female, and “girls” as a juvenile human female.

“Federal policymakers must be able to rely on analysis conducted by the Intelligence Community ... free from politically motivated engineering to affect political outcomes in the United States,” the order states.

. Two suspects were in the car, and officials said that one of the suspects is dead.

, as Trump had been critical of the W.H.O. since 2020 over its approach to managing the covid pandemic. He had threatened to withhold funding from the organization, but when he lost the 2020 election, the plan was never put in motion.