All posts tagged "Doug Burgum"

The Trump administration has been accused of concealing evidence disproving, as they claim, that the Washington, D.C. Reflecting Pool was attacked by vandals, court records show.

The Cultural Landscape Foundation on Thursday filed an emergency motion against the Interior department to preserve evidence protected by a large fence while the Reflecting Pool is drained, Legal AF's Michael Popok reported Saturday.

"They just don't want to admit that they effed up the job because they didn't competitively bid it," Popok said of the Trump administration. "They didn't involve scientists."...

Experts and political commentators were stunned on Friday when a Trump official referred to a looming nuclear threat as "exciting times ahead."

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum spoke with CNBC about the Iran war and argued that Americans would ultimately be better off for it.

"President Trump truly has set up America for an age of abundance — what we're going to see coming out the backside of this — now with the threat of having a terrorist group having a nuclear weapon and their will to use it, their desire to use it, their stated desire to use that weapon, is again gonna be a game-changer for America and exciting times ahead," Burgum said....

Reactions were mounting after a top Trump official made astounding claims at a congressional hearing Wednesday, calling solar power the "cheapest form of energy," saying high gas prices were "exciting," and warning that broken fountains at the nation's capital could cause "serious injury."

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was answering questions from lawmakers about multiple projects tied to President Donald Trump's 2027 budget request before the House Natural Resources Committee in Washington, D.C.

Several leaders pressed Burgum to respond to questions about why the Trump administration had made certain moves. During a moment between the Trump cabinet member and Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO), Neguse questioned why a contractor was awarded a $13 million federal contract to restore the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool....

A Democratic lawmaker laughed at a Trump administration official during a congressional hearing on Wednesday after the cabinet member made a peculiar claim that soaring gas prices were "exciting."

Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) pressed Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to answer questions about the rising costs at the pump for Americans as Burgum testified about President Donald Trump's 2027 budget request before the House Natural Resources Committee in Washington, D.C.

"Mr. Secretary, while you're funneling billions into these vanity projects, gas is up by an average of $1.40 a gallon from last year," Huffman said. ...

Rupert Murdoch has some ideas for former President Donald Trump ahead of next week's Republican National Convention, and not the least of which is, according to a report, pick anyone except Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance for veep.

Murdoch has regularly called the MAGA leader of the free world and intensely lobbied for Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, sources told NOTUS on Friday.

Murdoch reportedly tried to sabotage Vance — going so far as to send New York Post workers to Mar-a-Lago to trash the Ohio senator and stump for Burgum....

Former President Donald Trump is down to a few finalists in his search for a vice presidential running mate for 2024. But once upon a time, most of these shortlisters opposed Trump — and weren't shy about it.

The Washington Post on Tuesday profiled just a few of the things said about him by his running mate contenders before he took office for his term.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), for instance, once said in an interview: “There is definitely an element of Donald Trump’s support that has its basis in racism or xenophobia."...