The Senate voted Wednesday evening to close debate on Doug Burgum to lead the Interior Department. The former North Dakota governor is likely to be confirmed easily after the 78-20 cloture vote, with 25 Democrats voting in favor.

The Senate confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Interior secretary Thursday in a 79-18 vote, with the majority of Senate Democrats joining every Republican in the chamber.

Photo: Alamy The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially has a new administrator after the Senate confirmed former New York Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin on Wednesday afternoon. In a 56-42 vote,

President Donald Trump's second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans taking key roles in his Republican administration.

Burgum told senators he will vigorously pursue Trump’s goal of maximizing energy production from US public lands and waters, calling it key to national security. Zeldin, a former congressman from New York state and a staunch Trump ally, would take over ...

Doug Burgum, Brooke L. Rollins, Marco Rubio and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; second row from left, Scott Turner, Tulsi Gabbard, Sean Duffy, Linda McMahon, Lee Zeldin, Kristi Noem, Chris Wright, Doug Collins, Kelly Loeffler and Scott Bessent; and third row from ...

The Senate intensifies confirmation hearings for Trump’s Cabinet picks, with Scott Bessent, Doug Burgum, and Lee Zeldin defending their qualifications. Meanwhile, Pam Bondi faces further scrutiny in a second round of questioning.

The Senate voted 79 to 18 to confirm Mr. Burgum, a former governor of North Dakota, as the next interior secretary.

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Lee Zeldin, the Jewish Long Island Republican congressman, made the case for President Donald Trump by talking up his own service to his constituents and telling a harrowing ...

WATCH: Sen. Lummis asks Zeldin if he’d follow the science or the law as EPA chief Zeldin responded that his "first obligation" would be to follow the law. WATCH: Lee Zeldin testifies at Senate ...

Lee Zeldin said Americans deserve a clean environment “without suffocating the economy” during his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a ...