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Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far

Nov. 15, 2024 16:11 PM EST

President-elect Donald Trump is filling key posts in his second administration, and it's shaping up much differently than his first. He's prioritizing loyalists for top jobs. Trump was bruised and hampered by internal squabbles during his initial term in office. Now he appears...

Trump names Interior-designee Doug Burgum to head new White House council on energy

Nov. 15, 2024 16:09 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump's choice to head the Interior Department, will also lead a newly created National Energy Council that will seek to establish U.S. “energy dominance” around the world. ...

Regulators approve North Dakota section of planned 5-state Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline

Nov. 15, 2024 15:25 PM EST

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota utility regulators granted approval on Friday for a span of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would cross five Midwestern states — a key victory for the company that has faced vociferous landowner objections and various hurdles and setbacks in its plans....

What to know North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, tapped by Trump to run the Interior Department

Nov. 14, 2024 21:11 PM EST

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to head the Interior Department. Some things to know about the two-term Republican governor of a sparsely populated state: Burgum's background is in business Burgum, 67, grew...

Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary

Nov. 14, 2024 21:01 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees...

Trump says he will nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead Department of the Interior

Nov. 14, 2024 21:00 PM EST
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Trump says he will nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead Department of the Interior.

North Dakota's lone congressman, Republican Kelly Armstrong, to be state's next governor

Nov. 06, 2024 00:31 AM EST

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong won election as North Dakota’s next governor on Tuesday, continuing the GOP's three-decade grip on the highest job in the conservative state. The state’s lone U.S. congressman beat Democratic state Sen. Merrill Piepkorn...

AP Race Call: Republican Kelly Armstrong wins election for governor in North Dakota

Nov. 05, 2024 21:54 PM EST

U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong won North Dakota's race for governor on Tuesday. The third-term Republican congressman and attorney bested Democratic state Sen. Merrill Piepkorn to succeed two-term Gov. Doug Burgum, who didn't seek a third term. Armstrong continues Republicans' dominance in North Dakota, where the...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Nov. 01, 2024 19:45 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Election preview with ABC correspondents and contributors. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.; Gov. Doug Burgum, R-N.D. ___ CNN's “State of the Union” —...

As Democrats court Haley supporters, the former UN ambassador is still waiting to hear from Trump

Oct. 28, 2024 18:46 PM EDT

CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley received more Republican primary votes than anyone who challenged Donald Trump for this year's presidential nomination. She has said she's voting for him, and she released her delegates so they could support him at the Republican National Convention. ...