Appointments

Politics August 9

Biden's controversial EPA nominee expected to face Senate questions on civil rights, reparations comments

President Biden’s controversial nominee to hold a leadership position at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to face tough questions on his past comments about civil rights laws and support for reparations during his confirmation hearing.

Politics August 5

Top WH adviser Anita Dunn dodging public ethics disclosure

One of President Biden's top advisers has been able to skirt publicly disclosing her personal finances and business interests, unlike other presidential appointees, due to an ethics loophole.

Politics August 5

Multiple Utah counties oppose Biden BLM pick Stone-Manning over eco-terrorism ties

Eight counties in the Beehive State as well as the Utah State Association of County Commissions and Councils (USACCC) passed resolutions against Stone-Manning’s nomination to lead the agency that oversees millions of acres of federal land.

Politics August 3

White House silent on if admin agrees with nominee that Omar's dual loyalty comments were anti-Semitic

In 2019, President Biden’s pick to be his administration’s envoy against anti-Semitism Deborah Lipstadt said she believed Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments from that year about U.S. lawmakers having an “allegiance to a foreign country” referred to Israel and were anti-Semitic.

Joe Biden August 2

Biden nominee linked to tree-spiking plot unanimously opposed by American Loggers Council

The ALC sent a memo to the Senate obtained by Fox News noting they “do not generally weigh in on the nominees or the confirmation process” but that Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination to lead the BLM was a different case.

Politics July 30

GOP senators demand second hearing for embattled ATF nom Chipman over racist comments

Every GOP senator on the Senate Judiciary Committee has demanded a second hearing for President Biden’s embattled nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over alleged past racist comments.

Politics July 29

Biden BLM nominee called to 'wage war on overpopulation'

Tracy Stone-Manning, the president’s nominee for BLM director, wrote an essay published by the High Country News in February 1991 on how to preserve the grizzly bear population in the US.

Joe Biden July 27

Every Dem senator votes to advance eco-terrorist-linked nominee who endorsed population control

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., ordered the vote to discharge Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination for BLM director from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that it was frozen in after a tied vote.

Republicans July 27

Barrasso grills Haaland on Biden's BLM nominee, tree-spiking during hearing

Barrasso pursued his line of questioning during a Tuesday committee hearing on the president’s Department of Interior budget request.

Joe Biden July 26

Another Obama official raises concerns about Biden nominee linked to eco-terrorism

Steve Ellis, who was deputy director of BLM under former President Obama, expressed his concern of what the confirmation of Biden’s nominee to lead the agency, Tracy Stone-Manning, could do to the agency and the U.S. Forest Service.