Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

WASHINGTON -- Former Long Island congressman Lee Zeldin denied that he will favor industry over the environment and declared he thinks climate change is real as he faced questions Thursday on his nomination to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

In his first few hours in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders, including one relating to offshore wind. The executive order puts a temporary halt on offshore wind lease sales in federal waters,

Trump's EPA administrator-nominee took at-times pointed questions from several liberal Democratic senators during his confirmation hearing Thursday.

Yoon Suk Yeol,South Korea's impeached president, plans to attend a court hearing on Saturday to fight a request by investigators to extend his detention on accusations of insurrection, his lawyer said.

Chris Wright, Doug Burgum and Lee Zeldin are expected to win confirmation to lead the U.S. Energy Dept., U.S. Interior Dept. and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, respectively.

Trio of Trump loyalists who conveyed strong fossil fuel advocacy are set for Senate confirmation to lead the U.S. Energy and Interior Depts and EPA—as sworn-in president unleashes flurry of orders to accelerate oil and gas projects,

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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 department likely to play a central role in President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to slash federal regulations and promote oil and gas development.

Donald Trump's pick to lead the Interior Department, Doug Burgum, said on Thursday he will vigorously pursue the

The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County is hosting a series of mayor and city council candidate forums in St. Charles, Geneva, and Batavia. The forums will feature candidates on the April 1

Proposal would include home buyer notifications about flood risk, limits on state funding for development in risk zones and other components.