Doug Burgum, Kristi Noem, and Sean Duffy—are among President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Their potential appointments could significantly influence Minnesota and neighboring states.

Hours after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy took aim at the main way the federal government regulates miles per gallon for cars and pickup trucks — also a principal way that it regulates air pollution and addresses climate change.

The Senate confirmed Sean Duffy as the next secretary of transportation, marking a return to public office for former Wisconsin congressman.

The former congressman will now lead agencies responsible for regulating vehicle safety and funding infrastructure projects.

Mr. Duffy, a former congressman who had appeared on track to sail through with little opposition, overcame a last-minute swell of Democratic anger over the White House’s sweeping funding freeze.

A passenger jet collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday evening, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

Several of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, including Health and Human Services secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are facing confirmation hearings today as the president continues to forge ahead with his agenda.

Laken Riley Act: President Trump signed his first bill into law, and it closely tracked his agenda on immigration. The bill directs the authorities to detain and deport immigrants who are accused — not yet convicted — of specific crimes if they are in the country illegally. Read more ›

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars and cause disruptions in health care research, education programs and other initiatives.

President Donald Trump said he’s signing an executive order to instruct the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a 30,000-person migrant facility at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

On Jan. 28, Sean Duffy was confirmed as the 20th secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) by a bipartisan vote of 77 to 22.