Confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet picks are in full swing again Thursday as the Senate works to screen his controversial nominees.  Committees will hear from the contenders

President-elect Donald Trump has the chance “to unleash a new economic golden age” in America, but must first extend tax breaks and rein in rampant government spending and overregulation, his Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent said Thursday.

Four of President-elect Trump's cabinet nominees, including Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary, Doug Burgum for Interior Secretary, Lee Zeldin for EPA, and Scott Turner for HUD, will face Senate confirmation hearings on Thursday.

The former North Dakota governor told senators at his confirmation hearing that he saw limits on energy production as a national security threat.

Senators quizzed Trump's Interior secretary nominee, proposed EPA administrator and Treasury secretary nominee.

Republicans focused on how Turner can support deregulation to spur development and increase the nation’s housing stock. The first Black person selected to be a member of Trump’s second term cabinet was also asked about Obama- and Biden-era initiatives to curb housing discrimination.

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), tapped by President-elect Trump to lead the Interior Department, will testify Thursday morning before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in

Hawaii, questioned Doug Burgum about the use of fossil fuels contributing to climate change and the potential to "exacerbate" conflicts around the world during his confirmation hearing.

Thursday’s trio of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees put the focus squarely on Trump’s domestic and economic agenda, which will dominate the debates on Capitol Hill this year.

Thursday marks another busy day of hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees as his inauguration approaches. The day will feature Lee Zeldin, the nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);

Senate hearings are underway for President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet. Many nominees have been meeting with senators individually. Now, they're going before the committees overseeing the agencies that Trump wants them to run.