Scott Turner, former NFL football player, is set to appear before the Senate on Thursday morning to be confirmed as the next HUD secretary.
While reactions largely fall within partisan lines, both parties appear poised to work with new HUD leadership to tackle housing challenges.
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on nomination of Scott Turner to be HUD secretary.
There were sports analogies galore but few policy specifics during Scott Turner's confirmation hearing on Thursday to become housing secretary.
Scott Turner, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to serve as Housing and Urban Development secretary, testified during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on January 16, 2025.
A former Texas legislator and NFL player, Turner has been tasked with overhauling the country's affordable housing system.
Scott Turner, picked by president-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development ... throughout the hearing that the United States is in a housing crisis.
Hearing on the nomination of Scott Turner to be secretary of housing and urban development following his nomination by President-elect Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON — Senators pressed Department of Housing and Urban Development nominee Eric Scott Turner on how he would tackle housing affordability and homelessness during a Thursday confirmation hearing.
A slate of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees have appeared before senators in recent days for key hearings on their road to confirmation. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was the first to be confirmed,
A federal judge temporarily blocked the president's effort to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional" after multiple states tried to stop it in court. On Capitol Hill, though,