A senior White House official said Friday that President Trump’s request to reopen Alcatraz at a reported $2 billion price tag seems “excessive.” The figure “sounds excessive, but ultimately it’s up to the president to decide,

Wynn Radford, who served as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s chief of staff earlier this year, has joined EPA as chief of staff in that agency’s Dallas-based regional office. Radford started as the EPA Region 6 chief of staff in April, according to his LinkedIn profile and EPA’s website.

A spokesperson dismissed the idea previously touted by the president, following a visit to the island by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday

From crypto coins to bibles, overseas development deals to an upcoming line of cellphones, Trump family businesses have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars since his election.

The renewable industry accused the Interior Department of obstructing wind and solar projects for political reasons.

As of Monday, the Dragon Bravo fire on the North Rim had consumed more than 5,700 acres and was not contained, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

Asian countries are offering to buy more U.S. liquefied natural gas to ease trade tensions with the Trump administration.

CNBC's Brian Sullivan talks with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum about the U.S. energy supply, permitting and artificial intelligence demands during the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh.