The committee's ranking member, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., voted no on the nomination along with 8 others, but the final was 11-9 in favor.

Groups across Texas continue to push back against the Trump administration’s revocation of the Endangerment Finding, a 2009 ruling that determined six greenhouse gases were a threat to public health and welfare.

Birding for Every BODY is part of a growing national movement to help people with physical and other limitations experience birding and nature in general.

Officers in Austin shot and killed the gunman, who used both a pistol and a rifle to carry out the attack, police said. The FBI said the shooting was being investigated as a potential act of terrorism.