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,

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured Alcatraz Island to assess its potential reopening as a federal prison at President Donald Trump's direction.

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.

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

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.

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.

The congressman is the latest lawmaker asking why the Dragon Bravo fire was not immediately extinguished when it was ignited by lightning on July 4.