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Trump Appoints Project 2025 Co-Author Dennis Kirk as IG

8/19/2026

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President Donald Trump appointed Dennis Kirk, a Project 2025 co-author, as Interior Department inspector general.
Kirk will oversee any investigation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool repairs.
Trump’s first-year purge removed at least 20 inspectors general and cut staff by up to 30 %.
House Natural Resources Committee member Jared Huffman warned that partisan IGs could become political tools for Trump.

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President Donald Trump appointed Dennis Kirk, a Project 2025 co-author, as Interior Department inspector general.
Kirk will oversee any investigation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool repairs.
Trump’s first-year purge removed at least 20 inspectors general and cut staff by up to 30 %.
House Natural Resources Committee member Jared Huffman warned that partisan IGs could become political tools for Trump.