Former North Dakota governor Doug Burgum was confirmed as the Interior Secretary by the Senate late Thursday with ...

Trump Cabinet nominees -- including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel -- were questioned by senators during confirmation hearings on Thursday while another -- Secretary of the ...

Here's a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. The House was in recess this week. Both it and the Senate are scheduled for legislative activity next week. There were no ...

During Doug Burgum’s two terms as North Dakota governor, the state repeatedly sued the U.S. Department of the Interior, ...

Here is how New York’s senators voted on select issues during the legislative week ending Jan. 31, as reported by Targeted ...

The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Department of Interior. During his ...

In a story published Jan. 30, 2025, about Doug Burgum's confirmation as interior secretary, The Associated Press erroneously ...

Burgum's administration eagerly assisted the oil industry even as the governor was profiting from the lease of family land to ...

Over two terms as governor of North Dakota, politics didn’t come naturally to Doug Burgum. Now the former tech executive is ...

The Senate voted 79 to 18 to confirm Mr. Burgum, a former governor of North Dakota, as the next interior secretary.

Former South Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will be the point person for public land management and President Trump’s “drill, baby, ...