Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday, seeking confirmation as the secretary of the interior.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order relating to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina at the White House on Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington.

Doug Burgum, Donald Trump's pick for Interior secretary, promised to boost domestic energy through oil and gas leasing on federal land.

President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team named outgoing North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the agency that manages the nation’s natural and cultural resources.

Former Gov. Doug Burgum will divest interests in multiple companies as he is set to lead the Interior Department, but retain some other interests, per an ethics agreement.

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's nomination to lead a presidential Cabinet agency was advanced by a U.S. Senate committee on Thursday.

Doug Burgum committed to keeping wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park and highlighted North Dakota examples of managing public lands and energy during his confirmation hearing to lead the Department of the Interior.

Doug Burgum described Trump’s aspiration to achieve U.S ... fish and wildlife conservation, the National Park system and has oversight responsibilities for more than 500 Native American and Alaska Native tribes. Trump’s first term featured bitter ...

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum previously told lawmakers that national security and the economy are his top priorities for leading the Interior Department.

Trump has embraced the ultra wealthy as well as tariffs and other policies that could stoke the inflation he criticized as a candidate.

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During Doug Burgum ... groups worry that Burgum’s ties to the oil industry influence his oversight of fossil fuels. Trump also picked Burgum to run the nascent National Energy Council, which ...