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

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

Burgum, 68, was confirmed late Thursday night in a 79-18 vote with the majority of Senate Democrats voting in favor. The vote came one day after Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee ...

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

The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the North Dakota billionaire to spearhead the Republican administration’s ambitions to boost fo ...

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

In a story published Jan. 28, 2025, about billionaires who are advisers to President Donald Trump, The Associated Press ...

Trump was asked by reporters if oil would be included in his 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico that are set to begin on Saturday. The president indicated that tariffs on oil are still on the table and ...

Good afternoon and happy Friday readers. We’ve made it to the end of another week and the first month of the year! With the Trump administration’s border tariffs on Canada and Mexico set to go into ...

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.