The Senate has confirmed billionaire Doug Burgum as interior secretary. Lawmakers on Thursday voted 79-18 in favor of Burgum.

Doug Burgum, a billionaire software industry entrepreneur, was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s new interior secretary ...

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

Doug Burgum was officially sworn in as Interior Secretary after receiving a largely bipartisan confirmation by Congress ...

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

The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will question Burgum in Washington, D.C., and the hearing can be watched live in the video below. Doug Burgum is a former software entrepreneur and ...

Trump dismissed two of the three Democrats on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, JOCELYN SAMUELS and CHARLOTTE BURROWS, and removed the EEOC’s general counsel, KARLA GILBRIDE, who oversaw ...

Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the the Interior Department as Secretary of the Interior, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis ...

Burgum, 68, grew up in tiny Arthur, North Dakota. Arthur's population is 328. He earned a bachelor's degree from North Dakota State University, and his master’s of business administration from ...

By Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to lead the Interior Department, said on Thursday he viewed America’s public lands and waters ...