The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as Interior secretary on Thursday, making the former North Dakota governor the nation's point person for public land management and President Donald Trump’s ...

Doug Burgum, a billionaire software industry entrepreneur, was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s new interior secretary on Thursday. Burgum abandoned his presidential campaign and quickly ...

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is sworn in during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The Senate voted Jan. 30, ...

President Donald Trump’s brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the ...

The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the former North Dakota governor to spearhead the Republican administration's ambitions to ...

Doug Burgum. He secured confirmation with significant bipartisan support and a 79-18 vote. On Wednesday, senators voted by a 78–20 margin to close debate and move the nomination to a final vote.

Doug Burgum — for a final confirmation vote. Burgum appeared before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in mid-January, where he told lawmakers that national security issues and ...

The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the former North Dakota governor to spearhead the Republican administration's ambitions to ...

The vote was 79-18. More than half of Senate Democrats joined all 53 Republicans in voting for Burgum. Burgum, 68, is an ultra-wealthy software industry entrepreneur who came from a small North ...