Doug Burgum, former North Dakota governor and businessman is President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Interior. The confirmation hearing is scheduled for Thurs., Jan 16, 2025.

Mac Schneider called his tenure “the professional privilege of a lifetime,” while colleagues praised his humble and approachable leadership style.

A plan was finalized Tuesday that puts most federally owned coal in North Dakota out of development potential by 2040. Will President-elect Donald Trump undo that?

The order comes as the nation mourns the loss of former President Jimmy Carter, which prompted flags to be flown at half-staff for 30 days after his death.

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.

Wealthy hedge fund executive Scott Bessent – whose confirmation hearing for treasury secretary is slated for Thursday – has hundreds of millions of dollars in assets and owns property from North Dakota to the Bahamas.

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is due before a Senate committee as lawmakers consider the Republican's nomination to be chief steward of U.S. public lands.

President-elect Donald Trump has proposed trillions of dollars of tax cuts. In some states, governors and lawmakers are seeking to cut millions more.

Marches are planned in several cities ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, January 20. ERA NOW, North Dakota Human Rights Coalition, and Planned Parenthood NCS are joining forces to host People’s March: Day of Action.

Now, for his next act, the former North Dakota governor is set to become Donald Trump’s interior secretary and “energy czar,” a key figure in enacting the president-elect’s “drill, ...

Although the U.S. flag is at half-staff to mark the death of President Jimmy Carter, 8 Republican-led states will raise flags for Trump's inauguration

Doug Burgum, incoming President Donald Trump’s pick for Interior Secretary, told Senators Thursday that the nation's federal lands are “America’s balance sheet.” The North Dakota governor, who comes from a business background, said the lands are national assets like those of any private enterprise.