The former director of the state Water Resources Department who has Minot ties has been nominated for assistant secretary for Water and Science at the U.S. Department of Interior, according to Sen.

Decisions by House members to run for governor could have an impact on which party controls Congress after the 2026 midterm ...

As the Interior secretary, the former governor directed staff to change the body of water to the Gulf of America.

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 ...

Former North Dakota governor and millionaire software executive Doug Burgum will serve as Secretary of the Interior in the second Trump Administration. Burgum was easily confirmed by the U.S. Senate ...

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 ...

Over two terms as governor of North Dakota, politics didn’t come naturally to Doug Burgum. Now the former tech executive is back in a more familiar kind of job. BISMARCK, North Dakota — Doug ...

Burgum, a wealthy businessman, was elected North Dakota governor in 2016 and served through mid-December. He was succeeded by former U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong, a Republican who dropped a ...

In addition to running the Interior Department, Doug Burgum will also serve as energy czar and chair of a White House energy council.

Doug Burgum will be the point person for public land management and President Trump’s “drill, baby, drill" agenda to expand ...

The U.S. Senate voted 79-18 on Thursday, Jan. 30, to confirm the former North Dakota governor's appointment as Interior secretary. Trump is expected to sign Burgum's commission. "Doug’s ...

The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, former North Dakota ... Burgum served as governor of North Dakota from 2016 to 2024.