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 ...

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

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

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 on Thursday, making the former North Dakota governor the nation's point person for public land management and President Donald Trump’s ...

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

Activists who have called for Leonard Peltier's release for nearly half a century welcomed him home Wednesday.

is an ultra-wealthy software industry entrepreneur who came from a small North Dakota farming community, where he worked at his family’s grain elevator. He served two terms as governor of the ...

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 ...

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 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 ...