The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the North Dakota billionaire to spearhead the Republican administration's ambitions to boost fossil fuel production.

The memorandum was approved unanimously by the council. “The reason why they’re looking to North Dakota and Grand ... Council’s concerns on the national security implications of this project ...

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

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 endorsed Trump in 2023. Trump has directed Burgum to tap into fossil fuel resources in the US, including from public lands.

The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the North Dakota billionaire to spearhead the Republica

North Dakota lawmakers want to ban red flag laws, a tool that advocates of extreme risk protection orders say could help prevent tragedies.

Immediately after Doug Burgum's bipartisan confirmation for Interior Secretary, North Dakota's political leaders praised the vote, calling him the "right leader at the right time."

Lignite Energy Council President Jason Bohrer said this is an opportunity to tap into the state's under-utilized resources while creating hundreds of jobs.

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday by a 59-34 vote, putting the former South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national ...

Also, new executives have joined Comic Relief U.S., Consumer Reports, the JCC Association of North America, the Marshall Project, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

The bill called for guardsmen to be barred from being in active combat zones unless Congress declares an act of war, which