Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks as his wife Kathryn and President Donald Trump listen, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) ...

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is set to appear before the Senate on Thursday morning to be confirmed as secretary for the Department of Interior.

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 ...

Doug Burgum played on his company basketball team, dressed up like an elf at the holiday party and took his co-workers to round up cattle when he was a tech boss in the 1980s and 1990s.

Trump taps North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as both interior secretary and “energy czar” to oversee efforts to gut climate rules and expand fossil fuel production.

The unusual requests made of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s staff are raising concerns all the way to the White House.

Doug Burgum confirmed as Trump's Secretary of Interior In a vote Thursday, the Senate confirmed former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum as President Trump's Secretary of Interior.

(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Burgum is an ultra-wealthy software industry entrepreneur who grew up on his family’s farm in North Dakota.