Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on nomination of Doug Burgum to be secretary of the interior.

WASHINGTON — Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has cleared a vital step in his bid to become Interior secretary.

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Still, a New York Times piece on Burgum's finances deserves to be singled out for some derision. It's an exercise in what I call "destination journalism." Which is to say, the sort of journalism that begins with a place the reporter wants to get to — in this case,

If confirmed as secretary of the interior, Doug Burgum would become a key player in implementing one of the Trump administration's overarching goals: "Drill, baby, drill." The Department of the Interior manages roughly one-fifth of the lands and waters of ...

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), President-elect Trump’s nominee for Interior secretary, sat for a largely cordial hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on ...

She served as Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019. Doug Burgum for interior secretary at 10 a.m. Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will face the Senate Energy and Natural Resources ...

Doug Burgum, former North Dakota governor and businessman is President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Interior. The confirmation... We're following the confirmation hearings for the ...

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum described Trump’s aspiration to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” as a way to counter demand for fossil fuels from autocratic nations — Russia ...

President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team named outgoing North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the agency that manages the nation’s natural and cultural resources.

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for interior secretary told a Senate panel Thursday that the U.S. can leverage development of fossil fuels and other energy sources to promote world peace and lower costs and voiced concerns about the reliability of ...