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

Secretary Burgum’s swearing-in marks the beginning of a different chapter for the Department of the Interior. He succeeds Deb ...

The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Doug Burgum, the former governor of North Dakota, as President Donald Trump's interior secretary. The vote was 79 to 18. Burgum, 68, will lead an agency that ...

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

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, once on the short list of potential Republican Presidential running mates, has officially found his niche in the Trump administration with his confirmation as ...

The North Dakota governor will oversee agencies that administer policy on Native American affairs, national parks and energy leases.

Donald Trump mocked pop star Taylor Swift after the singer was booed Sunday at the Super Bowl during the Kansas City Chiefs ...

President Donald Trump tapped Burgum, a billionaire software industry entrepreneur, to spearhead the administration’s ...

Editor's note: This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota Monitor. During Doug Burgum’s two terms as North Dakota governor ...

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was confirmed by the Senate Thursday to lead President Trump’s Department of the Interior. Burgum, 68, received bipartisan support from senators, who voted ...

During Doug Burgum’s two terms as North Dakota governor, the state repeatedly sued the U.S. Department of the Interior, attempting to rip up rules that govern federal lands in his state and ...