The Senate voted 79 to 18 to confirm Mr. Burgum, a former governor of North Dakota, as the next interior secretary.

Burgum succeeds Deb Haaland, who cut back on oil and gas sales and prioritized solar and wind projects on federal lands.

The Senate has confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as the next Secretary of Interior in a bipartisan vote, further ...

The Senate confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Interior secretary Thursday in a 79-18 vote, with the majority ...

Photo: Alamy The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially has a new administrator after the Senate confirmed former ...

The Senate voted Wednesday evening to close debate on Doug Burgum to lead the Interior Department. The former North Dakota ...

Zeldin cleared the Environment and Public Works Committee last week by a vote of 11-8. Just one Democrat — moderate Sen. Mark ...

President Donald Trump's second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans ...

President Trump’s picks to lead the nation’s energy and environment-focused agencies all sailed through committee votes on Thursday morning. The Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources ...

President Donald Trump notched two victories on Thursday as he pushed to get his top officials in place. He also faced new ...

Burgum told senators he will vigorously pursue Trump’s goal of maximizing energy production from US public lands and waters, ...

Doug Burgum, Brooke L. Rollins, Marco Rubio and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; second row from left, Scott Turner, Tulsi Gabbard, ...