During his confirmation hearing last week before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Burgum portrayed the Interior Department as key to geopolitical power struggles.

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Senate committee has overwhelmingly put its support behind former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum in his bid for Interior secretary.

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's nomination to lead a presidential Cabinet agency was advanced by a U.S. Senate committee on Thursday.

Doug Burgum this week signed an ethics agreement divesting from oil and gas interests as he seeks to be confirmed as Interior secretary. As North Dakota governor, however, Burgum did not take similar steps to avoid a conflict of interest even though he chaired two state boards that regulate the industry.

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Interior Department, testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday ...

President Trump signed five wide-ranging executive orders that radically change United States energy and climate policy.

By pardoning the January 6 rioters on his first day in office, Trump signaled to a bunch of his supporters, which included white supremacists and violent criminals, that they're safe for the next four years.

New US President’s administration begins work after inauguration while cabinet nominees require Senate confirmation

Trump’s executive order bomb, followed by Congressional action to limit funds from the IRA and IIJA, promises to gut, or profoundly reshape, the US green energy movement. January 2025 may begin a long decline for green energy and a return to sensible energy policy.

Silicon Valley loudly criticized President Donald Trump when he quit the climate accord in his first term. This time? Crickets.

Silicon Valley loudly criticized President Donald Trump when he quit the climate accord in his first term. This time? Crickets.