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

The Senate has confirmed billionaire Doug Burgum as interior secretary. Lawmakers on Thursday voted 79-18 in favor of Burgum.

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The South Dakota governor will oversee a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and a clampdown on illegal ...

Democrats will have to cohere around a unified strategy if they want to have any chance at blocking Trump’s worst picks.

Day Four of the Trump administration opens in Washington, D.C. with a raft of Senate hearings including Trump's picks for the Departments of Energy and Interior as well as the EPA and VA. Also on the ...

Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States on Monday 20 January 2025. The ceremony took place ...

By Jennifer Shutt and Shauneen Miranda States Newsroom Donald Trump took the presidential oath of office for the second time Monday during an inauguration ceremony inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda. The ...

Donald Trump has repeatedly messed up JD Vance's name publicly, which isn't the greatest start to their work together as ...