The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the North Dakota billionaire to spearhead the Republican administration’s ambitions to ...

Burgum has also established the Doug Burgum Family Fund, dedicated to supporting youth and education. Born in a small Cass County town, he graduated from North Dakota State University in 1978 with ...

Jan. 16, 2025 Under the partisan glare of Washington and faced with stricter federal ethics rules governing conflicts of interest, Burgum has pledged to sell his interest in his family’s lease ...

As governor, Burgum never disclosed that his family leased roughly 200 acres of farmland to Continental for well drilling, as previously reported by CNBC. When Burgum ran for president and faced ...