WASHINGTON — Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has cleared a vital step in his bid to become Interior secretary.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted 18-2 to recommend Former Governor Doug Burgum.

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is due before a Senate committee as lawmakers consider the Republican’s nomination to be chief steward of U.S. public lands.

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

Burgum made it clear he’s on board with President-elect Donald Trump’s pledges to spur domestic energy and gas production.

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum described Trump's aspiration to achieve U.S. "energy dominance" as a way to counter demand for fossil fuels from autocratic nations — Russia, Iran and ...

A slate of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees have appeared before senators in recent days for key hearings on their road to confirmation. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was the first to be confirmed, securing the secretary of State position with a unanimous vote on inauguration day.

“Big oil” ally Doug Burgum will be the new interior minister ... a Palestinian”, will serve as Mr Trump’s ambassador to Israel. The former Arkansas governor has long rejected the idea ...

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.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Interior secretary nominee Doug Burgum 18-2. Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii were the dissenters.

Lawsuits filed by North Dakota give some insight into former Gov. Doug Burgum's worldview as he prepares to take over Interior.

The future of the U.S.'s reckoning with abusive Indian boarding schools is unclear amid Interior Department leadership change.