Former North Dakota governor Doug Burgum opened his senate hearing yesterday with a statement about energy production in the United States.

The former North Dakota governor told senators at his confirmation hearing that he saw limits on energy production as a national security threat.

Doug Burgum, former North Dakota governor and businessman is President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Interior. The confirmation hearing is scheduled for Thurs., Jan 16, 2025.

Kristi Noem, the firebrand South Dakota governor is set to go before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs for her confirmation hearing to be the Secretary of Homeland Security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer, is a former Congresswoman from South Dakota who ran for Governor in 2018.

According to the agreement, Burgum agreed to divest his interests in Microsoft, Apple, Google’s parent company Alphabet, ONEOK, and Xcel Energy, among others.

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Thursday got a step closer to securing his spot as secretary of the Department of the Interior.

Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on nomination of Doug Burgum to be secretary of the interior.

Former Gov. Doug Burgum will divest interests in multiple companies as he is set to lead the Interior Department, but retain some other interests, per an ethics agreement.

At a confirmation hearing, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said Trump's energy vision "can be America's big stick."

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's hard stance that the United States, already the world's leading producer of oil, must produce even more drew harsh criticisms Thursday from conservation groups concerned about how the nominee for Interior secretary under the Trump administration would manage public land,

Now, for his next act, the former North Dakota governor ... interior secretary and “energy czar,” a key figure in enacting the president-elect’s “drill, baby, drill” energy agenda. Burgum, who will oversee how much oil, gas and coal the United ...

Former President Donald Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to head the Interior Department. Some things to know about the two-term Republican governor of a sparsely populated state: Burgum, 68, grew up in tiny Arthur, North Dakota. Arthur's population is 328.