Former South Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will be the point person for public land management and President Trump’s “drill, baby, drill" agenda.

State agencies, nonprofits and service providers spent much of Tuesday trying to understand the implications of the order, which was issued without warning and with limited guidance.

President Trump’s nominees for key positions have a history of pushing back against the work of the departments and agencies they’ve been chosen to lead.

In August 2024, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested that Trump's predecessor Joe Biden could be added to Mount Rushmore while citing his achievements during his time in office. The suggestion was widely mocked and criticized by MAGA figures.

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - On Tuesday, January 29, a bill was introduced by Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to add President Donald Trump’s face to Mount Rushmore.

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 boost fossil fuel production.

The North Dakota oil industry, state regulators and environmentalists are all preparing for policy changes under President Donald Trump.

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Emails obtained by The Associated Press reveal Doug Burgum as North Dakota governor catered to the whims of oil and gas executives while leveraging those connections to expand his political profile.

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 boost fossil fuel production.

President Donald Trump’s flirtation with taking Greenland is not a new American pastime. For more than a century, United States officials have been eager to gain access to the island’s vast deposits of oil, natural gas and critical minerals, write Corbin Hiar and Hannah Northey.