1 day ago · 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 vote was 79-18. More than half of Senate Democrats joined all 53 Republicans in voting for Burgum. Burgum, 68, is an ultra-wealthy software industry entrepreneur who ...

1 day ago · In addition to leading the Interior Department, Mr. Burgum is also to run a White House council charged with encouraging more oil and gas development. ... He also insisted that the United States ...

The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natural resources, leading such agencies as the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Geological ...

1 day ago · The Interior secretary also oversees the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management and other subagencies.

Jan 16, 2025 · The Department of the Interior manages roughly one-fifth of the lands and waters of the United States, giving Burgum — the former governor of an oil-rich state — significant leverage to ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Douglas Burgum, of North Dakota, to be Secretary of the Interior. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, of Oregon, to be Secretary of Labor. Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Jan 19, 2025 · 4 of 11 | . Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland right wrist is adorned with various turquoise bracelets as she waits to address reporters about visiting several communities and sites in Mississippi to honor individuals and events that advanced the Civil Rights Movement, while standing outside the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022.

The Office of the Secretary includes the Immediate Office of the Secretary, certain secretarial officers, designated staff immediately serving those officials and offices which serve department-wide functions or perform program functions directly on behalf of the Secretary.

The U.S. Department of the Interior protects America's natural resources and heritage, honors our cultures and tribal communities, and supplies the energy to power our future.

After running for New Mexico Lieutenant Governor in 2014, Secretary Haaland became the first Native American woman to be elected to lead a State Party. She is one of the first Native American women to serve in Congress.