The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as Interior secretary after President Trump tapped the North Dakota billionaire to help boost fossil fuel production.

Doug Burgum will be the point person for public land management and President Trump’s “drill, baby, drill" agenda to expand oil and gas development.

(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Doug Burgum, the former governor of North Dakota, as President Donald Trump's interior secretary. The vote was 79 to 18. Burgum, 68, will lead an agency that guides the use of 500 million acres (202 million hectares) of federal and tribal land, a fifth of the nation's surface area.

Duffy, who was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday, quickly emerged as a public face of the federal government’s response to the deadly plane crash at

Sean Duffy, the new transportation secretary, is facing his first major crisis just hours after his swearing-in

Sean Duffy was sworn in as Transportation Secretary on Tuesday and is now grappling with the fallout of the deadliest aviation disaster in the U.S. in 23 years. Duffy was most recently the co-host of “The Bottom Line” on Fox Business,

Howard Lutnick said tariffs are essential for supporting U.S.-based manufacturing and won't trigger inflation while undergoing a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Commerce Secretary, said he plans to sell all his assets and business interest if confirmed.