When Congress created the Interior Department, the young United States was in the process of nearly doubling its size after the U.S.-Mexican War. Gold had just been discovered in California ...

The United States Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum, has announced the first oil leases in the newly renamed Gulf of America. Burgum made the disclosure in a statement on Friday during an ...

The Interior Department created in 1849 as the United States was rapidly expanding and acquiring territory. It became known as “the department of everything else” for its enormous portfolio of ...

After announcing the return of fireworks to the historic monument, Governor Larry Rhoden and Secretary Burgum have moved ...

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told a coalition of Western governors on Monday that their states are critical for ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Monday the West must spearhead solutions to the “existential threat” ...

Assistant secretary positions at Interior are appointed slots that require Senate confirmation. President Donald Trump ...

Hundreds of comments being sent to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum from national park visitors urge him to protect the parks ...

President Trump ordered the Department of the Interior to look at raising revenue at national parks by increasing entry fees ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, left, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright outside the West Wing in March. ... which oversees more than 500 million acres of land across the United States. ...