| The Senate easily confirmed Doug Burgum as secretary of the Interior Department Thursday, a job that positions him to act on President Donald Trump's energy strategy. The 79-18 vote makes the wealthy former North Dakota governor the official in charge of Trump's "drill, baby, drill" plans as Interior oversees energy production on public land and in federal waters. Burgum promised in his nomination hearing to open more areas up for production of oil, natural gas and coal and warned that too much emphasis had been placed on renewable energy projects during the Biden administration, a stance that worried some Democrats. Read the latest | 
