Burgum was a staunch support of President-elect Donald Trump after the governor dropped out of the presidential race.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to head the Interior Department.

BISMARCK, N.D. -- Former President Donald Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to head the Interior Department.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will lead the Department of the Interior in the Trump administration, the president-elect announced.

Donald Trump says he’s nominating North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Department of the Interior. The ...

The North Dakota governor helped strengthened ties between the oil industry and President-elect Donald J. Trump ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he plans to select North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as his nominee to be ...

President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to be his secretary of Interior, he announced ...

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will be nominated for secretary of the Interior, President-elect Trump said during a gala at ...

Trump says he will nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead Department of the Interior.

President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Doug Burgum, a one-time rival for the Republican presidential nomination, to run the Interior Department, Trump said.