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Former Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the the Interior Department as Secretary of the Interior, testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Senate confirms Doug Burgum as interior secretary after Trump tasked him to boost drilling

January 30, 2025 at 6:15 p.m.

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.

FILE – AES Indiana Petersburg Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Petersburg, Ind., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

Donald Trump pumps coal as answer to AI power needs but any boost could be short-lived

January 24, 2025 at 7:43 p.m.

Donald Trump this week suggested coal can help meet surging electricity demand from manufacturing and the massive data centers needed for artificial intelligence.

FILE – Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump listens as North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks at a caucus night rally in Las Vegas, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Donald Trump gave Interior nominee one directive for a half-billion acres of US land: ‘Drill.’

November 22, 2024 at 6:01 p.m.

Donald Trump assigned Doug Burgum a singular mission in nominating the governor of oil-rich North Dakota to lead an agency that oversees a half-billion acres of federal land and vast...

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives for a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump heads to Montana rally after plane was diverted but landed safely

August 9, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

Donald Trump’s plane was diverted on its way to Bozeman, Montana, due to a mechanical issue but landed safely in nearby Billings, according to a staff member at the Billings...

Wildlife technician Jordan Hazan records data in a lab from a male barred owl he shot earlier in the night, Oct. 24, 2018, in Corvallis, Ore. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

To save spotted owls, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species

July 3, 2024 at 2:16 p.m.

To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a...

Diego Maradona holds up his team's trophy after Argentina's 3-2 victory over West Germany at the World Cup final soccer match at Atzeca Stadium in Mexico City on June 29, 1986.

Commentary: What footballer Diego Maradona’s life, game say about Britain and Latin America

December 1, 2020 at 11:33 p.m.

The death of the greatest player in the history of the game of Association Football, Diego Armando Maradona, on Nov. 25 produced an outpouring of grief and nostalgia around the...

U.S. bucks trend amid increases for clean energy research

June 4, 2018 at 6:57 p.m.

Energy ministers from around the world gathered in Beijing this week to report increased spending to help counter climate change. Yet one prominent voice, that of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick...

A warning placard on a rail tank car carrying crude oil in North Dakota.

Fox Valley leaders give mixed response to new train safety rules

May 22, 2019 at 7:07 p.m.

Fox Valley leaders have mixed feelings about new safety rules announced Friday designed to reduce the chance of a catastrophic train crash and fire. Rail tank cars used to transport...

Football | Donegan, Marist pass right by Brother Rice

August 24, 2021 at 8:09 p.m.

Jack Donegan's first pass was a wobbly duck, tossed into double coverage. It also was the only bad throw he made Friday. Donegan threw for six first-half touchdown passes —...

Gun rights

August 21, 2021 at 1:12 p.m.

Regarding your recent editorial to raise the fees of firearm owner's identification cards, I couldn't disagree more. Instead of raising the fee, there should be no fee at all. Why...

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