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Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum testified before the committee in his confirmation hearing on Thursday, Jan 16.
Charges against a former North Dakota man who was at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6., 2021, riot have been dismissed. Damian Johnston agreed to plead guilty last year to two misdemeanor counts ...
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum described Trump ... testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.
“I just can’t agree,” Senator Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, told reporters on Capitol Hill early Tuesday ... Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, said, calling ...
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Interior, speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources ...
Treasury Secretary pick Scott Bessent, Lee Zeldin, the president-elect's choice to run the Environmental Protection Agency, and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum who'll run the Interior Department took questions on Capitol Hill as they look to secure their spots in the incoming administration.
Kristi Noem, South Dakota's firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer and a former representative from South Dakota, is being questioned before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Many prominent Republicans, including Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Vice President JD Vance and Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi, had suggested that Trump would review the cases individually. But, as he had long promised, Trump’s actions were much more sweeping.
The North Dakota House voted Wednesday to pass a resolution looking to raise the threshold for constitutional amendments from more than 50% to more than 60%.
The chamber moved to increase the voter approval required to change the state constitution from a simple majority to 60%. Voters would need to approve the change in the 2026 general election.
The North Dakota House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday seeking to increase the percentage of votes required to approve ballot measures that seek to alter the state's constitution.