Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended his firing of more than 1,000 park rangers as an effort to shrink government to the “right size,” in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday.

The Senate on Thursday evening confirmed the nomination of Doug Burgum to lead the Interior Department with broad bipartisan support. Lawmakers voted 79-18 for the former North Dakota governor ...

Goblin Valley State Park is pictured in April 2016. Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, joined Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum this past weekend to finalize the transfer of nearly 100,000 acres of ...