Interior Secretary Burgum testifies on FY2027 budget with $2.3 billion department-wide cut

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the Trump administration's FY2027 budget request for Interior, totaling $15.9 billion - a $2.3 billion reduction (13 percent) from FY2026 enacted levels. Testifying before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Burgum detailed steep cuts across nearly every Interior bureau, including a 26 percent reduction in National Park Service operations and a 37 percent cut to the USGS. (Senate, Apr. 29, 2026)