MAR-A-LAGO — President-elect Donald Trump heaped praise Thursday night on several members of his Cabinet-in-waiting during a gala here supporting his transition to the White House, while many of those choices were already embroiled in controversy in Washington.
And he made one new move: picking Doug Burgum, the governor of North Dakota and a former presidential candidate, to head the Interior Department, which manages U.S. lands and natural resources.