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Interior Department Responds to Burgum's Roosevelt Hall of Fame Proposal

4/22/2026

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The U.S. Department of the Interior responded to Secretary Doug Burgum's proposal to induct Theodore Roosevelt, former U.S. president, into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, citing Roosevelt's 1900s football reforms.
At a Bank of America reception, Burgum tied the announcement to the NFL draft.
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued executive orders regulating college sports, an order banning transgender women from competing in women's sports and redefining Title IX.

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The U.S. Department of the Interior responded to Secretary Doug Burgum's proposal to induct Theodore Roosevelt, former U.S. president, into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, citing Roosevelt's 1900s football reforms.
At a Bank of America reception, Burgum tied the announcement to the NFL draft.
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued executive orders regulating college sports, an order banning transgender women from competing in women's sports and redefining Title IX.