Following lawmakers' approval Saturday, officials tapped two-term South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to be America's new Secretary of Homeland Security. Noem, 53, earned the needed number of votes ...

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday by a 59-34 vote, putting the former South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national ...

The South Dakota governor was confirmed 59-34 in the Senate. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, the firebrand who gained a national spotlight during the coronavirus pandemic, was confirmed by the ...

WASHINGTON − South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will be the new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, the fourth of President Donald Trump's nominees to now be confirmed. Noem earned the ...

Jan. 28—President Donald Trump is freezing federal grants and loans. That's among the moves we're tracking by the new Republican president on Tuesday. Meanwhile, there was significant Democratic ...

The Senate struck a deal to hold a vote Saturday morning on Kristi Noem’s nomination to be the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The Senate is expected to vote Saturday at 11:30 ...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary-designate Kristi Noem inched closer to Senate confirmation Friday after lawmakers voted to end debate on her nomination with eight Democrats signaling ...