South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) will cap off a packed week of confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem heads to Capitol Hill on Friday for her confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security-- a hearing where border security and plans to launch a ...

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD), President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, cruised through a confirmation hearing Friday on Capitol Hill, just three days ...

At her confirmation hearing, Noem said she would carry out Trump's plans for mass deportations, beginning with people who are in the country illegally and who have criminal convictions. On Friday ...

Republicans have a three-seat majority in the Senate, and nominees only need to reach a simple majority to be confirmed.

Noem faced questions from lawmakers about how she would handle domestic terrorism, but her remarks largely focused on ...

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) on Friday pledged that if confirmed to lead the Department of Homeland Security she would halt a border control program that the Biden administration has ...

The firebrand governor rose to prominence during COVID-19. Kristi Noem, South Dakota's firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of ...