Kristi Noem as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Six Democrats joined all Republican senators in

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 from ...

The South Dakota governor will oversee a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and a clampdown on illegal immigration.

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 ...

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 ...

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order to instruct the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a 30,000-person migrant facility at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

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A slate of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees have appeared before senators in recent days for key hearings on their road to confirmation. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was the first to be confirmed,

Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary ... dropped his long-shot independent presidential bid before backing Trump. Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee for Commerce secretary, will appear ...