Noem and committee Republicans focused on the border while Democrats asked about foreign and home-grown terrorism during a cordial hearing.

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is expected to cruise through the process to confirmation after surviving a fairly quiet hearing that lasted less than three hours.

Friday’s hearing will be her first chance to lay out a vision for the sprawling department that will be central to Donald Trump’s plans for cracking down on illegal immigration ...

Noem believes states still need federal funds for disaster relief, but local officials should decide on how it's deployed.

President Trump's nominees for top posts in his administration are gearing up for their Senate confirmation hearings, which ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and ...

Noem echoed Trump's call for the agency to be dismantled and for disaster response to be left to individual states.

Callers are getting busy signals and voicemail inboxes are full at many U.S. Senate offices. People are trying to reach out ...

WASHINGTON − South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Department of Homeland Security, handily fielded questions from Senators about her ability to lead ...

It was a largely substantive hearing that examined topics from securing the border, to cybersecurity, to reforming the Secret Service. More:Report: Gov. Kristi Noem paid $140K on advance for memoir in ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem served in Congress during Trump’s first administration and sent the National Guard to the Texas-Mexico border.