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 President Donald Trump's plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.

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 ...

Kristi Noem cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Friday, teeing up her final confirmation vote for early Sunday.

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 ...

The Senate voted on Saturday to confirm South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), making her the fourth of President Donald Trump’s nominees to win ...

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as Homeland Security ... The Senate will next vote Monday evening on Scott Bessent's confirmation as treasury secretary. Noem, a Trump ally who is in her second ...

WASHINGTON — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will be the new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, the third of President Donald Trump's nominees to be confirmed. Noem earned the requisite number of votes from senators Saturday, winning ...

The US Senate has confirmed Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary ... The Senate will next vote on Monday evening on Scott Bessent’s confirmation as treasury secretary. Ms Noem was sworn in on Saturday (AP) Ms Noem, a Trump ally who is in her ...

President Donald Trump's second White House is looking a lot like the inside of Mar-a-Lago, with extremely wealthy Americans taking key roles in his Republican administration.

Rollins, Marco Rubio and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; second row from left, Scott Turner, Tulsi Gabbard, Sean Duffy, Linda McMahon, Lee Zeldin, Kristi Noem, Chris Wright, Doug Collins, Kelly Loeffler and Scott Bessent; and third row from left, Stephen Miran ...

Senate committees on Thursday approved a handful of Trump Cabinet nominees setting them up for approval by the full chamber.

One of Trump’s picks is currently an evangelical pastor: Southern Baptist Scott Turner, an associate pastor at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, was tapped to be Trump’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).