South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) will cap off a packed week of confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees when she appears Friday on Capitol Hill, just days before the

Kristi Noem, South Dakota's firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer and a former representative from South Dakota, is being questioned before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Noem faced questions from lawmakers about how she would handle domestic terrorism, but her remarks largely focused on immigration policy, especially along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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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 ...

Kristi L. Noem (R) on Friday pledged that if confirmed ... Trump and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill have suggested that federal assistance to help California respond to devastating wildfires ...

President-elect Donald Trump is being sworn in on Monday as his inauguration ceremony is set to take rare form inside the U.S. Capitol.