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 ...

Jan. 25 (UPI) --Kristi Noem was confirmed Saturday morning as the new U.S. secretary of Homeland Security by a 59-34 vote. The 53-year-old former governor of South Dakota becomes the eighth person ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem was sworn in as Department of Homeland Security secretary by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at his home Saturday, following a scheduling hiccup earlier in the day.

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 ...

Jim Pillen, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ORG XMIT: TXEG312 In a statement afterward, ...

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 ...