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.

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

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.

The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary.

More of President Donald Trump's picks for his cabinet are expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate in the coming days after the Republican-controlled chamber began approving them last week. Hearings for other nominees are scheduled for this week as well,

President Donald Trump’s flurry of workforce-related executive orders have D.C.-area lawmakers split on just how they can help their constituents.

The last South Dakota tribe to formally banish Gov. Kristi Noem from their lands is now the first to undo the restriction. In a letter to Noem written Tuesday, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe ...

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).