The Senate confirmed Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) as the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on Sunday during a weekend vote, as Republicans overcame efforts by Democrats to delay the process by using procedural hurdles.

Noem's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem and she was born in 1971 in Watertown, in east central South Dakota. The city is in Codington County about 187 miles northeast of the state's capital Pierre. The new Secretary of Homeland Security is married to Bryon Noem.

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.

Odessa College has announced a compelling new exhibit by Lubbock-based artist Devin Ratheal titled Mnemic Waves, which will be on display at the Phillips Goff Gallery in Sedate Hall through Feb. 19. This exhibition is free and open to the public.

A cat-themed art show drew visitors to the Huntington Ale House on Saturday. Dozens of paintings by artist Robbie Poore lined the second floor of the business, featuring the felines in a number of art styles,

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D.C. Rocheleau, with over two decades of experience at the FAA, most recently served as the chief operating officer at the National Business Aviation Association.

Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, poses for a photo with Cabinet picks, other nominees and appointments, at the National Gallery of Art in ...

25 (UPI) --Kristi Noem was confirmed ... the majority of Hispanic Americans," Noem said during the hearing on Jan. 17. "I was the first governor to send National Guard troops to our southern ...

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is overseeing a new Department of Government Efficiency. Billionaires or mega-millionaires are lined up to run the treasury, commerce, interior and education departments, NASA and the Small Business Administration, and fill key foreign posts.

Meanwhile, two more of Trump's picks for his Cabinet -- Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense and Kristi Noem as secretary ... poses for a photo at the National Gallery of Art in Washington ...

An email describing policy changes as of Monday declared that moving forward the agency would revert back to the terminology policy which uses "illegal alien," National Border Patrol Council vice ...