A Senate committee cleared President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with a bipartisan vote, paving the way for a Senate floor vote. The Senate Homeland ...

Jan. 17 (UPI) --The first week of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks concluded Friday with Department of Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem. The South Dakota ...

Six people cycled through the homeland security secretary position during his four years in office. So far, she appears to have strong backing from Republican senators, who will be crucial to her ...

Noem acknowledged that her nomination as Homeland Security secretary was “a bit of surprise” to many, but said she asked for the job because “it was the president’s No. 1 priority.” ...

Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump's pick for Homeland Security Secretary, said she would bring bring back some of Trump's border policies, including the "remain in Mexico" policy that keeps ...

Kristi Noem faced a U.S. Senate committee Friday as the first step of her confirmation hearing after she was nominated to be secretary of Homeland Security. The committee questioned Noem on ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency central to his vision of cracking down on illegal immigration, faced senators Friday at a confirmation ...

“But under my leadership at the Department of Homeland Security, there will be no political bias to how disaster relief is delivered to the American people.” Blumenthal then asked whether Noem ...

Washington — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the sprawling Department of Homeland Security, fielded questions on an array of topics, including the ...

WASHINGTON − South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Department of Homeland Security, handily fielded questions from Senators about her ability to lead ...

Sen. Rand Paul, the Republican chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said he would be looking for Noem “to lead an agency that has lost its way.” Her supporters said Friday that ...