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.

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland ... a spokesperson for Vice President JD Vance, told CBS News in a statement that "Due to a scheduling conflict, Secretary Noem's swearing in was ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson posted a video on X of President Trump taking Vice President JD Vance into the Oval Office for the first time on Tuesday.

The Senate confirmed Kristi ... 59-34 vote. Noem was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at his home later Saturday. She was to have been sworn in by Vice President JD Vance in ...

Kristi Noem to be America's new Secretary ... having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I'd been a children's pastor, after all)." Noem's spokesperson later confirmed to ...

The two term South Dakota Gov. was tapped by Trump in November and will be key in enacting the new president's mass deportation plan.

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security ... relief to Americans in crisis.” Noem was scheduled to be sworn in by Vice President JD Vance on Saturday afternoon, but that was called ...

The Senate voted on Saturday morning to confirm Kristi ... Noem found herself caught up in controversy last year following publication of an excerpt of a book in which she revealed she’d shot ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate is heading toward a vote on confirming Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary ... Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Friday. “And it’s going to ...

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 ...

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem was confirmed ... with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. Seven Democrats also voted to confirm Noam: Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA), Maggie ...

Kristi Noem ... at the border to claim asylum -- something Noem promised the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee she'd do. Noem will oversee 22 agencies with more than ...