South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem heads to Capitol Hill on Friday for her confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security -- a hearing where border security and plans to launch a ...

Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump ... before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on January 17, 2025 in Washington, DC (Eric Thayer/Getty Images ...

Kristi Noem, South Dakota's firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer and a former representative from South Dakota, is being questioned before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on January 17, 2025 in Washington, DC.

At her confirmation hearing, Noem said she would carry out Trump's plans for mass deportations, beginning with people who are in the country illegally and who have criminal convictions. On Friday ...

Oversees more than a quarter-million employees. Noem would lead the department poised to be at the center of Trump's immigration policy priorities, including any deportation efforts, visa changes, and border security. "The reason that I asked for it is ...

(CNN) — The Senate voted on Saturday morning to confirm Kristi Noem as ... critical than ever,” Noem told senators during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. “We must secure our ...

Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, visits Capitol Hill in December (EPA) Mardi Gras this year is meanwhile set for March 4 and will once more be a huge draw ...

Kristi L. Noem (R) on Friday pledged that if confirmed ... Trump and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill have suggested that federal assistance to help California respond to devastating wildfires ...

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary ... Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on Her political stock took a momentary dip, however ...

President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and more. In his first trip since becoming president, Trump on Friday heads to survey hurricane damage recovery in North Carolina and then to Los Angeles to tour devastation from wildfires.