The farmer and small-business owner turned elected official has made headlines for being a possible vice presidential candidate and killing an "untrainable" dog.

Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on ...

Trump's Homeland Security secretary vows to improve FEMA and cut red tape while touring damage left by Hurricane Helene.

In the 1990s, the U.S. used Guantánamo Bay to hold Haitian and Cuban immigrants intercepted at sea. The Trump administration is now sending to Guantánamo people who were arrested on U.S. soil. That ...

"Kristi Noem is the definition of South Dakota toughness ... She came under fire in 2024, when she published a memoir that garnered outrage for defending the killing of a farm dog that attacked ...

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 ...

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem will be the nation’s next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination Saturday. The 53-year-old Noem, a ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she wants President Trump to “get rid” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as it exists today. Noem joined CNN’s “State of the ...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Fox News Wednesday that the agency will end its grant ...

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A record 13 women had been serving as governor this year. But many state constitutions still presume officeholders will be ...