The U.S. and Colombia settled a tense standoff over deportations. Two key Trump Cabinet picks were confirmed by the Senate this weekend. Displaced Palestinians are returning home to devastated northern Gaza.

NBC Universal, Inc. 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 ...

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem has been confirmed as the Secretary of Homeland Security. A Detroit coney island restaurant that had previously dealt with rodent issues more than two years ago temporarily closed down on Friday,

Live updates and latest news as the Trump administration prepares to take office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation hearings continue for Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem.

Joe Kasper, the new chief of staff for the Department of Defense, issued a memo to senior leadership Friday on suspending the department's social media accounts "at all levels" for 10 days, beginning Saturday, to give time to reorient content to have greater focus on national security, military lethality "and fighting and winning wars."

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, the firebrand who gained a national spotlight during the coronavirus pandemic, was confirmed by the Senate on Saturday. The vote was 59-34. During her confirmation ...

including those from the Senate, political leaders, and Kristi Noem herself. This story was reported from Los Angeles.

The lawsuit states that Trump administration officials created an email address, hr-at-opm-.gov, and directed federal employees, through the Office of Personnel Management, to treat it as legitimate. OPM is the agency tasked with managing the federal workforce and could be described as Human Resources for federal employees.

The former U.S. congresswoman was chosen by the president-elect to lead the department responsible for key immigration and border-related actions.

Drought-ravaged Los Angeles, still battling the remnants of a series of devastating wildfires, will receive significant rainfall beginning Saturday but a new threat of flooding in burn-scarred areas has emerged.

Kristi Noem (R) as she takes over the department ... thinking about the issues in Los Angeles right now, as well as the other kinds of events here in North Carolina, where recovery [from Hurricane ...