Political tensions and questions swirling around the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) promise to be a key test for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as she takes over the department

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R), President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee ... But then-President Donald Trump refused to act on Gov. Jay Inslee’s request for $37 million in federal disaster aid because of a bitter personal dispute with the ...

Trump’s nominee for massive cabinet job rebuffs ‘hypothetical’ question as he threatens California fire relief

Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee pressed Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump ... then-Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D). In a largely low-key hearing, Noem said unequivocally that she would not politicize aid as head of the Department ...

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.

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.

Hawley called CHNV a “mass parole program” that exceeds the government’s authority under immigration law. Hawley said the law allows parole “in only very limited circumstances,” which he said requires case-by-case evaluation and is not practiced by the Biden administration.

Noem initially declined to answer “hypotheticals,” to which Blumenthal cited reports that Trump denied aid to Washington state based on disputes with then-Gov. Jay Inslee (D) during his first ...

If confirmed, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem will lead the third-largest ... Trump refused to act on Governor Jay Inslee’s request for $37 million in federal disaster aid over a personal ...

South Dakota's 33rd Governor Kristi Noem and Trumps pick for Homeland Security secretary (Photo: CC by 4.0 for Wikipedia) South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the sprawling Department of Homeland Security ...

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 ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — On a face-numbingly frigid afternoon last week, Gov. Kristi Noem used a farewell address to South Dakotans to warn of an “invasion” far away from the state’s windswept ...