Separately in the hearing, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) claimed Alejandro Mayorkas, the DHS secretary under President Joe ...

Immigration has been a white-hot political issue for years and helped propel Donald Trump back into the Oval Office. The ...

Kristi Noem, a two-term governor and former U.S. congresswoman, was chosen by the president-elect to lead the department ...

Trump DHS secretary nominee Kristi Noem told GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno in her confirmation hearing that she believes Laken Riley would be alive if she had been leading DHS.

Trump tapped Noem to serve as his homeland security secretary only a week after winning the election in November.

She faces a confirmation hearing Wednesday. Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a press interview on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell ...

Noem pledged a complete turn from Alejandro Mayorkas' policies, saying she was determined to carry out Trump’s plans to ...

Senator, I look forward to working with you.” That was the repeated statement of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as she sat ...

So far, Kristi Noem appears to have strong backing from GOP senators who will be crucial to her confirmation as head of the ...

She faces a confirmation hearing Wednesday. As he prepares to leave office, Mayorkas said he has spoken repeatedly to Noem, including about the Jan. 1 truck attack in New Orleans and the wildfires ...