In the waning days of the Biden administration, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended ... has chosen South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to take over the agency responsible for border ...

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

Alejandro Mayorkas, last February but the Senate, then under Democratic control, killed both impeachment articles. Immigration, fentanyl – and that hunting dog? Questions await Kristi Noem South ...

Outgoing Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has a message to Congress and incoming department officials after enduring impeachment and nearly four years in what many deem the hardest job in Washington.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas blessed his employees with another three days of taxpayer-funded vacation time, bringing his four-year total to more than six weeks — the equivalent of $3 billion — of bonus time off.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is vying to become the next homeland security secretary. Her Friday hearing was the first chance she had to lay out a vision for the sprawling department central to Donald Trump's plans for tackling immigration.

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

Immigration has been a white-hot political issue for years and helped propel Donald Trump back into the Oval Office. The incoming president has promised mass deportations and is expected to issue a slew of related executive orders soon after being sworn in.

Noem and committee Republicans focused on the border while Democrats asked about foreign and home-grown terrorism during a cordial hearing.

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

Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s pick to lead ... She would replace outgoing Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who was so vilified by Republicans angry at the number of migrants crossing the country ...

Kristi Noem, Donald Trump's pick to lead ... She would replace outgoing Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who was so vilified by Republicans angry at the number of migrants crossing the country's ...