The vote comes after all Republican senators, joined by eight Democrats, broke a filibuster on the South Dakota governor’s cabinet nomination Friday night.

The Senate confirmed Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) as the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on Sunday during a weekend vote, as Republicans overcame efforts by Democrats to delay the process by using procedural hurdles.

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 security and President Donald Trump's plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.

Kristi Noem​, Trump's pick to lead the sprawling Department of Homeland Security, took questions from lawmakers on border policies and disaster relief.

Freshman GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno ripped the Biden administration’s immigration policy in his first hearing in the Senate as President-elect Trump’s DHS secretary nominee Kristi Noem sat in ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem promised Friday to secure America’s southern border with Mexico as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security.

Pete Hegseth became the new secretary of Defense on Friday after Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. Three Republican senators joined all Democrats in voting no on the confirmation — Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski,

Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security, is facing Senators Friday at her first confirmation hearing.

Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency ... So far, she appears to have strong backing from GOP senators who will be crucial to her confirmation. Sen. Rand Paul, the Republican ...

Kristi Noem is Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. She went into her first Senate confirmation hearing with strong backing from GOP senators. Kristi Noem, ...

Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem joined Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the wee hours of Tuesday morning as they conducted the first deportation operation in New York City. Noem said ICE agents nabbed an illegal immigrant “with kidnapping,

Instead, the hope is to get GOP lawmakers on the record about one ... Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe. Noem was confirmed ...