President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, cruised through a confirmation hearing Friday on Capitol Hill, just three days before the inauguration in Washington.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump's pick to run the Department of Homeland Security, testified at a confirmation hearing before the Senate homeland security committee.

Noem vowed Friday to immediately halt the controversial mobile app that lets migrants register to enter the US.

Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on key issues raised during Kristi Noem’s Senate confirmation hearing on ‘America Reports.’

Ky., delivered his opening statement at the confirmation hearing for Gov. Kristi Noem to serve as the head as the Department of Homeland Security. Paul knocked the department's past of "bureaucratic incompetence" and believed Noem could bring "transparency and accountability.

President-elect Trump's nominee for DHS Secretary repeated a widely debunked claim that 13,000 convicted murderer migrants are "loose in this country."

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD) was questioned about how she would handle border security and more at the confirmation hearing for secretary of homeland security.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem during her Senate confirmation hearing to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security pledged that she would not politicize FEMA aid depending on the state, and said that she would provide U.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem answered questions Friday by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about border security, immigration reform and the need for tribal consultatio

But another major issue Noem plans to tackle is cybersecurity infrastructure, including reigning in the recent anti-misinformation efforts by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which she says is a deviation from its core mission and an endangerment to Americans’ civil liberties.

During her testimony, Noem described the Department of Homeland Security as “broken and dysfunctional.” She emphasized the need for reforms that would enable the department to operate more effectively. Her straight talk about these issues resonated with many, and it’s clear she has some big ideas to tackle these challenges head-on.