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President Joe Biden will commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people today. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem faces a Senate confirmation hearing today. Israel and Hamas finalized a ceasefire agreement ...

The farmer and small-business owner turned elected official has made headlines for being a possible vice presidential ...

Noem repeated a falsehood that Trump shared during the 2024 presidential campaign. There are not more than 13,000 murderers ...

Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump's pick for Homeland Security Secretary, said she would bring bring back some of Trump's ...

In Gaza, Israeli warplanes kept up intense strikes, and Palestinian authorities said late Thursday that at least 86 people ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is set to face senators during her confirmation hearing as she vies to become the next homeland ...

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

WASHINGTON − South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem may not have to answer for her dead hunting dog Cricket at her confirmation hearing Wednesday. But President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the ...

The prospective secretary of homeland security said she wants the agency to stop fighting mis- and disinformation.