Noem's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem and she was born in 1971 in Watertown, in east central South Dakota. The city is in Codington County about 187 miles northeast of the state's capital Pierre. The new Secretary of Homeland Security is married to Bryon Noem.

After a scheduling hiccup, Kristi Noem was finally sworn in Saturday as Department of Homeland Security secretary.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, the firebrand who gained a national spotlight during the coronavirus pandemic, was confirmed by the Senate.

Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security Committee pressed Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump’s nominee for secretary of Homeland Security ... the blame for the devastating fires on Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), a Trump critic and frequent target, and multiple ...

While Trump promotes his "no tax on tips" proposal in Las Vegas, Senate Republicans are working to secure his team.

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem was confirmed as the United States’ new Secretary of Homeland Security Saturday by vote of 59 to 34 in the Senate. The confirmation was considerably less ...

President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and more. In his first trip since becoming president, Trump on Friday heads to survey hurricane damage recovery in North Carolina and then to Los Angeles to tour devastation from wildfires.

Cabinet positions: The Senate voted 59 to 34 on Saturday to confirm Kristi Noem of South Dakota as the next homeland security secretary ... and realigning United States foreign aid.”

DOGE officials visited the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s water pumps in Northern California and said they’d worked with the agency to increase water deliveries south, as Trump has been pushing California to do.

Arriving in Los Angeles, he was greeted by California Governer Gavin Newsom ... spoken to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and was “confident that the New Zealand-United States relationship ...

Meanwhile, two more of Trump's picks for his Cabinet -- Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense and Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security ... parent who is a United States citizen or ...

When Gov. Gavin Newsom met President Trump at the foot of Air Force One in Los Angeles on Friday, some Democrats say it weakened his typically bullish approach. Newsom, who thanked