South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s ascension to Homeland Security secretary-in-waiting came as a surprise in some quarters.

In choosing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his homeland security secretary, President-elect Donald Trump is tapping a ...

With Sen. John Thune becoming Senate Majority Leader and Gov. Kristi Noem nominated for the Secretary of Homeland Security, ...

President-elect Trump on Wednesday announced he has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A source familiar with the matter confirmed the news ...

By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer President-elect Donald Trump has asked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to lead the U.S.

While the next four years of President-elect Donald Trump’s administration are still being constructed, South Dakota ...

That puts the focus on Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden, a 65-year-old Meade County rancher and legislative veteran who would be thrust ...

If President-elect Trump's elevation of his acolytes is a signal, then the question of confirmation is a test for Republicans ...

Lt. Gov. Harvey Wollman became the first lieutenant governor in South Dakota history to succeed a governor in mid-term. I ...

Paul chose it over leading HELP, a Senate committee on health, education and labor. One of the committee’s first tasks: the ...

Secretary of Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem has a long, complicated history with tribes in South Dakota. Tribal ...

From her time as a U.S. representative, Noem is familiar with national security briefings. Unfortunately, those briefings ...