Noem repeated a falsehood that Trump shared during the 2024 presidential campaign. There are not more than 13,000 murderers or nearly 16,000 sex offenders "loose" in the U.S. Her statement is based on a misinterpreted letter sent by ICE in late 2024.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is expected to focus her opening remarks before the Senate Homeland Security committee on securing the nation's border and curbing cyber attacks.

President-elect Donald J. Trump picked the South Dakota governor to head the Homeland Security Department, which includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

South Dakota’s tribes barred the governor from setting foot on their land after she said drug cartels operate there — an allegation the nations’ leaders deny.

President-elect Donald Trump will tap Texas Border Czar Mike Banks to lead the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, according to multiple reports.

Kristi Noem, South Dakota's firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer and a former representative from South Dakota, is being questioned before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

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

“Gov Kristi Noem sent troops to Texas and billed us, South Dakota taxpayers. BUT Noem said it’s too expensive to use our guard to help our taxpayers fight the flood,” Lee ...

Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency ... Noem joined other Republican governors who sent troops to Texas to assist Operation Lone Star, which sought to discourage migrants.

An open border over the past four years has threatened Border Patrol agents and American communities alike as criminals took advantage of lax security.

Kristi Noem has ordered that the state's flags ... a number of other Republican governors of states including Iowa, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Carolina ...

“Gov. Kristi Noem sent troops to Texas and billed us, South Dakota taxpayers,” Lee Schoenbeck, then a Republican state lawmaker, wrote on the social platform X in June. “BUT Noem said it’s ...