WASHINGTON—President Trump’s pick to replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is a former MMA fighter who has spent years as a “Trump whisperer”—talking to the president, by his own account, ...

Kristi Noem, former governor of South Dakota, has been removed from her position as President Donald Trump's Cabinet secretary of Homeland Security.

Senate Democrats block a spending bill again, focusing on immigration curbs amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East.

WASHINGTON — Republicans invoked the war in Iran and the prospect of retaliatory terrorist attacks as they made another ...

Reaction to the ouster of Kristi Noem as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security varies widely among congressional members in the region. President Donald Trump notified Noem, ...

K risti Noem played “Hot Mama” as the walk-up song for her formal introduction at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters in January 2025. President Trump had put her in charge of his ...

South Dakota law allows party nominating petitions to be filed between Jan. 1 and 5 p.m. local time on March 31, 2026, for the primary scheduled for June 2. Candidates must submit 2,171 valid ...

Washington — The Senate defeated a war powers resolution that sought to block President Trump from using further military force against Iran, rejecting a Democratic push to rebuke the president amid ...

The House passed a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, but Senate Democrats blocked similar legislation.

Democrats cheered Noem’s departure, but said it wasn’t enough to end the DHS shutdown that will soon enter its fourth week.

Attorney General Ken Paxton said Thursday he would consider dropping out of the U.S. Senate race if Senate GOP leaders agreed ...

President Donald Trump said Thursday on social media he was firing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and would name Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace her.