Kristi Noem as the Secretary of Homeland Security ... party lines compared to Trump’s other nominees. Vice President J.D. Vance had to cast a tiebreaking vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as ...

Seven Democratic senators voted to confirm former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as the head of the Department of Homeland Security, allowing her to lead an agency that will be paramount to ...

The Senate confirmed Kristi ... 59-34 vote. Noem was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at his home later Saturday. She was to have been sworn in by Vice President JD Vance in ...

Kristi Noem, who was confirmed Saturday as secretary of Homeland ... was scheduled to give a speech at 8 a.m., but it was postponed. Vice President J.D. Vance is scheduled to speak at 12:30 p.m. Back ...

WASHINGTON − South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will be the new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, the fourth of President Donald Trump's nominees to now be confirmed. Noem earned the ...