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.

The job has proved fiendishly difficult in the Trump era. During his first term, the president cycled through no fewer than six Homeland Security chiefs.

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

Noem said some non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which receive millions in federal grants, have been facilitating illegal immigration by helping aliens cross the U.S. border.

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem will be the nation’s next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination Saturday. The 53-year-old Noem, a former congresswoman,

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday by a 59-34 vote, putting the former South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump's plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ... Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said. United Statescategory American Airlines jet and helicopter collide, crash ...

The Senate confirmed Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) as the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on Sunday during a weekend vote, as Republicans overcame efforts by Democrats to delay the process by using procedural hurdles.

Kristi Noem as the new head of the department responsible for public security in the United States. “I was proud to vote for Governor Kristi Noem to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security ...

Kristi Noem was confirmed Saturday morning as the new U.S. secretary of Homeland Security by a 59-34 vote. The 53-year-old former governor of South Dakota becomes the eighth person to lead the agency,

"It is such an honor to be sworn in as the United States Secretary of Homeland Security," she said. It was made even more meaningful by being sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at ...

Kristi Noem, Department of Homeland Security secretary, says “we have the space, we just have to get to work” at Guantanamo Bay to prepare it for deported migrants.