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.

The farmer and small-business owner turned elected official has made headlines for being a possible vice presidential candidate and killing an "untrainable" dog.

A co-op of ethnic German Hutterite farmers, who arrived in the 19th century, own the Dakota Provisions plant. But migrants from Venezuela, Thailand and other countries, earning around $14 per hour, perform the dangerous, back-breaking work.

Kristi Noem used her opening statement Friday to articulate a broader overview of her priorities if she becomes Homeland Security secretary.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is facing senators during her confirmation hearing as she vies to become the next Homeland Security secretary.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s advancement to the cusp of confirmation as a Trump cabinet secretary probably surprised some people who thought her career ended nine months ago with a notoriously disastrous book release.

Kristi Noem’s proposed cuts to the state’s Social Services ... Economic volatility caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, federal protections during the pandemic that temporarily protected people from losing Medicaid coverage, and voter approval of Medicaid ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is facing senators during her confirmation hearing as she vies to become the next Homeland Security secretary.

Republicans on Wednesday spoke out about the need for action against China's threat to American infrastructure networks.

Kristi Noem would be the "greatest upgrade in history ... She also led South Dakota during the COVID-19 pandemic, he said, noting:"Our state stayed open. Stayed free. And that was largely due ...

Kristi Noem to take over the agency responsible ... toward the end of the first Trump presidency but then the COVID-19 pandemic suppressed migration. The U.S. climbed out of the pandemic faster ...

relying on a public health emergency mechanism to deny people seeking asylum from entering the U.S. Trump previously invoked Title 42 to broadly deny entry during the COVID-19 pandemic.