South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s ascension to Homeland Security secretary-in-waiting came as a surprise in some quarters.

In choosing South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his homeland security secretary, President-elect Donald Trump is tapping a ...

With Sen. John Thune becoming Senate Majority Leader and Gov. Kristi Noem nominated for the Secretary of Homeland Security, ...

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That puts the focus on Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden, a 65-year-old Meade County rancher and legislative veteran who would be thrust ...

Lt. Gov. Harvey Wollman became the first lieutenant governor in South Dakota history to succeed a governor in mid-term. I ...

Paul chose it over leading HELP, a Senate committee on health, education and labor. One of the committee’s first tasks: the ...

Secretary of Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem has a long, complicated history with tribes in South Dakota. Tribal ...

From her time as a U.S. representative, Noem is familiar with national security briefings. Unfortunately, those briefings ...

Just days after being elected to a second term, Donald Trump has announced his picks to lead his immigration enforcement, ...

The most powerful levers of control in the United States government are found in the six positions where ...

Burgum was a serious contender to be Trump’s vice presidential choice this summer. The two-term governor was seen as a ...