Kristi Noem was under consideration as Donald Trump ... questions about claiming to meet North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un. But her loyalty to President Trump paid off and he named her to ...

Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s ... statement that she had faced down North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un during her time in Congress. It was a largely substantive hearing that ...

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

Kristi Noem (R) will cap off a packed week of confirmation ... including his nominees for United Nations ambassador, Agriculture secretary and head of Veterans Affairs. Here’s what to know ...

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary, appointing the South Dakota governor to oversee crucial national security functions, including border security and immigration ...

The Senate voted on Saturday to confirm Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, putting a former South Dakota governor in charge of the department at the heart of President Trump’s agenda to crack ...

Kristi Noem to be America's new Secretary of ... an anecdote that she had met reclusive North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un during her time in Congress. The story was later revealed to be false ...

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 ...

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary ... as well as a false claim that she once met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. If confirmed, she would be tasked with ...