Vice President JD Vance reportedly had to dip out of Kristi Noem’s swearing-in ceremony after she showed up late. The former South Dakota governor was confirmed as the Trump administration’s Secretary of Homeland Security in a 59-34 vote Saturday,

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,

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 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.

The Senate on Saturday confirmed Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security, at a time when border security and illegal immigration are top priorities.

The Senate voted 59 to 34 to confirm Ms. Noem, the governor of South Dakota, as the new head of the Department.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, the firebrand who gained a national spotlight during the coronavirus pandemic, was confirmed by the Senate.

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 down on immigration. The vote was 59 to 34.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had to swear in Kristi Noem as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on Saturday after Vice President JD Vance left because Noem was 25 minutes late.

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as the next secretary of Homeland Security on Saturday, giving the South Dakota governor bipartisan support to lead a department that will play

The former South Dakota governor was read the oath by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The ceremony came after earlier Saturday the Senate voted to confirm Noem in a 59-34 vote.