The Senate voted 59-34 to confirm South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to be the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. NBC News' Julia Jester reports on the Democrats who voted to confirm her and what Republicans against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say about his confirmation.

Saturday was a big day for South Dakota with the second person from the state to ever serve in a Presidential cabinet and a new Governor.

The newly appointed Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem delivers remarks to her staff for the first time Tuesday afternoon.

On a face-numbingly frigid afternoon last week, Gov. Kristi Noem used a farewell address to South Dakotans to warn of an “invasion” far away from the state’s windswept prairies and freedom-loving farmers.

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,

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be the next Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Kristi Noem, got into a tense exchange with Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal (D) during her Senate confirmation hearing on Friday.

Noem would be just the second South Dakotan to serve in a Presidential Cabinet position, the first being Clinton Anderson of Centerville who served as the Sec. of Agriculture under President Truman.

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.

Current South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem wants CISA to be “refocused” on critical infrastructure and to no longer address mis- or disinformation efforts online.

As DHS secretary, she’ll be charged with managing the third-largest federal agency, with 240,000 employees and a budget of $108 billion — more than 15 times the spending of South Dakota ...

Kristi Noem, the firebrand South Dakota governor, is set to go before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs for her confirmation hearing to be the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Larry Rhoden, a West River rancher and veteran, will take the oath of office to serve as South Dakota’s 34th governor on Monday.Rhoden will take the oath at 11 a.m. CT on Monday, January 27. Chief Justice Steven R.