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 ...

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

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor ...

The two term South Dakota Gov. was tapped by Trump in Nov. and will be key in enacting the new president's mass deportation plan.

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 ...

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 ...

Kristi Noem is a crime fighter who’s on a mission ... with her apparent lie about meeting North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. As governor of South Dakota, Noem, a former back-benching ...

Welcome to a new weekly feature reviewing South Dakotans in the federal government, where we keep an eye on Sens. John Thune ...