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President Joe Biden will commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people today. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem faces a Senate confirmation hearing today. Israel and Hamas finalized a ceasefire agreement after last-minute obstacles.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is set to face senators during her confirmation hearing as she vies to become the next homeland security secretary.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was grilled by senators over her qualifications for the head DHS job and how she would handle reuniting children separated from their families at the border under the first Trump administration.

Vaughn Hillyard, NBC News White House Correspondent and Rev. Al Sharpton, Host of “Politics Nation” on MSNBC join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to break down Kristi Noem’s confirmation hearing to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security,

Sen. Josh Hawley secures Trump pick DHS Secy Kristi Noem's pledge to shut down CBP One app for illegals. Noem said, 'there's data and information in there that we will preserve to ensure we know who's coming into this country and who's already here,

First lady Jill Biden expressed her disappointment with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a new interview with The Washington Post, providing rare public comments about the fractured relationship between her husband, Joe Biden, and Pelosi following the president’s departure from the 2024 race.

Kristi Noem​, Trump's pick to lead the sprawling Department of Homeland Security, took questions from lawmakers on border policies and disaster relief.

Controversial South Dakota Republican to appear before Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as president-elect casts Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight

President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Homeland Security secretary portrayed illegal immigration as an "invasion" and the U.S.-Mexico border as a "war zone" during a U.S. Senate confirmation on Friday where she pledged to back Trump's hard line on immigration.

Kristi Noem, the nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, called the U.S. southern border a ‘war zone’ and said her chief mission at the helm of the department would be to get a handle on the immigration crisis.