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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.

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

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.

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.

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,

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump's pick for Department of Homeland Security Secretary, is being questioned today by the Senate for her confirmation hearing. NBC News' Julia Ainsley reports more.

"Senator, I look forward to working with you." That was the repeated statement of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem as she sat a Senate committee for her confirmation hearing for the role of Secretary of Homeland Security.

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

Democrats downplayed the rise of foreign threats and instead repeatedly talked about white supremacists and other domestic extremists Friday as

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