Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be Homeland Security secretary, on Friday described what she saw as flaws with the government’s cybersecurity agency and indicated the incoming administration would shrink it.

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is expected to cruise through the process to confirmation after surviving a fairly quiet hearing that lasted less than three hours.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump's pick to run the Department of Homeland Security, testified at a confirmation hearing before the Senate homeland security committee.

Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security insisted she wouldn't play politics with federal aid

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security more will sit for a Senate confirmation hearing Friday morning.

If confirmed, Noem would lead the department poised to be at the center of Trump's immigration policy priorities, including any deportation efforts, visa changes and border security.

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

and I have no doubt Kristi is the right person for the job,” Thune tweeted after meeting with Noem about her nomination a month ago. More:'Is it realistic to deport everybody?' Top Senate ...

Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), vowed at her Senate confirmation hearing to lead a crackdown on immigration by securing the "war zone" at the US-Mexico border and deporting unauthorised migrants.

Kristi Noem's hearing on Jan. 17 will end the first week of hearings to determine whether senators will confirm Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump is ready to bypass Congress with orders on the border, tariffs, and other agenda items. In a meeting with Senate Republicans that lasted two hours, Trump said he had already prepared about 100 executive orders that push the limits of presidential authority.