Latest news and live updates as the Trump administration prepares for office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation hearings continue for attorney general pick Pam Bondi.

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem will be the nation’s next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after the U.S. Senate confirmed her nomination Saturday. The 53-year-old Noem, a ...

Dick Durbin, D-Illinois ... The Dakota Scout, a South Dakota media outlet, challenged Noem’s claim in the book that she had met North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and she retracted it.

Six zebras wore video cameras attached to collars, capturing the equines’ daily life. Sticking with giraffes may let the two species protect each other.

Senate Committees questioned six of Donald Trump’s top appointees on Wednesday over issues of war, political revenge, spycraft, electric cars and more. Pam Bondi, Trump's choice for Attorney ...

Dick Durbin, D-Ill., noted Patel “has said and ... tapped to serve as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who was chosen for Secretary of the Interior ...

Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), the ranking member of ... Reacting to recent hearings, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), told us it is “common sense” for Cabinet picks to show their loyalty ...

Mr. Trump is indeed testing Washington and the American people to see how far he can go in accumulating authority and in ...