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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.

In Gaza, Israeli warplanes kept up intense strikes, and Palestinian authorities said late Thursday that at least 86 people were killed in the day after the truce was unveiled. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem may not have to answer for her dead hunting dog Cricket at her confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Noem: ‘I'm very concerned about what we've seen in this country as far as antisemitic violence that has happened’

Kristi Noem, President-elect Trump's pick for Homeland Security Secretary, said she would bring bring back some of Trump's border policies, including the "remain in Mexico" policy that keeps migrants out of the U.

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,

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 Gov. Kristi Noem delivered her opening statement at a Senate confirmation hearing to serve as the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. She told lawmakers that border security must remain a "top priority" and acknowledged the evolving threats facing the homeland.

The prospective secretary of homeland security said she wants the agency to stop fighting mis- and disinformation.

Democrats downplayed the rise of foreign threats and instead repeatedly talked about white supremacists and other domestic extremists Friday as they questioned Kristi Noem, who is President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Trump taps Hollywood ‘ambassadors’ to be his industry ‘eyes and ears’; Official portrait revealed: Live - President-elect says Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight will report to him on movie