Kristi Noem was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as President Donald Trump's Homeland Security secretary on Saturday, putting into position a key member of the Republican's Cabinet as he launches a wide-ranging immigration crackdown.

The Senate voted on Saturday morning to confirm Kristi Noem as President Donald Trump’s Homeland Security secretary, installing a long-time Trump ally at the helm of an agency poised to play a central role in the president’s promised immigration crackdown.

The Senate on Saturday confirmed Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security at a time when border security and illegal immigration are top priorities.

In floor remarks Saturday morning, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer ripped into the Trump administration for firing at 17 independent inspectors generals. "It's a preview of the lawless approach Donald Trump," Schumer said.

Noem and committee Republicans focused on the border while Democrats asked about foreign and home-grown terrorism during a cordial hearing.

President Donald Trump said he’s signing an executive order to instruct the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a 30,000-person migrant facility at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

Trump’s nominee for massive cabinet job rebuffs ‘hypothetical’ question as he threatens California fire relief

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump's plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.

It has been a week since Donald Trump returned to the White House. On his first day back, he signed a flurry of executive orders – the most in history on day one of a presidency. Now he continues to fulfil the many controversial promises he made during campaigning.

President Donald Trump says he will use a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold tens of thousands of criminal immigrants in the U.S. illegally who can't be sent back to their home countries.

RFK Jr, Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel’s hearings are expected to go ahead despite the deadly mid-air collision in Washington, DC

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars and cause disruptions in health care research, education programs and other initiatives.