Patel joins the list of nominees who endured an uphill battle before finally getting confirmed. They include Robert F.

A Senate committee forwarded the nomination of Linda McMahon for education secretary to the full Senate despite worries of ...

Kristi Noem as secretary of the Department ... and former Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon, nominated to run the Education Department, are also waiting for their nomination hearings.

President Donald Trump selected Linda McMahon to be secretary of education. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) President Donald Trump nominated Linda McMahon, 76, to serve as secretary of ...

Following lawmakers' approval Saturday, officials tapped two-term South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to be America's new Secretary of Homeland Security. Noem, 53, earned the needed number of votes from ...

The South Dakota governor was confirmed 59-34 in the Senate. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, the firebrand who gained a national spotlight during the coronavirus pandemic, was confirmed by the ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is sworn in during her confirmation hearing before the Homeland ...

The Senate voted 59 to 34 to confirm Kristi Noem, the governor of South Dakota, as the next Homeland Security secretary. Needed for confirmation Needed for confirmation Note: Confirmation requires ...

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem was confirmed as the United States’ new Secretary of Homeland Security Saturday by vote of 59 to 34 in the Senate. The confirmation was considerably less ...