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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.

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

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,

Democrats downplayed the rise of foreign threats and instead repeatedly talked about white supremacists and other domestic extremists Friday as they

Controversial South Dakota Republican to appear before Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as president-elect casts Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight

Secondly, I think, in a prior time, the government of Israel — by the way, like most governments — would have focused entirely on traditional media. Yes, we need that. And we also need to acknowledge that influencers are the new sort of opinion-makers.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary, is facing tough questions today during his confirmation hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Kristi Noem to run the Department of Homeland Security ... by Iranian proxies to the push for a cease-fire between Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah and escalating worries about the growing alliance ...

Just hours after we officially entered the New Year, an evil terrorist drove a truck down Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens of others. After crashing his vehicle, which was flying an ISIS flag, the terrorist was ...