The Federal Emergency Management Agency is facing criticism from those affected by recent fires and hurricanes as well as lawmakers on both sides. Former FEMA Director Michael Brown says when the Department of Homeland Security was created,

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, vowed to overhaul FEMA's disaster response times, enforce stricter in-office policies and eliminate political bias in relief efforts during her confirmation hearing.

Michael Brown said that Congress should give the disaster relief agency back its “independent agency status,” allowing it direct

Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on key issues raised during Kristi Noem’s Senate confirmation hearing on ‘America Reports.’

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is expected to cruise through the process to confirmation after surviving a fairly quiet hearing that lasted less than three hours.

Kristi Noem Responds To FEMA Employees Being Instructed To Skip Houses With Pro-Trump Signs Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD), President-elect Trump's nominee for DHS Secretary, slammed reports of FEMA employees being instructed to skip pro-Trump houses.

President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security will face her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, where illegal immigration is likely to be a top topic.

Mayorkas, who said he plans to stay on the job until Monday at noon, told ABC News he has had "substantive and very productive and very collegial" conversations with Trump's pick to be the new DHS secretary, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.

Kristi Noem used her confirmation hearing to excoriate work done by DHS during the Biden administration and said big changes are coming.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem during her Senate confirmation hearing to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security pledged that she would not politicize FEMA aid depending on the state, and said that she would provide U.

At confirmation hearing, the South Dakota governor cited an ‘invasion’ of migrants even as illegal crossings have fallen sharply

At Senate confirmation hearing Gov. Kristi Noem pledges to secure southern border if confirmed as Homeland Security chief