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Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera

February 2, 2026

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Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement operations in a neighborhood on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)WASHINGTON (AP) — Every Homeland Security officer on the ground in Minneapolis, including those from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be immediately issued body-worn cameras, Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday, in the latest fallout after the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens at the…

DHS Secretary Noem says arrests will be made tonight for protest at St. Paul church

January 20, 2026

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MINNEAPOLIS (KVRR/FOX9) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says arrests will be made “in the next several hours” after protesters disrupted a church service on Sunday in St. Paul. Activists accused the pastor of have having ties to I.C.E. Noem told Newsmax on Tuesday night that those activists will be held accountable. She says people will be brought to justice…

Fargo, Minneapolis airports not showing Noem shutdown video

October 14, 2025

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FARGO (KFGO) – So far, a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blaming the government shutdown on Democrats is not showing at Hector International Airport in Fargo. Airport Authority Executive Director Shawn Dobberstein says the airport does not have equipment for such videos. He says TSA and the Department of Homeland Security have the ability, but has thus far…

Rep. Johnson announces Republican run for governor of South Dakota

July 1, 2025

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Rep. Dusty JohnsonSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) Rep. Dusty Johnson is running for governor of South Dakota. That could set up a battle between Johnson and fellow Republican and current Gov. Larry Rhoden. Johnson has served as South Dakota’s only congressman since 2019 when he succeeded Kristi Noem. He has taken moderate stances during his time in Washington. Johnson’s priorities include…

Report: Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations

June 30, 2025

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PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight-ProPublica) — In 2023, while Kristi Noem was governor of South Dakota, she supplemented her income by secretly accepting a cut of the money she raised for a nonprofit that promotes her political career, tax records show. In what experts described as a highly unusual arrangement, the nonprofit routed funds to a personal company of Noem’s that…

List of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ removed from US government website following criticism

June 2, 2025

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A widely anticipated list of “ sanctuary jurisdictions” no longer appears on the Department of Homeland Security’s website after receiving widespread criticism for including localities that have actively supported the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies. The department last week published the list of the jurisdictions. It said each one would receive formal notification the government deemed them…

AP: Kristi Noem refused to say who financed some of her travel. It was taxpayers who were on the hook

March 30, 2025

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — As then-Gov. Kristi Noem crisscrossed the country — stumping for President Donald Trump and boosting her political profile beyond her home state — she refused to reveal what her extensive travel was costing taxpayers. In the weeks since Noem became Trump’s Homeland Security secretary, that mystery has been solved: South Dakota repeatedly picked up the tab for expenses…

Noem banned from all tribal lands in South Dakota

May 23, 2024

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SOUTH DAKOTA, (CNN/KVRR) – South Dakota governor Kristi Noem is now banned from all tribal lands in her home state. A Tuesday vote by the Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe executive council bars the republican governor from its reservation. That vote book-ended a ripple effect of nine tribes with reservations that stretch into South Dakota moving to prevent Noem from setting…

Controversy follows Gov. Kristi Noem as she is banned by two more South Dakota tribes

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from entering nearly 20% of her state after two more tribes banished her this week over comments she made earlier this year about tribal leaders benefitting from drug cartels

May 14, 2024

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SOUTH DAKOTA (AP) – South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is now banned from entering nearly 20% of her state after two more tribes banished her this week over comments she made earlier this year about tribal leaders benefitting from drug cartels. The latest developments in the ongoing tribal dispute come on the heels of the backlash Noem faced for writing about killing a hunting…

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem facing lawsuit over teeth video

Republican South Dakota governor Kristi Noem is facing a new lawsuit -- for posting a 5-minute video about her teeth on social media

March 15, 2024

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PIERRE, S.D. (KVRR) – Republican South Dakota governor Kristi Noem is facing a new lawsuit — for posting a 5-minute video about her teeth on social media. The infomercial-style video went viral — and features Noem praising dental work she had done in Texas. At one point in the video, she says quote “”I love that my bite is better,…