Thune, who is 63 and in his fourth Senate term, has promised to work closely with President-elect Donald Trump despite differences between the two over the years.

Former Vice President Mike Pence is urging GOP senators to reject President-elect Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) because of his views on abortion. In a statement from his conservative nonprofit Advancing American Freedom on Friday, Pence said Kennedy’s nomination “is an abrupt…

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to fill the role of Homeland Security secretary, according to reports on Tuesday.

Now that South Dakota's 2024 election is in the books, it's time to take a deep breath and step away from politics for a few months, right? Well, not quite.

Trump, in a statement, cited Noem’s strong background in securing the border for the appointment as the Republican looks to crack down on illegal immigration.

Clinton Anderson, who served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture under President Harry S. Truman, was born in Centerville, South Dakota, though he spent much of his life in New Mexico, serving as a U.S. Representative for the state before his appointment and a U.S. Senator afterward.

A DOJ press release does not specifically state why the counties have been chosen for monitoring, though during South Dakota's June primary, South Dakota Canvassing Group President Jessica Pollema successfully got 132 absentee ballots rejected from the election through a challenge that both local and state officials said fell outside of state law.

Voters in South Dakota have rejected a proposal to add protections for abortion rights to the state constitution, preserving a near-total ban there

The first time Kristi Noem met Donald Trump, she did what any aspiring governor would do — tried to drum up a little tourism. Come to South Dakota, she told him. See the sights. “I shook his hand, and I said,

Another ballot measure could give grocery shoppers relief by removing the state sales tax on food. South Dakota lowered its general sales tax last year from 4.5 percent to 4.2 percent, and the new initiative would eliminate taxes on most food items, excluding alcohol and prepared meals.

South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the federal Department of Homeland Security, according to CNN.

Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader