Live updates and latest news as the Trump administration prepares to take office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation hearings continue for Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem.

Joe Kasper, the new chief of staff for the Department of Defense, issued a memo to senior leadership Friday on suspending the department's social media accounts "at all levels" for 10 days, beginning Saturday, to give time to reorient content to have greater focus on national security, military lethality "and fighting and winning wars."

Noem replied, “Well, Senator, leadership has consequences. And looking at the tragedy that's happened–” The post ‘Leadership Has Consequences’: Kristi Noem Jabs Democrats On Disaster Aid, But Promises Not To Politicize It first appeared on Mediaite.

Drought-ravaged Los Angeles, still battling the remnants of a series of devastating wildfires, will receive significant rainfall beginning Saturday but a new threat of flooding in burn-scarred areas has emerged.

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as secretary of Homeland Security, putting the former South Dakota governor in charge of the sprawling agency with responsibility for border security.

The former U.S. congresswoman was chosen by the president-elect to lead the department responsible for key immigration and border-related actions.

Kristi L. Noem (R) on Friday pledged that if confirmed ... to help California respond to devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area should be conditioned to changes required of Democrats ...

The death toll from wildfires raging near Los Angeles has risen to 28, authorities said Tuesday, as new fires prompted evacuations near San Diego.

Kristi Noem (R) as she takes over the department ... thinking about the issues in Los Angeles right now, as well as the other kinds of events here in North Carolina, where recovery [from Hurricane ...