South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem acknowledged that her nomination as DHS Secretary was “a bit of surprise” to many, but said she asked for the job because “it was the president’s number one priority.”

A former Army first lieutenant is going to prison for unlawfully deleting training materials and lying to investigators about a call he made to the Russian diplomatic mission in Washington.

A sale does not appear imminent and, although experts have said the app will not disappear from existing users’ phones once the law takes effect on Jan. 19, new downloads or updates won’t be available. President-elect Donald Trump has said he’ll “save” TikTok, but it’s unclear what he’d do.

Most of the people first reported missing in the fires have been found safe, but with every passing day, hopes dim.

During the first Trump administration, Shumate was a senior official in the Civil Division’s Federal Programs Branch, and handled some of the biggest legal fights of Trump’s first term.