The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe lifted its banishment on Gov. Kristi Noem just days ahead of her Senate confirmation hearing to serve as secretary of Homeland Security.

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem is set to have a confirmation hearing as Trump's pick for Department of Homeland Security secretary on Wednesday.

South Dakota’s tribes barred the governor from setting foot on their land after she said drug cartels operate there — an allegation the nations’ leaders deny.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Homeland Security, will appear for her first confirmation hearing Wednesday around 9:00 a.m. before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Noem was initially slated to appear 9 a.m. Wednesday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs in Washington.

Kristi Noem, Trump’s nominee to lead Homeland Security, and Marco Rubio will begin their hearings on Wednesday.

Kristi Noem's Senate confirmation hearing for her nomination as the head of the Department of Homeland Security was delayed on Wednesday after "a delay on the FBI background check"

Paperwork blamed for two-day delay to South Dakota Governor’s job interview with Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was postponed by two days. Noem will appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Friday at 9 a.