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For now, Pentagon and DHS won’t recommend that Trump invoke the Insurrection Act • Apr. 18, 2025, 11:24 AM ET (CNN)
Trump administration threatens Harvard with foreign student ban • Apr. 17, 2025, 5:43 AM ET (BBC)
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Noem ends her first visit to Latin America in Mexico to discuss crime and migration • Mar. 28, 2025, 8:29 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As Kristi Arnold
Born Watertown • South Dakota
Title / Office governor (2019-2025), South Dakota

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