Trump fires Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary
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President Donald Trump on Thursday fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, making her the first Cabinet secretary to depart her post and capping off a tumultuous year in which she oversaw the president’s increasingly unpopular mass deportation agenda
President Donald Trump on Thursday fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, making her the first Cabinet secretary to depart her post and capping off a tumultuous year in which she oversaw the president’s increasingly unpopular mass deportation agenda.
Alongside the announcement of Noem’s ouster, the president said he would tap Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to be her replacement, elevating a fiercely loyal first-term senator.
“I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effective March 31, 2026,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
He added that Noem, who he said “has served us well,” will take over a new role called “Envoy for The Shield of the Americas.” The president described that position as one that will lead “our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere.”
Trump spoke to Noem this afternoon about the job switch, according to two people familiar with the conversation. The secretary is traveling outside of Washington, D.C.
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