Biden-appointed judge in the hot seat after DHS fires back at ‘false’ claims about ICE facility 

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security on Monday blasted a federal judge’s order requiring it to immediately improve conditions at its ICE processing facility in Baltimore — including reducing the number of detainees held there at one time, and improving access to food, hygiene, and medical care — … Read more

DHS hammers Dems over airport security lines amid funding lapse

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security blamed Democrats for travelers facing long security lines amid a DHS funding lapse. “Americans are now enduring the severe fallout from the Democrat shutdown of DHS. Today, travelers are facing TSA lines of up to nearly 3 hours long at some major … Read more

Travelers encounter long waits at some airports as DHS shutdown affects security checkpoints

Travelers complained of long waits Sunday — lasting hours in some cases — at security checkpoints at airports in Houston and New Orleans, which officials blamed on a government shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The estimated wait time at the standard security checkpoint at the William P. Hobby Airport in Houston early … Read more

Long security lines at Houston, New Orleans airports as DHS funding affects TSA staffing

Airline passengers faced long security lines that took hours to get through in New Orleans and Houston on Sunday, as the Transportation Security Administration deals with continued absences amid the ongoing partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. TSA agents have been working without pay since the start of the partial shutdown, which … Read more

Sen. Tim Kaine says supporting Kristi Noem as DHS secretary was a

Washington — Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, expressed regret on Sunday for supporting Kristi Noem for Department of Homeland Security secretary last year.  “Big mistake,” Kaine said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” President Trump announced Thursday that Noem would leave her role following a string of  controversies that boiled over last week. The … Read more

Noem thanks Trump for new Shield of the Americas special envoy role after DHS ouster

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! During the Shield of the Americas summit in Florida on Saturday, outgoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem thanked President Donald Trump for appointing her to a newly created role after she was ousted from overseeing the agency. Noem, who is moving to the newly … Read more

Newsom rips Noem as ‘Kosplay Barbie’ over $220M ad campaign, demands DHS release $500M for LA wildfires

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California Gov. Gavin Newsom ripped outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over her controversial ad campaign and demanded the agency immediately release more than $500 million in stalled FEMA funding for Los Angeles wildfire recovery. Newsom, in a statement, labeled Noem “Kosplay Barbie” and accused her of … Read more

What’s next for Kristi Noem? 2026 Senate chatter grows after DHS exit

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump cut short Kristi Noem’s tenure at the Department of Homeland Security after weeks of internal turmoil. Now headed to a new envoy post, the onetime conservative star faces a pressing question: Can she stage a political comeback? Noem was fired as the nation’s immigration … Read more

A $220 million ad blitz and a public split with Trump mark the end of Kristi Noem’s DHS tenure

WASHINGTON — In a one-minute video, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, decked out in Western riding gear and a cowboy hat, rides a horse through a pine forest near Mount Rushmore. She trumpets her department’s hard-line message: “You cross the border illegally, we’ll find you.” The ad was one of the many times the outgoing … Read more