NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump reacted on Tuesday after newly released photos appeared to show the husband of former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem cross-dressing in private messages to a number of women. The images were allegedly part of a trove of hundreds of messages sent … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Monday to confirm Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security as the shutdown of the sprawling agency dragged into its sixth week with no end in sight. The vote to confirm Mullin, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, as the head of DHS was 54-45, with Sens. John Fetterman, … Read more
Mullin is on a glidepath to confirmation, buoyed by strong relationships with his Senate colleagues, and relief from many over Noem’s ouster. After Wednesday’s hearing, the Homeland Security Committee said it could vote as soon as Thursday to advance Mullin’s nomination, which would tee up a vote before the full chamber in the near future. … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Congressional Democrats are seeking criminal charges against Kristi Noem weeks after President Donald Trump ousted her from leadership of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the top Democrats on their respective chambers’ Judiciary Committees, sent a letter to … Read more
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that his vote to confirm outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristin Noem was a “big mistake,” and “what we want to see is not just the change in the nameplate on the door” from President Trump’s new nominee Markwayne Mullin. Source link
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
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
Plans for the largest deportation operation in U.S. history rely on an institution whose leader the president fired this week. Donning flak jackets and cowboy hats, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared in several videos over the past year defending agents and urging unauthorized immigrants to leave. Among other controversies, that self-promotion appears to have … Read more
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
In contrast with the record number of firings during President Trump’s first term, he has opted to shuffle people into new roles during his second term. Mr. Trump said that Kristi Noem will be moving into a new role. CBS News’ Fin Gómez has more. Source link