US President Donald Trump on Thursday fired Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and named Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin as her replacement. Noem has been reassigned as the ‘Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas,’ a newly created post, which in no way comes closer to the high-profile role she held for 14…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was grilled over her “sexual relationship” with top aide Corey Lewandowski during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. Democratic Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove asked Noem, who was under oath during the dramatic testimony before Congress, if she and Lewandowski were having an affair. Noting Lewandowski’s “unchecked” and “unconfirmed” power, Kamlager-Dove…
The Department of Homeland Security is exploring the purchase of a luxury jet for deportation missions and Cabinet travel, according to a report. The aircraft — a Boeing 737 Max 8 — will be used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation flights and by senior officials, including DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, for official…
The Trump administration covertly deported nine individuals to Cameroon, even though many of them had US court protections preventing such deportations, and none of them was from that African country, according to a report by the New York Times. Many of these men and women sent to Cameroon on a flight from Alexandria, Louisiana, on…
A majority of American voters believe Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should be removed from office following the fatal shooting of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti during a federal immigration operation, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll that also shows deep public skepticism over the Trump administration’s account of the incident. The national survey, released…
Federal immigration agents involved in the killing of 37‑year‑old US citizen Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday have been placed on administrative leave amid public outrage, MS NOW reported. His death came less than three weeks after Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was also killed on January 7 by an ICE agent…
Senator John Fetterman, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, has called on President Donald Trump to immediately fire Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, amid the unfolding situation in Minneapolis. In a post on “I make a direct appeal to immediately fire @Sec_Noem,” Fetterman wrote. “Americans have died. She is betraying DHS’s core mission and trashing…
Donald Trump said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem would remain in her post despite the president’s decision to reshuffle the leadership running his deportation effort in Minnesota following widespread outcry over the killing of two US citizens by federal agents. “I think she’s doing a very good job,” Trump told reporters Tuesday as he departed…
Late-night television hosts in the United States have reacted with shock and anger to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse from Minneapolis who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent on the weekend of 24–25 January. Jimmy Kimmel breaks down over Pretti shooting On their shows on January…
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday (January 19) praised her department’s law enforcement efforts in Minneapolis, claiming the arrest of over 10,000 “criminal illegal aliens” in recent weeks. Noem made the remarks in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Massive arrests, public safety victory Noem said, ‘PEACE AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN…
