‘As dead as fried chicken’: Why Trump finally fired Noem

2026-03-06 - 15:13

Kristi Noem’s 13-month tenure leading the United States Department of Homeland Security was marked by controversy. But it wasn’t the two American citizens’ deaths at the hands of federal immigration agents that ultimately cost her the job, nor the allegations of an affair with an adviser, or the criticism that she was slow to provide federal reimbursements to states after natural disasters. Read More